Focus on Vocabulary 2 - Answer Key and Tests

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Answer Key and Tests for Focus on Vocabulary 2: Mastering the Academic Word List, providing solutions and guidance for student-book vocabulary work and reading tasks. Includes answer explanations for word meaning, word families, collocations, and expanding the topic sections, along with reading comprehension responses and reading strategy keys. Organized by unit and chapter, such as Unit 1 and Unit 2 materials, featuring numbered items, sets, and example mappings between terms, parts of speech, and definitions.

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FOCUS ON VOCABULARY 2 Mastering the Academic Word L i st ANSWER KEY AND TESTS Diane Schmitt Norbert Schmitt Focus on Vocabulary 2: Mastering the Academic Word List Answer Key and Tests Copyright © 2011 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. Pearson Education, 10 Bank Street, White Plains, NY 10606 Staff credits: The people who made up the Focus on Vocabulary 2 team, representing editorial, production, design, and manufacturing, are Pietro Alongi, Nancy Flaggman, Christopher Leonowicz, Amy McCormick, Jennifer Stem, and Paula Van Ells. Text composition: Rainbow Graphics ISBN-13: 978-0-13-137618-2 ISBN-10: 0-13-137618-7 PEARSON LONGMAN ON THE WEB [Pearsonlongman.com](Pearsonlongman.com) offers online resources for teachers and students. Access our Companion Websites, our online catalog, and our local offices around the world. Visit us [at](at www.pearsonlongman.com)[ www.pearsonlongman.com](at www.pearsonlongman.com) . CONTENTS Student Book Answer Key ................................................................. 5 Vocabulary Tests ............................................................................... 42 Vocabulary Tests Answer Key .......................................................... 64 STudenT BooK AnSwer Key U N IT 1 Chapter 1 reading reading Comprehension (page 4) 1. Society: All the people who interact in a defined space and share culture. 2. Answers will vary. 3. Technologically advanced societies rely more on machines. As a result, they are more dynamic than less technologically advanced societies and their population is more mobile. reading Strategy (page 5) A. | Term | Verb | word Class | deTails/FeaTures | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Society | means | all the people | who interact in a defined space and share culture. | B. | Term | Verb | word Class | deTails/FeaTures | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2. Horticultural and pastoral societies | are | societies | that grow their own plants and raise animals to eat. | | 3. Agrarian societies | are | societies | that use technology to farm on a larger scale. | | 4. Industrial societies | are | societies | that use technology that powers sophisticated machinery with advanced sources of energy. | | 5. Post-industrial societies | are | societies | that use technologies that support an information-based society. | Focusing on Vocabulary word Meaning (page 6) A. Set 1 1. c 2. d 3. f 4. g 5. a 6. b 7. e Set 2 1. c 2. b 3. g 4. a 5. f 6. d 7. e B. 1. correct [2. limited](2. limited) 3. pollution 4. belief 5. change 6. succeed 7. on the other hand 8. in a short time 9. improve 10. progress 6 Focus on Vocabulary 2 Student Book Answer Key word Families (page 8) Note: The bolded words are the given (target) words. A. | Verb | NouN | adjeCTiVe | adVerb | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | X | complexity | complex | X | | diversify | 1. diversification
2. diversity | diverse | diversely | | estimate | 1. estimate
2. estimation | estimated | X | | X | eventuality | eventual | eventually | | evolve | evolution | evolving | X | | X | 1. globalization
2. globe | globalized | globally | | interact | interaction | interactive | interactively | | symbolize | 1. symbol
2. symbolism | symbolic | symbolically | | transform | transformation | transformed | X | B. 1. Technologically 2. interaction 3. diversified 4. estimate 5. globally 6. symbol 7. complexity 8. transformed 9. eventualities 10. evolving Collocation (page 10) Answers will vary. expanding the Topic (page 11) Answers will vary. Students should be able to argue for the positions they take. Chapter 2 reading reading Comprehension (page 15) 1. (1) family—political views; (2)

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What does this book section provide for Focus on Vocabulary 2?

It supplies the answer key and test solutions for the student book activities, including reading comprehension and vocabulary exercises.

Which types of vocabulary tasks are answered here?

Word meaning, word families, and collocations are covered, along with supporting reading strategy items that show how answers connect to definitions.

How is the information organized across the chapters?

Content is arranged by unit and chapter, using numbered questions and structured sections like reading comprehension and vocabulary strategy.

Oct 1, 2026

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