SUBLIST 1

analyse to study something closely and 1 analytically, analytical, analyzing, analysing, analysers, analyzes,
carefully analyzed, analytic, analysts, analysis, analyses, analyser, analysed,
analyze, analyst

approach to get close to reaching 1 unapproachable, approachable, approaching, approaches,

something or somewhere approached

area a part or section in a large place 1 areas

assess to judge something 1 reassessment, reassessing, assessments, unassessed,

reassessed, assessment, assessable, assessing, reassess,
assesses, assessed

assume to accept a responsibility or debt 1 assumptions, assumption, assuming, assumes, assumed

authority the power or right to give orders 1 authoritative, authorities

or make a dicision

available when something is there to be 1 availability, unavailable

used easily

benefit a good result or effect, 1 beneficiaries, beneficiary, benefiting, beneficial, benefited, benefits
something helpful

concept an abstract idea of something or 1 conceptualisation, conceptualising, conceptualises, conceptualised,

how it works conceptualise, conceptually, conceptual, conception, concepts

consist to have as an essential, 1 inconsistencies, inconsistency, inconsistent, consistently,

necessary or main part consistency, consisting, consistent, consisted, consists

AWL Sublist 1 a - Practice Exercises (words 1-10)

_____ Analyse 1. Part of a place, piece of land or country

_____ Approach 2. Able to be bought, used, or reached
_____ Area 3. Principle or idea
_____ Assess 4. Comprised or made up of
_____ Assume 5. A helpful or good effect
_____ Authority 6 . The moral or legal right to control
_____ Available 7. To come nearer to something
_____ Benefit 8. Evaluate
_____ Concept 9. To study or examine
_____ Consist 10. To accept as true without question or proof
Academic Word List: Sublist 1
Exercise 2
In this gap fill exercise you need to choose the correct word from AWL sublist 1 to place in the gap.

1. The discovery of oil brought many ____________ to the town.

2. Water samples taken from streams were ____________ for contamination by chemicals. It was important to check it
carefully.
3. It is very difficult to define the ____________ of beauty.
4. All ____________ of the country will have some rain tonight.
5. Is this dress ____________ in a larger size?
6. We could just see the train ____________ in the distance.
7. I ____________ (that) you knew each other because you went to the same school.
8. The United Nations has used its ____________ to restore peace in the area.
9. America ____________ of fifty states.
10. Examinations are not the only means of ____________ a student's ability.
AWL Sublist 1b - Practice Exercises (words 11-20)
1. the air, water and land in or on which people, animals and plants
Constitute
_____ live
_____ Context 2. to form or make up something
_____ Contract 3. information, especially facts or numbers
4. the system of trade and industry by which the wealth of a country
Create
_____ is made and used

Data
_____ 5. to say what the meaning of something, especially a word, is

Definition
_____ 6. to make something new, especially to invent something
_____ Derived  7. to get something from something else
8. the situation within which something exists or happens, and that
Distribution
_____ can help explain it

Economic
_____ 9. a legal document that states and explains a formal agreement
10. to give something out to several people, or to spread or supply
Environment
_____ something

Exercise 2
Choose which word will fit in the gap:
1. The ____________ was/were collected by various researchers.
2. The institute ____________ ____________ most of its money from foreign investments. It gets only a small amount from
domestic investments.
3. Women ____________ ____________ about 10% of Parliament. Men make up the remaining 90%.
4. Tourism contributes millions of pounds to the country's ____________ . It has helped prevent the country from going into
recession.
5. In this dictionary 'reality' is ____________ ____________ as 'the state of things as they are, rather than as they are
imagined to be'.
6. They could take legal action against you if you break (the terms of) the ____________ ____________ .
7. Certain chemicals have been banned because of their damaging effect on the ____________ ____________ .
8. The Bible says that God ____________ ____________ the world.
9. It is important to see all the fighting and bloodshed in his plays in historical ____________ ____________ .
10. The books will be ____________ ____________ free to local schools. They are given out for free because schools do not
have much money to spend

AWL Sublist 1c - Practice Exercises (words 21-30)

