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WorksheetsAWL 3.1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
When the price of oil increases, there is usually a (matching/parallel) **** rise in petrol prices.
a)
corresponding
b)
considerable
c)
conventional
d)
contributing
2.
Even in Australia, a quite (significant/quite large) **** number of people still live in relative poverty.
a)
considerable
b)
constrained
c)
coordinated
d)
constant
3.
The (business) **** structure of companies is often overly complex, with too many middle managers.
a)
corporate
b)
constraint
c)
conventional
d)
contribute
4.
Financial (restrictions/ limiting factors) **** on the company are preventing us from employing new staff.
a)
constraints
b)
constants
c)
conventions
d)
alternatives
5.
In many places it is still the (tradition/usual practice) **** for the man to ask the woman to marry him.
a)
convention
b)
alternative
c)
component
d)
circumstance
6.
Although the pain was not very strong, it was (continuous) ****.
a)
constant
b)
core
c)
coordinated
d)
corresponding
7.
Which word has the opposite meaning to 'marginal' or 'less important'?
a)
core
b)
alternative
c)
conventional
d)
corporate
8.
Which word has the opposite meaning to 'conventional' or 'normal'?
a)
alternative
b)
corporate
c)
constrained
d)
considerable
9.
A modern computer is composed of various separate **** such as a CPU, memory and graphics card.
a)
components
b)
contributions
c)
circumstances
d)
compensations
10.
The famous film star is demanding **** from the newspaper for printing lies about her early childhood.
a)
compensation
b)
contribution
c)
convention
d)
circumstance
11.
In a successful business there must be effective communication and **** between the different departments and branches.
a)
coordination
b)
contribution
c)
constraint
d)
correspondence
12.
Although often underpaid, migrant workers often make a very important **** to our society.
a)
contribution
b)
core
c)
convention
d)
consent
13.
The police are investigating the **** of the accident.
a)
circumstances
b)
components
c)
contributions
d)
coordination
14.
The government **** no comment on the reports of the Prime Minister’s health problems.
a)
made no comment
b)
said no comment
c)
gave no comment
d)
consented no comment
15.
Parents must first **** their consent before any photographs can be taken of their children.
a)
give consent
b)
offer consent
c)
place consent
d)
have consent
16.
The use of acupuncture is now very common, even at **** physiotherapy clinics.
a)
conventional
b)
convention
c)
convene
d)
convened
17.
Many businesses use the internet to **** their operations in different countries.
a)
coordinate
b)
coordination
c)
coordinating
d)
coordinative
18.
I think we have three ****. Which should we choose?
a)
alternatives
b)
alternations
c)
alternate
d)
alternatively
19.
High temperatures and lack of rainfall both **** to the risk of forest fires.
a)
contribute(d)
b)
contribution
c)
contributing
d)
contributive
20.
The company’s progress was **** by a manager who refused to look forward.
a)
constrained
b)
constraint
c)
constrain
d)
constainated
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