AWL Sublist 2 Quizzes 6 quizzes to improve understanding of sublist 2 words

flashcards These quizzes focus on sublist 2 of the Academic Word List (AWL). There are 6 quizzes in total. Each quiz looks at 10 different words with three different kinds of exercise: flashcards to check meaning, gapfill to check grammar and usage, and matching exercises to improve understanding of academic collocations.

Learning Outcomes

By completing these quizzes, you will:

  • understand the meaning(s) of AWL sublist 2 words;
  • learn to use vocabulary productively by focusing on word form, word family and example sentences for each word;
  • use collocations from the Academic Collocations List (ACL) to develop knowledge of academic collocations for each word.


Quiz 1: conclude, construct, evaluate, impact, invest, potential, purchase, reside, site, transfer

Quiz 1 focuses on the words conclude, construct, evaluate, impact, invest, potential, purchase, reside, site, transfer.


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Quiz 2: assist, compute, consequence, conduct, design, journal, obtain, participate, primary, survey

Quiz 2 focuses on the words assist, compute, consequence, conduct, design, journal, obtain, participate, primary, survey.


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Quiz 3: achieve, appropriate, category, community, complex, culture, distinct, equate, regulate, tradition

Quiz 3 focuses on the words achieve, appropriate, category, community, complex, culture, distinct, equate, regulate, tradition.


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Quiz 4: acquire, affect, aspect, finally, focus, maintain, positive, range, seek, strategy

Quiz 4 focuses on the words acquire, affect, aspect, finally, focus, maintain, positive, range, seek, strategy.


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Quiz 5: administrate, chapter, credit, feature, normal, previous, relevant, restrict, select, text

Quiz 5 focuses on the words administrate, chapter, credit, feature, normal, previous, relevant, restrict, select, text.


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Quiz 6: commission, consume, element, injure, institute, item, perceive, region, resource, secure

Quiz 6 focuses on the words commission, consume, element, injure, institute, item, perceive, region, resource, secure.


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