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AWL unit 5

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The artist [] a lot of useful art supplies while shopping in the big city.

a)

acquired

b)

acquiring

c)

acquire

d)

acquisition

2.

He works in [] as a carpenter.

a)

construct

b)

constructed

c)

constructing

d)

construction

3.

Speeding is a [] factor in more car crashes involving new drivers than any other factor.

a)

contributed

b)

contributing

c)

contribution

d)

contribute

4.

Yoga is an ancient health practice that [] on the mind-body connection.

a)

focus

b)

focuses

c)

focusing

5.

Some people think that we should build a bridge as a permanent [] between Vancouver Island and the Mainland.

a)

linking

b)

linked

c)

links

d)

link

6.

Not one of South Africa's many languages is spoken by a [] of the population.

a)

majority

b)

major

c)

majoring

d)

majored

7.

Your father will be [] furious when he finds out you dented his new car.

a)

positive

b)

positively

c)

positivity

d)

positivism

8.

Yukiko looked at the photos of 4 [] husbands that the matchmaker gave her parents.

a)

potential

b)

potentially

9.

He has finally [] a new, better-paid job with another company.

a)

security

b)

secure

c)

securing

d)

secured

10.

My grandmother often consults a [] who claims that she can communicate with the dead.

a)

medium

b)

practitioner

c)

major

11.

Keith Folse has observed that second language learners see [] of vocabulary as their greatest source of problems.

a)

medium

b)

acquisition

c)

factor

d)

contribution

12.

A football coach once observed that something [] comes from every defeat because each one teaches the team something.

a)

constructive

b)

contributing

c)

focused

13.

Tonight's program [] on the difference between human and ape forms of intelligence.

a)

contribues

b)

acquires

c)

focuses

14.

The railway was an essential [] between Eastern and Western Canada when our country was started.

a)

link

b)

medium

c)

focus

15.

The world's [] rain forests are located in South and Central America, and in South-east Asia.

a)

positive

b)

potential

c)

major

16.

The poorest [] of our society will not benefit from these tax cuts.

a)

source

b)

sector

c)

medium

17.

The industrial [] is quite pleased with the government's new policy.

a)

sector

b)

section

c)

security

18.

He has tested [] for cancer, and has to see a specialist immediately.

a)

major

b)

medium

c)

positive

19.

This new company has the [] to become very profitable in the next year.

a)

security

b)

acquisition

c)

potential

20.

Airport [] has become extremely tight as a result of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre.

a)

security

b)

potential

c)

majority