1. to start a company or organization that will continue for a long time / to discover
Design
_____ or get proof of something
_____ Distinction 2. to send goods to another country for sale

Element 
_____ 3. a standard or accepted way of doing or making something / mathematical rule
_____ Equation 4. money that is earned from doing work or received from investments

Evaluation 
_____ 5. easily seen or understood; obvious
_____ Features  6. a fact or situation which influences the result of something
_____ Final 7. purpose
_____ Focus 8. to guess the cost, size, value, etc. of something

Impact
_____ 9. to recognize someone or something and say or prove who or what they are
10. the monetary resources and affairs of a state, organization, or person / to
Injury
_____ provide funding for a person or organization

Exercise 2
Choose which word will fit in the gap:
1. Our clothes sell so well in this country that we have no need to ____________ .
2. From the smell it was ____________ that the drains had been blocked for several days.
3. The ____________ of the veins is to carry blood to the heart.
4. The brewery was ____________ in 1822 and it still operates today.
5. We have changed the ____________ of the washing powder. There are now less chemicals in it.
6. It was difficult to ____________ how many trees had been destroyed, but it was somewhere between 10 and 15 thousand.
7. More help is needed for people on low ____________ . They don't have enough money to live on.
8. Price will be a major ____________ in the success of this new product.
9. The gunman in Wednesday's attack has been ____________ as Lee Giggs, an unemployed truck driver.
10. The ____________ of the company are in a mess. They cannot account for over 3 million dollars.
 Academic Word List Exercises - Sublist 1d (Words 31-40)
_____ indicate 1. a single person or thing
_____ individual 2. a particular way of doing something

_____ interpretation 3. making of new law by a government

_____ involved 4. to decide what the intended meaning of something is
5. a subject or problem which people are thinking and talking about / to
_____ issues produce or provide something official
_____ labour 6. to include someone or something in something
_____ legal 7. more important, bigger or more serious
_____ legislate 8. to show
_____ major  9. practical work involving physical effort/workers
_____ method 10. connected with the law

Exercise 2
Choose which word will fit in the gap:
1. The second accident ____________ two cars and a lorry.
2. The car parts themselves are not expensive, it's the ____________ that costs the money.
3. It's difficult to ____________ 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 ____________ sympathetically.
5. The government promised to ____________ against cigarette advertising if they were elected. They believe passing a law
to ban it is the best way to stop people.
6. Every ____________ has rights which must never be taken away.
7. Please ____________ which free gift you would like to receive. We will then send it to you in the post.
8. All of her ____________ plays have been translated into English. The other less well-known ones were not.
9. Travelling by train is still one of the safest ____________ of transport. It is the way I prefer to travel.
10. He sought ____________ advice about the car accident from a well-known firm of lawyers.
AWL Sublist 1e - Practice Exercises (words 41-50)

1. a basic idea or rule that explains or controls how something happens or

_____ occur works

_____ percent 2. a length of time

_____ period 3. a series of actions that you take in order to achieve a result
4. a detailed study of a subject, especially in order to discover (new) information
_____ policy or reach a (new) understanding

_____ principle 5. to need or make necessary

_____ procedure 6. to happen (especially of accidents and other unexpected events)

_____ process 7. for or out of every 100, shown by the symbol %

8. a set of ideas or a plan of what to do in particular situations that have been
agreed officially by a group of people, a business organization, a government or
_____ required a political party

_____ research 9. to say or do something as a reaction to something that has been said or done

10. a set of actions which is the official or accepted way of doing something
_____ response

Exercise 2
Choose which word will fit in the gap:
1. The country is run on democratic ____________ .
2. You got 20 ____________ ____________ of the answers right - that means one in every five.
3. Please telephone this number if you ____________ ____________ any further information.
4. If any of these symptoms ____________ ____________ while you are taking the medicine, consult your doctor
immediately.
5. Her work means that she spends long ____________ ____________ away from home.
6. They believe that the European Community needs a common foreign and security ____________ .
7. I asked her what the time was, but she didn't ____________ .
8. The company has new ____________ ____________ for dealing with complaints.
9. Increasing the number of women in top management jobs will be a slow ____________ ____________ .
10. They are doing some fascinating ____________ into the language of dolphins.

