{"id":2968,"date":"2016-03-17T08:00:13","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T15:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/?p=2968"},"modified":"2020-12-10T13:43:56","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T21:43:56","slug":"the-toefl-academic-word-list-work-and-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/the-toefl-academic-word-list-work-and-business\/","title":{"rendered":"The TOEFL Academic Word List: Work and Business"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a recent Magoosh Comics post<\/a>\u00a0we reviewed the concept of multiple word forms\u2014the way that the same word can serve different grammar purposes.<\/p>\n

Sometimes a word can have two different grammar uses and the exact same form. For example, you can change<\/em> your clothes (change as a verb) or put on a change<\/em> of clothes (change as a noun). In other cases, the grammatical form of a word changes because a suffix<\/em>\u2014an extra sound\/set of letters\u2014is added to the end of the word. For example, word<\/em> itself is a noun, but wordy<\/em> is an adjective used to describe writing or speech that has a lot of words.<\/p>\n

In an earlier series of posts on this blog, I looked at the different forms of words from the Magoosh TOEFL Vocabulary PDF. In this new series, we\u2019ll look at some of the words from a larger word list that\u2019s also very important to the TOEFL: the Academic Word List<\/a>. This is a collection of all the English words most commonly used in higher education. First up, we\u2019ll study the different forms of common academic words in university business classes.<\/p>\n

Suffixes that change the forms of the words:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nouns:<\/strong> -ion, -ing, -ship, -ation<\/p>\n

Verbs: <\/strong>-ate, -fy<\/p>\n

Adjectives<\/strong>: -al, -ial, -ory, -ive, -ied, -ed, -ic, -ing<\/p>\n

Adverbs: <\/strong>-ally, -ly, -ively, -ionally, -ically<\/p>\n

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Notes for different word forms in the same grammar category:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

* \u201dCoordinated\u201d describes to people or things that coordinate with each other. (Our coordinated work helped us finish the project quickly.) \u201cCoordinating\u201d may have the same meaning as coordinated. (Our coordinating work helped us finish the project.) \u201cCoordinating\u201d may also describe a person or thing that coordinates other people or things. (As we worked together, we followed the orders of the coordinating supervisor.)<\/p>\n

** \u201cFund\u201d and \u201cfunding\u201d have the same basic meaning. However, \u201cfund\u201d is treated as a count noun, while \u201cfunding\u201d is treated as a non-count noun.<\/p>\n

*** \u201cOccupied\u201d describes a person who has a job. (I am occupied as a university teacher.) \u201cOccupational\u201d describes something that is related to a job. (One of my occupational requirements is that I must have a Master\u2019s degree.)<\/p>\n

Now, some of these words are quite easy. You likely already know what job<\/em> means, and you probably also know all the different grammatical functions of common words like document<\/em> and partner<\/em>. You may need to look up some of the other words listed above.<\/p>\n

Since these words are often used in a business sense in university classes, read the different dictionary definitions of these words carefully. Which definitions are relevant to business? In what way might these words be used in a university business course?<\/p>\n

Once you\u2019ve studied and learned these new words, you\u2019ll be ready to take a quiz on them. In my next post in this series, I\u2019ll present a vocabulary listening quiz based on this word list.<\/p>\n

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