3. Japan covers four _______________ climate zones, from the tropics of Okinawa to the snow country of the far north.
4. The results of the experiment were published in an important chemistry _______________. 5. Her brother has just tested _______________ for AIDS, so she is very upset.
6. You are trying to do too many things at once. It would be better to just ____________ on one thing in order to do it properly.
7. The professor's lecture just repeated what is written in our assigned _______________.
8. His job doesn't pay very well, but it is very _______________, so he doesn't really want to give it up.
9. The economy of Canada has been _______________ a great deal by the Asian economic crisis. 10. In some _______________ of Canada, winter lasts more than half the year.
AWL Sublist 2 - Exercise 5a
1.regulate 2.elements 3.constructed 4.seek 5.appropriate 6.traditions 7.maintain 8.impact 9.community 10.potential
1. Changes in the American economy generally have a serious _______________ on our economy here in Canada.
2. Most immigrants to Canada try to preserve the culture and _______________ of their home country for their children.
3. Water and salt both work to _______________ the water content of the body. 4. People in this _______________ want to keep the area safe for children to play in. 5. I don't really think that it is _______________ to wear jeans to the office. 6. The Great Wall of China was _______________ to keep out enemy invaders. 7. There are 109 different _______________ in the Periodic Table in chemistry.
8. Tian Hsu works hard to _______________ close friendships with the students she studied with in London.
9. My great-grandfather came to Boston to _______________ his fortune in the early 1800s.
10. Scientists are only beginning to recognize the __________ benefits of using ocean tides as a source of endless, clean energy.
AWL Sublist 2 - Exercise 6a
1.aspects 2.relevant 3.selected 4.previous 5.complex 6.normal 7.equate 8.transferred 9.injured 10.consumes
1. Our new washing machine _______________ about half the electricity of our old model. 2. The issue is much too _______________ for me to understand.
3. We need to really look at all the _______________ of this deal before we decide whether or not to accept it.
4. In a _______________ week, you can expect to study between 15-20 items of vocabulary in this class.
5. She _______________ her back lifting a heavy box while she was moving into her new apartment.
6. Our _______________ house was much smaller than this new one.
7. She has just been _______________ as a member of Canada's Olympic volleyball team.
8. Talking about the personal life of employees is not _______________ to a discussion of their
ability to do their job.
9. We moved from Halifax to Vancouver when my father's company _______________ him to their main office out here.
10. Many people _______________ Canada with snow, but in the city where I live, sometimes we don't get any snow all winter AWL Sublist 3 - Exercise 1a
1.alternative 2.considerable 3.fund 4.documents 5.minor 6.tasks 7.cores 8.scheme 9.proportion 10.interact
1. He donated $50 to a _______________ to help victims of the fire.
2. International oil and cocoa prices have _______________ impact on the economy of Cameroon.
3. I have to go to my lawyer's to sign some _______________ relating to the sale of our house. 4. His injuries were relatively ____________, so he was released from the hospital within a couple of hours of being admitted.
5. The animal with the largest brain in _______________ to its size is the ant.
6. Songs and story books are a wonderful way for parents to _______________ with their children.
7. One of the most important _______________ in learning a foreign language is to get over one's fear of making mistakes.
8. The company that I work at has a _______________ to increase its sales without increasing its costs.
9. Faced with worsening health, and a doctor that didn't seem able to help him, Craig decided to try _____________medicine.
10. Stars can exist only as long as energy continues to move from their _______________ to their surfaces
AWL Sublist 3 - Exercise 2a
1.published 2.circumstances 3.sequence 4.technical 5.illustrating 6.dominated 7.justify 8.constant 9.negated 10.corporate
1. The professor wrote a number of sentences on the board __________ the similarities in grammar between the two languages.
2. By lying to me about this, you have totally _______________ all the trust we had built up. 3. I can't stand this _______________ rain. We've got to go somewhere sunny for our holidays. 4. The Americans have _______________ Olympic basketball for many years. 5. Can you remember the _______________ of events leading up to the murder?
6. You are going to have to ____________ your decision to management because right now they are a little confused about this.
7. Police are talking to a number of people in order to get more information about the _________ in which the murder occurred.
8. Frank is a writer of detective novels, and has _______________ over 10 best-sellers. 9. Our hockey team is looking for a _______________ sponsor to help us with costs.
