Academic Word of the Day Quizzes

Academic Word of the Day Quizzes - What they are - How they Help you Learn

The Academic Word of the Day page examines particular words and their usage in academic writing. For each word, it examines the meaning or meanings of that word and its collocations, connotations, other words in the same word families, possible synonyms, antonyms, and lexical phrases, and provides examples of its use in authentic texts which are cited and listed in the bibliography.

The words are presented one by one every weekday and they are grouped into sets of ten, spanning two weeks. There are three quiz types for each set:

• A drag and drop exercise to match a word with its definition;
• A gap fill exercise to provide a suitable word to complete a sentence (with a few letters to help you out);
• A gap fill exercise to provide a suitable word to complete a sentence (with no extra help, but remember - all the answers come from one particular set).

The items in each test are presented in random order, so if you repeat the test you are highly unlikely to see the items in the same order. Once you have completed a test you will have a record of this stating when you completed it:

Test your knowledge of Set 1 words with Quiz 1, Quiz 1B, Quiz 1C.

Test your knowledge of Set 2 words with Quiz 2, Quiz 2B, Quiz 2C.

Test your knowledge of Set 3 words with Quiz 3, Quiz 3B, Quiz 3C.

Test your knowledge of Set 4 words with Quiz 4, Quiz 4B, Quiz 4C.

Test your knowledge of Set 5 words with Quiz 5, Quiz 5B, Quiz 5C.

Test your knowledge of Set 6 words with Quiz 6, Quiz 6B, Quiz 6C.

There are also occasional collocation quizzes to test recall of words in previous sets (mainly the previous 2 or 3 sets). These are contained within the Academic Word of the day page.

By viewing the information on the academic word of the day page on a daily basis, you can improve your own writing. This is because you see how good writers use these words and you can become more familiar with their collocations and usage. This is especially important if English is not your first language. To learn a word you need to see it a number of times. By completing these quizzes, including the collocation quizzes, you have the opportunity of seeing and trying to recall these words a number of times in the space of a few days. You should also see the AWL Quizzes page, which has similar quizzes for almost all the words in the Academic Word List. Playing the Collocation Game (academic version) is another way to deepen you understanding of collocations of AWL words.