TRI DUC ENGLISH ✦ ACADEMIC EDGE ⸻ Unit 3 Edition Mastering Key Academic Verbs Structuring assignments · Analysis · Verbs + Noun phrases — Essential vocabulary for academic writing 📝 A. Verbs for structuring academic assignments These verbs are frequently found in essay prompts and assignment instructions. Understanding exactly what they ask you to do is crucial. Key Verb Meaning / Action required involve to be part of / included in conduct to organise and do illustrate to draw something in order to explain something assume to accept something to be true calculate / find to judge the number/amount, or discover by calculating demonstrate to show, make clear identify to recognise someone/something and say or prove who/what they are examine / analyse to look at or consider carefully and in detail 🔎 B. More key verbs in context Verb Meaning in Academic Context classify to divide things into groups according to their type establish to discover or get proof of account for to explain (e.g., "account for the decrease in motivation") show / present to prove / to give (e.g., "the data presented showed...") attempt (formal) to try 🧩 C. Verbs which combine with noun forms Often in academic style, a generic verb + the noun form of the key verb is used to sound more formal. Verb Verb + Noun Phrase Equivalent Example explain give / provide / offer an explanation (of/for) The model provides ...