Test your academic vocabulary (1b)

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!

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  1. The prime minister was [] for comment.
  2. Mark Twain once said that [] have no real force except when one is well-fed.
  3. Your grandfather was a [] in the Canadian army.
  4. I couldn't understand the judge's [] language, so I don't understand the decision of the court.
  5. In 1969, a leading American surgeon claimed that for the majority of people, the use of tobacco has a [] effect.
  6. The government is offering more programs which [] low income families.
  7. This dictionary is not made for any [] language level; it can be used by anyone studying English, from the beginner to the advanced learner.
  8. There are many things you can do in your everyday life to help protect the [], such as recycling or riding a bicycle.
  9. Learning English has been very [] to my career.
  10. Messages sent by e-mail are sometimes [] because the recipient can't always be sure of the tone of the speaker.
  11. Arab colonies [] spices and slaves from the Kenyan coast as early as the 8th century.
  12. Lester Bangs once remarked that the first mistake of Art is to [] that it's serious.
  13. The old woman couldn't speak English, so her grandchildren had to [] for her.
  14. People in Senegal are born into traditional family [] that determine one's rights and responsibilities.
  15. The work of the great composer Tchaikovsky was [] by a wealthy widow for thirteen years.