AWL Sublist 1f - Practice Exercises (words 51-60)

_____ Role 1. how the parts of something are arranged or organized
2. the place something comes from or starts at, or the cause of
_____ Section  something/someone or something that supplies information

_____ Sector 3. one of the areas into which the economic activity of a country is divided

_____ Significant 4. nearly the same

_____ Similar 5. one of the parts that something is divided into
_____ Source 6. ideas to explain something
_____ Specific 7. different
_____ Structure 8. position or purpose that someone or something has
_____ Theory 9. important or noticeable
_____ Vary 10. relating to one thing and not others; particular

1. Salary scales ____________ between states. ____________ They are never the same.
2. Experts are trying to track down the ____________ of the contamination in the water supply. At the moment they are not
sure where it has come from.
3. Does the restaurant have a non-smoking ____________ .
4. Schools play an important ____________ in society.
5. There has been a ____________ increase in the number of female students in recent years.
6. The grammatical ____________ of his sentences is very good.
7. The virus attacks ____________ cells in the brain.
8. The new government's policy is to reduce the role of the public ____________ ____________ ____________ . Private
business will now play a much more important role.
9. I bought some new shoes which are very ____________ to a pair I had before.
10. He has a ____________ that the hole was caused by a meteorite.

AWL Sublist 2a - Practice Exercises (words 1-10)

_____ Achieve 1. suitable or proper in the circumstances

_____ Acquisition 2. successfully reach an objective or result by effort, skill, or courage

_____ Administration  3. a main division of a book / a period in history or in a person's life

_____ Affect 4. an asset or object bought or obtained

5. a class or division of people or things regarded as having particular shared
_____ Appropriate  characteristics
6. an instruction, command, or role given to a person or group / a sum,
usually a set percentage of the value, paid to an agent in a commercial
_____ Aspect transaction

_____ Assistance 7. a particular part or feature of something

_____ Categories 8. the action of helping someone

_____ Chapter 9. the process or activity of running a business, organization, etc.

_____ Commission 10. to have an effect on

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 ____________ ____________
2. The company was given financial ____________ ____________ by the government. It needed the help because of its
debt.
3. The country is going to start a new ____________ ____________ in its history. It has put the troubles behind it.
4. The cold weather has really ____________ ____________ my health.
5. The day-to-day ____________ of the business is quite time consuming.
6. His ____________ ____________ of the rival company was successfully completed. He was happy the sale proceeded so
smoothly.
7. He was satisfied with every ____________ ____________ of his life.
8. He dressed ____________ for the occasion. It was a wedding and he wore a suit and tie.
9. He ____________ ____________ his ambition of becoming an artist, but he still has many goals left to pursue.
10. He was ____________ ____________ by the art gallery to complete the painting.

AWL Sublist 2b - Practice Exercises (words 11-20)

Community
_____ 1. a result or effect, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant

Complex 
_____ 2. a person who buys goods or services for their own use

Compute  3. the people living in one particular area or people who are considered as a
_____ unit because of their common interests, social group or nationality

Conclusion
_____ 4. relating to the ideas, customs, and social behaviour of a society
5. to organize and perform a particular activity / to behave in a particular way,
Conduct
_____ especially in a public or a formal situation

Consequences
_____ 6. the action of building something, typically a large structure
7. difficult to understand or find an answer to because of having many
Construction
_____ different parts
 Consumer 
_____ 8. calculate (a figure or amount)

Credit
_____ 9. the final part of something

10. the ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment,

Culture based on the trust that payment will be made in the future / public
acknowledgement or praise, given or received when a person’s responsibility
_____ for an action or idea becomes apparent

Exercise 2
Choose which word will fit in the gap:
1. Britain is a very ethnically and ____________ diverse country.
2. It's a very ____________ issue to which there is no straightforward answer.
3. The hire charge for the car is ____________ on a daily basis. This is the clearest way to work out the cost.
4. There's a large Jewish ____________ living in this area.
5. There are many condominiums under ____________ at the moment. They are being built by various developers.
6. How should I ____________ myself at these dinners? I know nothing about etiquette.
7. If he suddenly stops taking his medicine, this could have serious ____________ ____________ ____________ .
8. I found the ____________ of the film confusing. They should have made the ending clearer.
9. All ____________ will be affected by the increasing prices.
10. His manager gave him full ____________ for completing the project because he did most of the work.

