Academic Word List Exercises
Sublist 1d: Words 31-40
These pages provide you with practice with the academic word list - the most common words found in academic texts.
This will help you with your reading, writing, speaking, and listening. These are words 31 - 40 from sublist 1.
indicate
individual
interpretation
involved
issues
labour
legal
legislate
major
method
Exercise 1
Which of the above AWL words do you know?
Match the definitions to the word:
Exercise 2
Choose which word will fit in the gap:
1 . The second accident
choose one
Indicate
Individual
Interpret
Involved
Issue
Labour
Legal
Legislate
Major
Methods
two cars and a lorry.
2 . The car parts themselves are not expensive, it's the
choose one
Indicate
Individual
Interpret
Involved
Issue
Labour
Legal
Legislate
Major
Methods
that costs the money.
3 . It's difficult to
choose one
Indicate
Individual
Interpret
Involved
Issue
Labour
Legal
Legislate
Major
Methods
these statistics without knowing how they were obtained. I don't understand them.
4 . As employers we need to be seen to be addressing (= dealing with) this
choose one
Indicate
Individual
Interpret
Involved
Issue
Labour
Legal
Legislate
Major
Methods
sympathetically.
5 . The government promised to
choose one
Indicate
Individual
Interpret
Involved
Issue
Labour
Legal
Legislate
Major
Methods
against cigarette advertising if they were elected. They believe passing a law to ban it is the best way to stop people.
6 . Every
choose one
Indicate
Individual
Interpret
Involved
Issue
Labour
Legal
Legislate
Major
Methods
has rights which must never be taken away.
7 . Please
choose one
Indicate
Individual
Interpret
Involved
Issue
Labour
Legal
Legislate
Major
Methods
which free gift you would like to receive. We will then send it to you in the post.
8. All of her
choose one
Indicate
Individual
Interpret
Involved
Issue
Labour
Legal
Legislate
Major
Methods
plays have been translated into English. The other less well-known ones were not.
9 . Travelling by train is still one of the safest
choose one
Indicate
Individual
Interpret
Involved
Issue
Labour
Legal
Legislate
Major
Methods
of transport. It is the way I prefer to travel.
10 . He sought
choose one
Indicate
Individual
Interpret
Involved
Issue
Labour
Legal
Legislate
Major
Methods
advice about the car accident from a well-known firm of lawyers.
Score =
Academic Word List Exercises 1d - Correct answers:
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