- The exercises below are intended to help students learn the first 30 words of the second sublist of the AWL
- Select the correct word from the highlighted options
- Pay attention to the advice in the pop up box if you answer incorrectly
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The animators needed to use special software to achieve / appropriate / cultural the required effects.
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When learning a foreign language, students will need to learn some construction / focus / cultural information too.
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Health and safety policies at work must be followed to reduce risk and avoid elements / consumer / injury.
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The student’s homework was to read an entire chapter / conduct / acquisition of the textbook.
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The local officials wanted to focus / community / credit on improving the area for the local computer / community / achieve.
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That is incorrect.
Although ‘appropriate’ can be a verb, it is far more common as an adjective. Besides, it doesn’t make sense here. Try again!
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‘focus’ makes no sense here. Check the meaning in your dictionary. You need an adjective. Try again.
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That is incorrect.
‘elements’ is grammatically correct but it doesn’t make sense. What elements are referred to here? There is a much better choice available. Try again!
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‘consumer’ would need to be in its plural form (consumers) here, but it doesn’t make any sense anyway. Try again.
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That is incorrect.
‘acquisition’ is a noun but it doesn’t fit here. You need a word related to books. Try again!
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That is incorrect.
‘credit’ can be a verb but it does not collocate with ‘on’ (‘to credit on’ X). Try again!
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That is incorrect.
‘computer’ is a noun and the sentence does make some sort of sense, but it is weird! There is a much better answer available. Try again!