AWL Sublist 2c - Practice Exercises (words 21-30)

_____
Design 1. a part of something

_____ 2. a mathematical statement that two expressions are equal / a difficult problem
Distinction which can only be understood if all the different influences are considered

_____
Element  3. a typical quality or an important part of something

_____
Equation 4. to make or draw plans for something, for example clothes or buildings

_____
Evaluation  5. a difference or contrast between similar things or people
 6. a powerful effect that something, especially something new, has on a
_____
Features  situation or person

_____
Final 7. the centre of interest or activity

_____
Focus 8. assessment

_____
Impact 9. last

_____
Injury 10. harm or damage that is done or sustained

Exercise 2
Choose which word will fit in the gap:
1. The new tax laws had a big ____________ ____________ on middle class families. Most of them were negatively
affected.
2. The members of the committee were short of time so in the meeting they ____________ ____________ on the main
problems.
3. His ____________ ____________ from the bike accident were not severe.
4. The film had all the ____________ ____________ of a great story.
5. We will ____________ ____________ the English Progamme at the end of the year in order to establish if it was
successful or not.
6. There's a clear ____________ ____________ between the dialects spoken in the north and the south of the country.
7. Managing the economy is a complex ____________ ____________ of reducing the deficit and controlling inflation.
8. He found that the ____________ ____________ chapter of the book was the most diffuclt to write.
9. This range of clothing is specially ____________ ____________ for overweight people.
10. The town's main ____________ are its beautiful church and quaint old marketplace.

AWL Sublist 2d - Practice Exercises (words 31-40)

_____
Institute 1. usual, typical, or expected

_____ 2. the act of putting money, effort, time, etc. into something to make a profit or
Investment get an advantage, or the money, effort, time, etc. used to do this

_____
Item 3. constructive, optimistic, or confident / with no possibility of doubt
_____
Journal  4. to get something

_____
Maintain 5. something which is part of a list or group of things
6. introduce or establish (a scheme, undertaking, or policy) / an organization
_____
Normal having a particular purpose

_____
Obtain  7. to continue to have; to keep in existence, or not allow to become less
8. to come to an opinion about something, or have a belief about something /
_____
Participate see
9. a newspaper or magazine that deals with a particular subject or professional
_____
Perceive  activity / a diary

_____
Positive 10. to take part in or become involved in an activity

Exercise 2
Choose which word will fit in the gap:
1. The new director ____________ 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 ____________ a good working relationship over the
years.
3. The teacher encouraged ____________ in his class by offering a reward every time a student answered a question.
4. He sent his article to the ____________ of Alternative Medicine.
5. He does ____________ working hours, from 9am to 5pm. His wife's hours are more unusual because she works shifts.
6. He was ____________ he would pass his exams. He was so sure because he had worked so hard.
7. It is difficult to ____________ 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 ____________ of time and energy in order to make the project a success.
9. People often ____________ 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 ____________ on the agenda.

AWL Sublist 2e - Practice Exercises (words 41-50)

_____
Potential 1. more important than anything else; main
 2. a set of similar things / the amount, number or type of something between an
_____
Previous upper and a lower limit

_____
Primary  3. possible when the necessary conditions exist

_____
Purchase  4. connected with what is happening or being discussed

_____
Range  5. a rule or directive made and maintained by an authority
6. a useful or valuable possession or quality of a country, organization or
_____
Region person

_____
Regulation 7. a person who lives somewhere permanently or on a long-term basis

_____
Relevant  8. existing or occurring before in time or order
9. a particular area or part of the world, of the body, etc., or any of the large
_____
Resident official areas into which a country is divided

