Practice exercises

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Investigated)

VERB If you investigate something, you

study or examine it carefully to find out

the truth about it. ■ Research in Oxford is

now investigating a possible link between

endometriosis and the immune system.

■ [+ how] Police are still investigating how the

accident happened.

Nouns associated with research:

• evidence

UNCOUNTABLE NOUN Evidenceis anything

that you see, experience, read, or are told that

causes you to believe that something is true

or has really happened. ■ [+ of/for] a report

on the scientific evidence for global warming

■ [+ that] There is a lot of evidence that stress

is partly responsible for disease. ■ [+ to-inf] To

date there is no evidence to support this theory.

• hypothesis (hypotheses)

NOUN A hypothesisis an idea which is

suggested as a possible explanation for a

particular situation or condition, but which

has not yet been proved to be correct.

[FORMAL] ■ Work will now begin to test the

hypothesis in rats. ■ Different hypotheses have

been put forward to explain why these foods

are more likely to cause problems.

• theory (theories)

NOUN A theoryis a formal idea or set of

ideas that is intended to explain something.

■ [+ of] Einstein formulated the Theory of

Relativity in 1905.

Exam tip:Words for naming people by their occupations often end in -er.

Examples: teacher/farmer/miner

Words for naming people who study academic subjects for a living usually end in -ist.

Examples: biologist/physicist

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