10. Whenever you read a scientific or ___________ text in English, you will probably encounter many words you do not know
AWL Sublist 3 - Exercise 3a
1.constrained 2.immigrated 3.react 4.outcome 5.sex 6.comments 7.technique 8.correspond 9.layer 10.emphasis
1. His family _______________ to Australia because economic conditions were so poor in their homeland.
2. An active _______________ life has been shown to be an important part of a happy marriage. 3. The growth of our company has been seriously _______________ by the poor state of the economy.
4. This ESL program puts a lot of _______________ on speaking and listening skills.
5. Her tennis _______________ has improved a lot since she began taking private lessons. 6. The _______________ he received after his presentation were highly favourable.
7. She made a delicious cake that had chocolate ice cream on one _______________, and vanilla ice cream on another.
8. The only _______________ that I can see of cutting the education budget is that our children will suffer.
9. You shouldn't mix chemicals together in science class unless you know how they will _______________.
10. I _______________ regularly with my counterpart in the head office in Toronto.
AWL Sublist 3 - Exercise 4a
1.compensate 2.register 3.link 4.ensure 5.shifted 6.partner 7.technology 8.contributes 9.imply 10.criteria
1. The _______________ between smoking and cancer is too strong to ignore.
2. Much of the modern _______________ used today in wristwatches was developed in Switzerland.
3. He _______________ a lot of time and money to helping people with AIDS.
4. You'd better _______________ that everything the salesman promises is written into the contract.
5. The grizzly bear's amazing sense of smell helps _______________ for its poor eyesight. 6. Over time, the world's human population has _______________ from rural to urban areas. 7. My golf _______________ is really slow, so we had to let a number of people play through. 8. She didn't say she wanted to break up, but she certainly seemed to _______________ it when she said that it might be good for us to see other people.
9. Students in our program will be graded according to the _______________ described in the course outline.
10. You'd better _______________ for the course pretty soon before it fills up.
AWL Sublist 3 - Exercise 5a
1.locate 2.initial 3.philosophy 4.convened 5.specify 6.valid 7.rely 8.deduce 9.component 10.exclude
1. It is important to learn a process which will help you to _______________ the meaning of new vocabulary from context.
2. The United Nations has _______________ a special meeting to deal with the conflict in the Middle East.
3. We had a few _______________ problems that were soon worked out.
4. Police are trying to _______________ a little girl who got separated from her parents while shopping.
5. You must have a _______________ reason if you want to reschedule your test. 6. Problem solving is a major _______________ of many science courses.
7. The children are very mean to the little boy, and _______________ him from all their games. 8. You can _______________ on Francis to do the job well; she is an excellent worker.
9. We didn't _______________ a time exactly, but we'll probably meet at the restaurant around noon.
10. My _______________ in life is to have fun, and enjoy myself without doing anything to hurt the people around me.
AWL Sublist 3 - Exercise 6a
1maximise 2.remove 3.sufficient 4.coordinate 5.framework 6.demonstrated 7.volume 8.instance 9.consent 10.physical
1. The Red Cross is trying to _______________ relief efforts aimed at aiding the victims of Sunday's earthquake.
2. To _______________ profits, I suggest we reduce our unit price in order to sell a greater volume of product.
3. Please _______________ your shoes when you come into the house.
4. The curriculum guide provides a _______________ for new teachers to refer to when making lesson plans.
5. You have to get your parents' _______________ in order to come on the field trip to the lake. 6. Recent research has _______________ a clear link between smoking parents and ear infections in children.
7. A further _______________ of computer problems occurred this morning. 8. The best way to lose weight is to do regular _______________ activity. 9. Two hours should be _______________ time to finish the work.
10. Fresh apples float because 25 percent of their _______________ is air.
AWL Sublist 4 - Exercise 1a
1.status 2.hence 3.occupy 4.attributed 5.confer 6.internal 7.access 8.promote 9.domestic 10.phase
1. There's something wrong with our Internet connection; I can't _______________ my e-mail account.
2. Karen _______ the failure of her marriage to her husband's inability to accept her change from a mother to a businesswoman.
3. The airline has more than 100 _______________ flights a day.
4. The students were well-prepared for the exam, _______________ their high scores. 5. Children need something to _______________ their time; otherwise, they get bored.
6. The Russian president flew to Washington this morning to _______________ with the American president on the crisis developing in the Middle East.
7. Doctors and lawyers are high _______________ jobs in our society.
8. One of the goals of the United Nations is to _______________ respect for human rights and