Practice Academic

Vocabulary Quiz Session 1

Name: ________________________ Class:______

For the following sentences, choose the word that best completes the pair of sentences. There is one extra
word:

1. We are given many different tasks as part of our English course. This _______ of activities helps us to
learn well.
He has a wide _______ of skills

2. He earns a lot of money. He has a high _______.

Unfortunately my mother’s _______ is low so we can’t afford a new car

3. The management has decided to _______ their products to France.

I think Azerbaijan should _______ more of its tea.

4. He checked his work carefully for mistakes and only stopped working when he was sure that there
were no _______.
Unfortunately there were a number of _______ in the textbook.

5. In reading and writing lessons we _______ other students’ work.

He didn’t _______ his essay so he got a low grade.

6. It is important for students to _______ on the organisation of their presentations.

He has decided to _______ on economics at ADA.
range errors edit export income respond focus

Choose the correct word form for each sentence

7. We often receive assist/ assistance / assistant from our parents.

8. The acquisition/ acquired/ acquire of language in children is a fascinating area of study.

9. He is a resident/ residence/ reside in a nursing home.

10. Estimate/ Estimation/ Estimated grades are not always accurate.

11. People who are alone for a long periodical/ periodically/ period of time might go insane.

Please turn over to the other side

For each word, choose the two incorrect word forms

 Assist Assistant Assistive Assister
Obtainable Obtainational Obtain Obtainative
Similarable Similar Similarity similarise
Region regionability regioner regional

Join a word from box A with a word from box B to create a collocation to match the definitions below. There
are extra words in the boxes

Box A Box B 16. to get help ________________

assess theses 17. to grade long essays ______________
quick occurrence 18. a fast answer _____________________
affect response 19. something important that
reside strategies
happens____________________________
major teams
20. to impact groups _______________
obtain assistance

21. His time at university had a big effect on the way he thought about different topics (impact/ issue)

22. The group leader gave each of the sportsmen a bottle of water, and told them to keep an
optimistic attitude. (positive/ distributed)

23. The rules of the Honor Code are very clear. Each person must follow them. (regulations/
individual)

24. She asked the professor about whether or not she could move to another group. (transfer/
consult)

Choose the correct word from each group to complete the paragraph.
1. normally, traditionally, previously 5. Institutionally, consistently, individually
2. estimate, evaluate, assess 6. Assumption, schedule, approach
3. injured, hurt, tense 7. Indicate, analyse, assume
4. major, beneficial, primary 8. Range, participation, involvement

Most days, I need to be at ADA by 9:00, so 1) ____________ I leave my house at 8:00. However, this
week my instructors will 2) ____________ all of the students and we will get our final grades. I feel a bit
3) ____________ because the final exam will be the first 4) ____________ exam that I will take at ADA,
but I know that I have worked 5) ____________ throughout the session – I have done all of my
homework and have learnt all of the words. I think that this 6) ____________ will help me to get a good
grade in my exams. I 7) ____________ that there will be North Star words on our final test, which is a
good thing because I have learnt the full 8) ____________ of these words over the last eight weeks.