A self-study worksheet for mastering the 570 Academic Word List (AWL) headwords. Includes assessment table, score tables, links for learning and practice tests.

1. Vocabulary Acquisition Worksheet 1 (VAW1) v.2
By Jaime Alfredo Cabrera, 10 June 2013, Albukhary International University, Malaysia
The Academic Word List (AWL) includes 570 headwords* that appear regularly in English-language texts. These
words are used frequently in newspapers, magazines, novels, and college-level textbooks. This worksheet belongs to:
First Name (s)
Last Name(s) Student #
Complete Name in Passport Gender
Degree Specialization
Birth date in Passport Religion
Country of Origin City, Town
Email(s)
Local phone(s)
Home phone(s)
Hostel Building Floor Room Roommate & Phone
“The headword (or head) in a phrase is that word which is essential to the core meaning of the phrase. It is the word to which the phrase is reducible, for example...” Source:
www.arts.gla.ac.uk/STELLA/LILT/headword.htm
Summary of Test Scores: Speed (S) and Accuracy (A)
AWL
Group
Pre-Test Post-Test
Comments
Date Score Date Score
1 MMM DD YYYY S A MMM DD YYYY S A
2 MMM DD YYYY S A MMM DD YYYY S A
3 MMM DD YYYY S A MMM DD YYYY S A
4 MMM DD YYYY S A MMM DD YYYY S A
5 MMM DD YYYY S A MMM DD YYYY S A
6 MMM DD YYYY S A MMM DD YYYY S A
7 MMM DD YYYY S A MMM DD YYYY S A
8 MMM DD YYYY S A MMM DD YYYY S A
9 MMM DD YYYY S A MMM DD YYYY S A
10 MMM DD YYYY S A MMM DD YYYY S A
Average MMM DD YYYY S A MMM DD YYYY S A
Assessment Marking of AWL Vocabulary Acquisition
1. At the start, a pre-test is required for all 10 lessons. The post-test date is decided by the student at the start. Failure to take
the test as scheduled is a minus twenty (-20) points from the test score.
2. The student must master each AWL Sublist before proceeding to the next. Mastery means a grade of 100% on a 20-item in-
class post-test of an AWL Sublist.
3. An in-class post-test can be re-taken until mastery is achieved. A student may take more than one test during a week, but
subject to Rules #1 and #2.
4. The last day for an in-class test is _____________________________; during which final marks are issued as follows:
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT
Student Name
AWL Group 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
Grade F F E E D D C B A A*
1st Take 9 19 29 39 49 59 69 79 89 100
2nd Take 8 18 28 38 48 58 68 78 88 99
3rd Take 7 17 27 37 47 57 67 77 87 98
4th Take 6 16 26 36 46 56 66 76 86 97
5th Take 5 15 25 35 45 55 65 75 85 96
6th Take 4 14 24 34 44 54 64 74 84 95
7th Take 3 13 23 33 43 53 63 73 83 94
8th Take 2 12 22 32 42 52 62 72 82 93
9th Take 1 11 21 31 41 51 61 71 81 92
10th Take 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 91
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The last mark achieved is the final grade

2. Academic Word List
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ALLCAPS your last name, surname, or family name
AWL Sublist 1
analyze, approach, area, assess, assume, authority, available, benefit, concept, consist, context, constitute, contract,
create, data, define, derive, distribute, economy, environment, establish, estimate, evident, export, factor, finance,
formula, function, identify, income, indicate, individual, interpret, involve, issue, labour, legal, legislate, major,
method, occur, percent, period, principle, proceed, process, policy, require, research, respond, role, section, sector,
significant, similar, source, specific, structure, theory, vary
Alternative sites: http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-878724, http://www.studystack.com/flashcards-841135, http://www.proprofs.com/flashcards/story.php?title=academic-
word-list-sublist-1-part-1, http://www.proprofs.com/flashcards/story.php?title=academic-word-list-sublist-1-part-2, http://dynamo.dictionary.com/games/54293/awl-sublist-
1/flashcards, http://flashcarddb.com/cardset/139033-awl-sublist-one-flashcards,
AWL Sublist 2
achieve, acquire, administrate, affect, appropriate, aspect, assist, category, chapter, commission, community, complex,
compute, conclude, conduct, consequent, construct, consume, credit, culture, design, distinct, equate, element,
evaluate, feature, final, focus, impact, injure, institute, invest, item, journal, maintain, normal, obtain, participate,
