AWL Practice Exercises
Sublist 2d: Words 31 - 40
Here are the next 10 words for the academic word list, sublist 2 .
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.
These are words 31 - 40 from sublist 2 :
Institute Investment Item Journal Maintain Normal Obtain Participate Perceive Positive
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 new director
choose one
instituted
investment
item
Journal
maintained
normal
obtain
participation
perceive
positive
many changes after he took over the company. For example, he introduced flexi-time and
increased wages.
2 . Despite being in opposing political parties, the two leaders have
choose one
instituted
investment
item
Journal
maintained
normal
obtain
participation
perceive
positive
a good working relationship over the years.
3 . The teacher encouraged
choose one
instituted
investment
item
Journal
maintained
normal
obtain
participation
perceive
positive
in his class by offering a reward every time a student answered a question.
4 . He sent his article to the
choose one
choose one
instituted
investment
item
Journal
maintained
normal
obtain
participation
perceive
positive
of Alternative Medicine.
5 . He does
choose one
instituted
investment
item
Journal
maintained
normal
obtain
participation
perceive
positive
working hours, from 9am to 5pm. His wife's hours are more unusual because she works shifts.
6 . He was
choose one
instituted
investment
item
Journal
maintained
normal
obtain
participation
perceive
positive
he would pass his exams. He was so sure because he had worked so hard.
7 .
It is difficult to
choose one
instituted
investment
item
Journal
maintained
normal
obtain
participation
perceive
positive
cheap house insurance in this area because it floods regularly. However, in a town nearby you can get it quite cheaply.
8 . There's been a significant
choose one
instituted
investment
item
Journal
maintained
normal
obtain
participation
perceive
positive
of time and energy in order to make the project a success.
9 .
People often
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instituted
investment
item
Journal
maintained
normal
obtain
participation
perceive
positive
the homeless in a very negative way.
They hold these views because they blame them for their own situation.
10 . We are running out of time so we should move onto the last
choose one
instituted
investment
item
Journal
maintained
normal
obtain
participation
perceive
positive
on the agenda.
Score =
Academic Word List Exercises 2 - Correct answers:
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