Academic Word List Sublist 2
Here we move onto practice exercises for the academic word list, sublist 2, words 1 - 10.
In the first exercise you check your knowledge of the words, and in the second exercise you practice usage of the words in a gap fill.
Words 1-10
Achieve Acquisition Administration Affect Appropriate
Aspect Assistance Categories Chapter Commission
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. In order to complete the research, he divided the data he had collected into various
choose one
achieved
acquisition
administration
affected
appropriately
aspect
assistance
categories
chapter
commissioned
.
2. The company was given financial
choose one
achieved
acquisition
administration
affected
appropriately
aspect
assistance
categories
chapter
commissioned
by the government. It needed the help because of its debt.
3. The country is going to start a new
choose one
role
achieved
acquisition
administration
affected
appropriately
aspect
assistance
categories
chapter
commissioned
in its history. It has put the troubles behind it.
4. The cold weather has really
choose one
achieved
acquisition
administration
affected
appropriately
aspect
assistance
categories
chapter
commissioned
my health.
5. The day-to-day
choose one
achieved
acquisition
administration
affected
appropriately
aspect
assistance
categories
chapter
commissioned
of the business is quite time consuming.
6. His
choose one
achieved
acquisition
administration
affected
appropriately
aspect
assistance
categories
chapter
commissioned
of the rival company was successfully completed. He was happy the sale proceeded so smoothly.
7. He was satisfied with every
choose one
achieved
acquisition
administration
affected
appropriately
aspect
assistance
categories
chapter
commissioned
of his life.
8. He dressed
choose one
achieved
acquisition
administration
affected
appropriately
aspect
assistance
categories
chapter
commissioned
for the occasion. It was a wedding and he wore a suit and tie.
9. He
choose one
achieved
acquisition
administration
affected
appropriately
aspect
assistance
categories
chapter
commissioned
his ambition of becoming an artist, but he still has many goals left to pursue.
10. He was
choose one
achieved
acquisition
administration
affected
appropriately
aspect
assistance
categories
chapter
commissioned
by the art gallery to complete the painting.
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Academic Word List Exercises 2 - Correct answers:
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