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Smart English — September Lessons
Day 1: Mastering Academic Vocabulary for Exams & Professional English
Welcome to the first lesson of September! This series is designed for English learners and competitive exam candidates (IELTS, TOEFL, GRE, SAT, and more). Today’s focus: building a precise academic vocabulary you can immediately use in essays, reports, and interviews.
(Urdu support included in the full PDF)
🎯 Lesson Objectives
- Understand 10 high-frequency academic words commonly seen in exams.
- Learn natural, exam-ready example sentences.
- Practice with short, actionable tasks that build fluency.
📚 Core Academic Vocabulary (with examples)
- Analyze — examine in detail to understand better.
The researcher analyzed the results before drawing conclusions. - Assess — evaluate or judge quality/value.
Admissions officers assess applicants on multiple criteria. - Derive — obtain from a source; come from.
Many English words are derived from Latin roots. - Establish — set up; prove; make permanent.
The study established a clear link between sleep and memory. - Interpret — explain the meaning; understand.
Students must interpret the author’s main argument. - Significant — important; meaningful; noticeable.
There was a significant improvement in test scores. - Theory — a system of ideas that explains something.
Evolutionary theory reshaped modern biology. - Variable — a factor that can change or vary.
Temperature is a key variable in this experiment. - Consistent — steady; reliable; in agreement.
Her writing shows consistent control of tone and structure. - Approach — a method or way of doing something.
We used a data-driven approach to solve the problem.
📝 Guided Practice
- Write five sentences using any five words from today’s list. Keep an academic tone.
- Combine three words in one sentence. Example: The committee analyzed the data to establish a significant trend.
- Rewrite a simple sentence to sound formal:
“Social media is good for students.” → “Social media can be beneficial for students when used strategically for learning and collaboration.”
🔍 Mini Quiz (Check Yourself)
Choose the best word from today’s list to complete each sentence.
- The professor asked us to ________ the survey results before the discussion.
- There was a ________ difference between the control group and the test group.
- The team adopted a collaborative ________ to solve the complex problem.
- Which ________ had the strongest effect on performance?
- From the evidence, we can ________ that early reading improves vocabulary.
Show Answers
- analyze
- significant
- approach
- variable
- derive
💡 Exam Writing Model (Band-worthy sentence)
“Given the significant increase in adolescent screen time, researchers have analyzed multiple variables to establish whether the trend is detrimental to academic performance.”
📥 Download the Full September PDF (with Urdu Support)
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Next up (Day 2): Subject-Verb Agreement — high-impact rules for exam essays.
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