_____
Resources 10. acquire (something) by paying for it; buy

Exercise 2
Choose which word will fit in the gap:
1. I ____________ the painting for $10,000.
2. The school has a strict ____________ that pupils must wear the school uniform at all times.
3. He buys a wide ____________ of goods when he goes shopping.
4. You are going off topic. The point you are making is not really ____________ to the current situation.
5. The ____________ owner of the house built a shed in the garden. The new owner decided to remove it.
6. The ____________ aim of schools is to make sure that students are well-educated. The next one is to make sure they are
well-behaved.
7. France has some of the largest wine-producing ____________ in the world.
8. He has lived here longer than anyone else. In fact, he has been a ____________ ____________ in the village for his
whole life.
9. If we keep extracting natural ____________ from our earth, we will destroy the planet.
10. John will ____________ do well at university because he is intelligent and hardworking.
AWL Sublist 2f - Practice Exercises (words 51-60)
1. fixed firmly so not likely to move or break / a place it is difficult to get out of or
_____ Restrict escape from

_____ Secure  2. a detailed plan to achieve something

_____ Seek 3. to limit someone or something

_____ Select 4. the written words in books or magazines etc.

5. a place where something is, was, or will be built, or where something
_____ Site happened, is happening, or will happen

_____ Strategy 6. to try to find something / to ask for approval or permission

7. a belief, principle or way of acting which people in a particular society or
_____ Survey group have continued to follow for a long time

_____ Text 8. to gather information by asking people questions

_____ Tradition 9. to move someone or something from one place to another

_____ Transfer 10. to choose carefully

Exercise 2
Choose which word will fit in the gap:
1. When she goes to the market she always ____________ the fruit and vegetables that are fresh.
2. The company has a very good marketing ____________ for their new product so it should sell well.
3. The company are trying to find a suitable ____________ in the town to build a supermarket.
4. The book is mainly ____________ . There are very few pictures.
5. The students were told to conduct a ____________ to find out why people visited the town at weekends.
6. She ____________ approval from her manager to have a holiday in June.
7. ____________ dances have started to disappear in many countries because young people are not interested any more.
They prefer modern styles of dance.
8. She made sure the child seat was fixed ____________ onto the back seat so her child would be safe.
9. He ____________ the money from his current account into his savings account.
10. The sale of alcohol was ____________ in order to reduce the number of road accidents. People could only buy it from
11am to 3pm
Word forms
Choose the best word from each drop-down box.
Noun Verb Adjective

distribution

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structure

administrative

conclude

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participate

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Noun Verb Adjective

ransfer

constitution

secure

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variance

select

construct

analyse

computerised

Choose the best word from each gap.

For example, there has been a slow uptake of the use of degradable plastic bags ____________ from plants such as corn.
This assignment requires a methodical .
Opportunities for ____________ to Asia will also be discussed in light of the new trade agreements.
The ____________ between the two companies was shown to be unlawful.
Many experts predict that the full ____________ impact will not be felt for at least a year.

Word practice
Choose the best word from each parenthesis.
1. Researchers have described three (major/appropriate) ____________ effects on the development of brain
function.
1. Seminar sessions led by the course coordinator will (achieve/occur) ____________ several times over the
eleven-week program.
1. Indeed, the (range/role) ____________ of the father within the family unit has undergone considerable change
since the early twentieth century.
1. The following (section/site) ____________ of the report will discuss the likely impact of these findings on the
current policy.
1. These learning activities are designed to enable the (injures/acquisition) ____________ of knowledge and
practical skills.
1. In order to (conduct/impact) ____________ the survey in accordance with ethical guidelines, some questions had
to be left out.
1. On the other hand, it has been suggested that the (distinction/consequence) ____________ of the proposed tax
may not be as serious as first predicted.
1. These problems are often (focused/perceived) ____________ as impossible to overcome, but, in fact, a number
of simple steps can be taken to solve them.
1. Many analysts believe that there is enormous(strategies/potential) ____________ for growth in this area.
1. Finally, the report will analyze the opportunities for expanding the current client base, and make
recommendations where ____________ (relevant/previous).

Choose the best word from each parentheses.

