The Academic Word List

Presented by:Peggy Ryals

Web Site & Author

Averil Coxhead

http://language.massey.ac.nz/staff/awl/download/awlfrequent.pdf

Lesson A:Matching

  _______ an area 1. Meaning, synonym, significationThis is a safe area to play.  _______ a benefit 2. Help, profit, something goodExtra pay is a benefit.  _______ to create 3. Region, section, districtWe want to create a new plan.  _______ a definition 4. To send out, to sell somewhere elseCan you give me a definition of this word?  _______ to export 5. To make, to invent, to causeDoes your country export many things to the USA?

Lesson B:Analogies

1. alternative : choice :: deduction : (a) funds (b) welfare (c) answer

2. maximum : minimum :: visible : (a) obvious (b) not noticed (c) constant

3. proportion : all :: brief : (a) legal (b) financial (c) short

4. statistics : numbers :: funds : (a) money (b) areas (c) goals5. trace : draw :: pursue : (a) run away (b) run after (c) run up6. unique : common :: mental : (a) legal (b) brief (c) physical7. vehicle : car :: author : (a) poet (b) context (c) journal8. widespread : far-reaching :: cultural : (a) brief (b) visible (c) ethnic

ACADEMIC WORD LIST A-G Odd One Out

 

1. study analysis refugee investigation 

2. region levee section area 

3. author waiter writer novelist 

4. benefit harm help assistance

5. aftermath favoritism bias prejudice 

6. background context framework devastation 

7. make devastate create produce 

8. cultural national ethnic sheltered

 9. upsurge data statistics information 

10. chaos definition meaning signification

Lesson A-D:Cloze

A safe area where children can play is wonderful. This is also a great benefit to a town. One goal that parents have is a place where their kids play safely. Sometimes it causes financial problems when a group wants to create a safe playground for children, but it is always a major benefit to everyone. If you are concerned about children’s welfare, there is virtually nothing better than a protected area for children.

Lesson A-D: Cloze

A safe ___________ where children can play is wonderful. This is also a great __________________ to a town. One _______________ that parents have is a place where their kids play safely. Sometimes it causes _______________ problems when a group wants to ____________ a safe playground for children, but it is always a _______________ ________________ to everyone. If you are concerned about the children’s __________________, there is ___________________ nothing better than a protected _____________ for children.

Lesson D:Fill in The Blank

  1.      The two stores have ____________________________ into one large store.

2.      Your teachers care about the ___________________ of you and your family. 

3.      What is your ______________________ on how to learn a second language? 

4.      Do you like the original ___________________ of the movie or the new one?

5.      The soccer team lost ___________________ all of its main players this year.  

ANSWERS: theory, unified, version, virtually, welfare

Lesson A-D:Dictation

Do you keep a journal?  Keeping a journal has real benefits if you want to highlight what happened at a certain time.  You can use quotations to write down virtually every word a person said.  You can also use a journal to remind you of your goals.  For instance, you might decide to register for more classes or to make major changes in your life.  Don’t forget:  a daily journal can also be a summary of everything that happens.

 

ACADEMIC WORD LIST A-G Synonyms

1. hypothesis educated guess certainty unproved idea

2. inside internal inner external

3. job leisure employment business

4. diary poem journal memoir

5. allowed legal unlawful lawful

6. permit denial certificate license

7. major minor important main

8. logical ridiculous mental intellectual

9. negative pessimistic upbeat less than zero 10.unequal parallel matching corresponding

Lesson G:Open-end

1. Who is your favorite author? ____________________________________

2.      Where do you like to spend your funds? ____________________________ 

3.      What are you going to pursue after high school? ______________________ 

4.      What would you use to transport your furniture to New York City? ________________

AWL 3:Derivatives

1. Always constantly previously never-ending 

2. Weirdly oddly strange sweetly

3. facile simple easy invalid

4. Feature transition changeover passage

5. Indulgence tolerance acceptance maintenance

6. Validity conduct correct soundness 

7. Resources results consequence outcomes

8. emphasize stress accentuate derive

9. motivated encouraged sought driven

10. conductor substitute alternate stand-in

Academic Word List 3:X-Word

Academic Word List 3:X-Word

Academic Word List

Averil Coxheadhttp://language.massey.ac.nz/staff/awl/download/awlfrequent.pdf Presented by: Peggy Ryals