6 alternative to the Verb DO

-Conduct
to plan out, organize, and then direct/manage the action
-Complete/Finish
To bring(an Action) to an end
-Execute
To do an action as planned or ordered
-Perfom
To do something in a prescirbed way/ act (Usualy something one is trained for)
-Carry out
To do until the end/ to bring to a conclusion
-Commit
To do an Action deliberately(Usually a negative one)

*Conduct- an experiment (noun and verb), an investigation, an audit, business, an

interview, one's affairs
eg. Being a successful lawyer is not just about knowing the law; it's also about
knowing how to conduct a thorough investigation.

*Complete/ Finish - a task, (one's) homework, the mission, the project

eg. There will be no leaves until we complete the mission.

*Execute - an order/ a command, justice, the plan, a maneuver, the task/work, well
(-) executed.
eg. The company was fined $1 million after they had failed to execute the court's
orders.

*Perform - one's duties, a task, an operation/ surgery, a function, one's work,

well.
eg. A surgeon must be very meticulous when he performs an operation.

*Carry out one's duties, the task, the orders, the plans, repairs.
eg. A technician was called in to carry out the necessary repairs on the equipment.

*Commit a crime, fraud, suicide, an injustice, adultery

eg. The police, who had been tipped of about jeff's plan to commit murder, arrested
him on his was to carry that plan out.

Writing Transitions - Therefore, Thus, Consequently

bridge that connect 2 ideas. from one idea to another idea. it shows contrast. they
make a flow; to bridge

Therefore (Premise- Idea we believed to be true) Conclusion

Thus (result)
Consequently (consequence (result))
So-cons
then cons
Hence - not ideal dont use in ielts writing

In addition (to).....
Futhermore....
Moreover,...
Another- go to transition (last choice in transition)

Vocabulary often confused

Grow up- (children, develop, age) - Adults do not do this to children

Grow - (living things - get bigger, stronger things- increase in size, quantity
develop to cause to grow)

Rise- (verb). Increase independelntly, go up )no agent, though there may be causes)
to go higher (Physically) noun. - The act/process of going up
eg.(noun). A steep rise in inflation will make most people's saving meaningless in
the next few years.

Raise- (verb). To move something to a higher level or position (outside force/

agent involved); to grow/breed a living thing n. - an increase in wages.

Percent
Percent - adverb associated with a number
noun: 1 percent (a percent)
(adv.): Twenty percent of the staff will be let go
(n.) The ecomnomy is expected to shrink by half a percent next quarter.

Percentage - Noun: a rate; a part of a whole (not associated with a number but as a
part only)

A significat percentage of the population will be affected by the new legislation

Although only 7 percent of the population lives in poverty, this represents a

rather worrisome percentage when you consider that in terms of people, this is
equivalent to over a million poor in our contry.

Constitute, Comprise, Compose

Constitute - (make up, form) the parts constitute the whole

Comprise - (Contrain, include) - The whole comprises the parts
Composed (d of) (make up, add up to) - The parts compose that whole the whole is
compsed of its parts.

eg. The survey comprises 5 categories. 10 questions constitute each category.