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Academic Word List Exercises

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These exercises on the academic word list are designed to improve your knowledge of vocabulary for the IELTS test.

The AWL consists of 570 word families, and these words are the most common words to be found in academic texts.

This is why they are so useful to learn if you are studying for tests like IELTS where your level of vocabulary can affect your score.

Sublist 1 contains the most common words that are in the Academic Word List, sublist 2 contains the next most common, and so on.

The words shown on this page below are just the headwords. If you download the full academic word list, you can see that there are many variations of each word according to whether you are using it as a noun, verb, adjective etc.

There are a total of 60 word families in each sublist, apart from sublist 10 which has 30.

About the Academic Word List Exercises

In order to make your learning of the words structured, each academic word list has been divided into sets of 10 words. Each set of exercises then focuses on just those 10 words.

When you are confident you know them, you can move onto the next 10.

Before you start learning them it is important to understand that recognizing the words and actually using them are two very different skills, the first one being much easier than the second.

Lets look at an example using the first word on the academic word list, analyse:

Analyse

analysed
analyser
analysers
analyses
analysing
analysis
analyst
analysts
analytic
analytical
analytically
analyse
analysed
analyses
analysing

If you learn the word analyse and its meaning and are aware of the other word forms, then you may well understand the meaning of the word when you read it, whichever form it is in.

However, knowing which one to use when you are writing is a much more difficult skill and will take a lot more practice and time to master!

These academic word list exercises will help you to get to know the words, but you will need to work on your own as well. No website will be a substitute for actually practicing the words when you are writing and checking your usage.

And an important thing to do whenever you learn a new word from the academic word list or elsewhere is to learn which words it collocates with.

And the number one rule with vocabulary - only use words in the test that you are confident you know how to use!

Or you are at least confident you understand its meaning and where it can be used - a few errors in word form are ok in the test if you are not looking for a top score as you will be given some credit for using less common words.

However, you may find you actually lower your band score if you try to use lots of clever vocabulary but you are not using it properly or making lots of word form errors!

This will only confuse the examiner when they read your work. Try to keep improving your vocabulary, but when it comes to the test, stick with what you know and are confident with!

Sublist 1

Practice words 1-10	Practice words 11-20	Practice words 21-30	Practice words 31-40	Practice words 41-50	Practice words 51-60
analyse approach area assess assume authority available benefit concept consist	constitutional context contract create data definition derived distribution economic environment	established estimate evidence export factors financial formula function identified income	indicate individual interpretation involved issues labour legal legislation major method	occur percent period policy principle procedure process required research response	role section sector significant similar source specific structure theory variable

Sublist 2

Practice words 1-10	Practice words 11-20	Practice words 21-30	Practice words 31-40	Practice words 41-50	Practice words 51-60
achieve acquisition administration affect appropriate aspects assistance categories chapter commission	community complex computer conclusion conduct consequences construction consumer credit cultural	design distinction elements equation evaluation features final focus impact injury	institute invest items journal maintain normal obtain participate perceive positive	potential previous primary purchase range region regulations relevant resident resource	restrict secure seekt select site strategy survey text tradition transfer

Sublist 3

Practice words 1-10	Practice words 11-20	Practice words 21-30	Practice words 31-40	Practice words 41-50	Practice words 51-60
alternative circumstance comment compensate component consent considerable constant constrain contribute	convene coordinate core corporate correspond criteria deduce demonstrate document dominate	emphasis ensure exclude framework fund illustrate immigrate imply initial instance	interact justify layer link locate maximise minor negate outcome partner	philosophy physical proportion publish react register rely remove scheme sequence	sex shift specify sufficient task technical technique technology valid volume

Sublist 4

Practice words 1-10	Practice words 11-20	Practice words 21-30	Practice words 31-40	Practice words 41-50	Practice words 51-60
access adequate annual apparent approximate attitude attribute civil code commit	communicate concentrate confer contrast cycle debate despite dimension domestic emerge	error ethnic goal grant hence hypothesis implement implicate impose integrate	internal investigate job label mechanism obvious occupy option output overall	parallel parameter phase predict principal prior professional project promote regime	resolve retain series statistic status stress subsequent sum summary undertake

Sublist 5

Practice words 1-10	Practice words 11-20	Practice words 21-30	Practice words 31-40	Practice words 41-50	Practice words 51-60
academy adjust alter amend aware capacity challenge clause compound conflict	consult contact decline discrete draft enable energy enforce entity equivalent	evolve expand expose external facilitate fundamental generate generation image liberal	license logic margin medical mental modify monitor network notion objective	orient perspective precise prime psychology pursue ratio reject revenue stable	style substitute sustain symbol target transit trend version welfare whereas

Sublist 6

Practice words 1-10	Practice words 11-20	Practice words 21-30	Practice words 31-40	Practice words 41-50	Practice words 51-60
abstract accurate acknowledge aggregate allocate assign attach author bond brief	capable cite cooperate discriminate display diverse domain edit enhance estate	exceed expert explicit federal fee flexible furthermore gender ignorant incentive	incidence incorporate index inhibit initiate input instruct intelligence interval lecture	migrate minimum ministry motive neutral nevertheless overseas precede presume rational	recover reveal scope subsidy tape trace transform transport underlie utilize

Sublist 7

Practice words 1-10	Practice words 11-20	Practice words 21-30	Practice words 31-40	Practice words 41-50	Practice words 51-60
adapt adult advocate aid channel chemical classic comprehensive comprise confirm	contrary convert couple decade definite deny differentiate dispose dynamic eliminate	empirical equip extract file finite foundation globe grade guarantee hierarchy	identical ideology infer innovate insert intervene isolate media mode paradigm	phenomenon priority prohibit publish quote release reverse simulate sole somewhat	submit successor survive thesis topic transmit ultimate unique visible voluntary

Sublist 8

Practice words 1-10	Practice words 11-20	Practice words 21-30	Practice words 31-40	Practice words 41-50	Practice words 51-60
abandon accompany accumulate ambiguous append appreciate arbitrary automate bias chart	clarify commodity complement conform contemporary contradict crucial currency denote detect	deviate displace drama eventual exhibit exploit fluctuate guideline highlight implicit	induce inevitable infrastructure inspect intense manipulate minimize nuclear offset paragraph	plus practitioner predominant prospect radical random reinforce restore revise schedule	tense terminate theme thereby uniform vehicle via virtual visual widespread

Sublist 9

Practice words 1-10	Practice words 11-20	Practice words 21-30	Practice words 31-40	Practice words 41-50	Practice words 51-60
accommodate analogy anticipate assure attain behalf bulk cease coherent coincide	commence compatible concurrent confine controversy converse device devote diminish distort	duration erode ethic format found inherent insight integral intermediate manual	mature mediate medium military minimal mutual norm overlap passive portion	preliminary protocol qualitative refine relax restrain revolution rigid route scenario	sphere subordinate supplement suspend team temporary trigger unify violate vision

Sublist 10

Practice words 1-10	Practice words 11-20	Practice words 21-30
adjacent albeit assemble collapse colleague compile conceive convince depress encounter	enormous forthcoming incline integrity intrinsic invoke levy likewise nonetheless notwithstanding	odd ongoing panel persist pose reluctance so-called straightforward undergo whereby

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