Exercise A
● Ensure the evidence was (​obtained​/​obtaining​) ____________ lawfully, as any suspected failure to follow
regulations may endanger the prosecution’s case.
● Of the many(​issues/aspects​) ____________ facing young people today, the social pressure to conform to a
‘perfect’ body type is among the most difficult.
● How much a child allows peer pressure to (​transfer/affect​) ____________ his or her decision-making process
depends largely on family background and education.
● The(​concept/conceptual​) ____________ for the project was conceived during the riots, as a response to
prevailing attitudes towards those involved in the unrest.
● It is anticipated that the results will be(consistent/restricted) ____________ with Langham (2007), indicating a
cyclical pattern of behaviour in this species.
Exercise B
● The study will collate ____________ about average waiting times in the hospital system.
● Schafer (2009) claims that White’s ____________ of the study was flawed because it failed to take into account
the limited sample size.
● The level of compensation payments to farmers will be ____________ from the value of the land and its
productivity over the previous two decades.
● The study looked at one hundred aviation incidents in which human were determined to be the main cause.
● One goal of Human Resources theory and practice has been to improve an organization’s ability to define the
____________ of its employees.

Exercise C
● The ____________ of the control group is to provide an untreated sample that the treatment group can be
compared against.
● The alumni association is a ____________ of graduates who support each other through professional
opportunities and social networking.
● The results of the survey ____________ that any changes to policy at this stage are likely to be deeply unpopular
with the majority of the public.
● The ____________ is still recovering from the devastating effects of the earthquake and the consequent
permanent relocation of many industries.
● The belief that Columbus’ voyages introduced the ____________ of a spherical Earth is a misconception; it had
already been accepted for centuries.

Exercise D

● The ____________ obstacle to a change of policy is the belief that companies should be free to set executive
pay levels.
● Understanding the ____________ pitfalls of the restaurant industry and how to avoid them will help to ensure
your venture’s success.
● The text “Aspects of War: representations of conflict in contemporary American cinema” is ____________
reading for this course.
● The first stage of the plan is to ____________ the likely flood peak, using the available water catchment figures.
● Many physicists ____________ to explain the atom, but it was Bohr’s concept of electrons that paved the way for
quantum physics as we know it today.

Exercise E

● Participants were chosen through a selection ____________ which included taking a detailed medical history and
a series of diagnostic tests.
● The data was analyzed by the ____________ of gender and socio-economic status, and correlations between
these and religious views were sought.
● In daily life we take any number of ‘leaps of faith’ – we ____________ that the other drivers on the road will obey
the rules, for example.
● The STRIDE model, developed by Microsoft, identifies six ____________ of threat to computer security.
● It is often stated that at an ____________ level, we can have little impact on climate change; we unconditionally
refute that claim.
Exercise F

● Viewed in the ____________ of the anxiety of post-WW2 Europe, it is easy to see why authorities decided the
film was too frightening for audiences.
● The potential risk of an investment can be ____________ using several methods.
● The project is a ____________ to Dunbar’s number, the theory that there are a finite number of meaningful
relationships that a person can maintain.
● The most impressive of the new technology’s ____________ is its ability to allow real-time audience interaction
with a live broadcast.
● This course focuses not only on the theory of urban design, but also on students’ ____________ of practical
skills in CAD and project management.

Exercise G

● The environment created by casinos is designed to induce gamblers to become so ____________ in their play
that they lose track of time.
● The Australian Capital Territory introduced this ____________ in 2006, but it was overturned by the federal
government.
● The society was ____________ in 1846 in order to promote the anthropological study of the many communities
in the Islands.
● Members of Generation Y may rightly feel aggrieved that they are often ____________ to be lazy, selfish and
impatient.
● The way in which companies ____________ job interviews has undergone many changes, particularly with the
increased use of psychometric testing of candidates.

Exercise H
● Although these issues can be related to all levels of education, they are especially ____________ to primary
education.
● The strong dollar is increasing the difficulties for the retail ____________, as shoppers move towards purchasing
online from overseas retailers.
● Managing the project is a ____________ task, as it spans multiple disciplines and involves participants from
three continents.
● While the ____________ goal of care at the facility is physical recovery after illness, patients also benefit
mentally from each other’s support.
● The Census, a ____________ of all households in the country, aims to provide important statistical information
about population and lifestyle.