perceive, positive, potential, previous, primary, purchase, range, region, regulate, relevant, reside, resource, restrict,
secure, seek, select, site, strategy, survey, text, tradition, transfer
In-class Pretest http://quizlet.com/10241426/test/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Practice http://quizlet.com/10241426/awl-sublist-02-flash-cards/ Date MMM DD YYYY
 SCORES 
Memorize http://quizlet.com/10241426/flashcards Date MMM DD YYYY
Listening http://quizlet.com/10241426/learn/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Spelling http://quizlet.com/10241426/speller/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Game 1 http://quizlet.com/10241426/spacerace/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Game 2 http://quizlet.com/10241426/microscatter/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Practice Test http://quizlet.com/10241426/test/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
In-class Test Computer-generated at random Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Alternative sites: http://www.studystack.com/flashcards-841136, http://dynamo.dictionary.com/54283/awl-sublist-2/print, http://dynamo.dictionary.com/games/54283/awl-sublist-
2/flashcards,
AWL Sublist 3
alternative, circumstance, comment, compensate, component, consent, considerable, constant, constrain, contribute,
convene, coordinate, core, corporate, correspond, criteria, deduce, demonstrate, document, dominate, emphasis,
ensure, exclude, fund, framework, illustrate, immigrate, imply, initial, instance, interact, justify, layer, link, locate,
maximize, minor, negate, outcome, partner, philosophy, physical, proportion, publish, react, register, rely, remove,
scheme, sequence, shift, specify, sufficient, task, technical, technique, technology, valid, volume
In-class Pretest http://quizlet.com/10240509/test/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Practice http://quizlet.com/10240509/awl-sublist-01-flash-cards/ Date MMM DD YYYY
 SCORES 
Memorize http://quizlet.com/10240509/flashcards Date MMM DD YYYY
Listening http://quizlet.com/10240509/learn/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Spelling http://quizlet.com/10240509/speller/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Game 1 http://quizlet.com/10240509/scatter/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Game 2 http://quizlet.com/10240509/spacerace/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Practice Test http://quizlet.com/10240509/test/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
In-class Test Computer-generated at random Date MMM DD YYYY S A
In-class Pretest http://quizlet.com/10241489/test/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Practice http://quizlet.com/10241489/awl-sublist-03-flash-cards/ Date MMM DD YYYY
 SCORES 
Memorize http://quizlet.com/10241489/flashcards Date MMM DD YYYY
Listening http://quizlet.com/10241489/learn/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Spelling http://quizlet.com/10241489/speller/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Game 1 http://quizlet.com/10241489/spacerace/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Game 2 http://quizlet.com/10241489/microscatter/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Practice Test http://quizlet.com/10241489/test/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
In-class Test Computer-generated at random Date MMM DD YYYY S A
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3. Academic Word List
Alternative sites: http://www.flashcardexchange.com/cards/awl-sublist-3-2337800, http://www.studystack.com/flashcards-841143, http://dynamo.dictionary.com/games/55948/awl-
sublist-3/flashcards,
AWL Sublist 4
access, adequacy, annual, apparent, approximate, attitude, attribute, civil, code, commit, communicate, concentrate,
confer, contrast, cycle, debate, despite, dimension, domestic, emerge, error, ethnic, goal, grant, hence, hypothesis,
implement, implicate, impose, integrate, internal, investigate, job, label, mechanism, obvious, occupy, option, output,
overall, parallel, parameter, phase, predict, prior, principal, professional, project, promote, regime, resolve, retain,
series, statistic, status, stress, subsequent, sum, summary, undertake
Alternative sites: http://www.studystack.com/flashcards-841144,
AWL Sublist 5
academy, adjust, alter, amend, aware, capacity, challenge, clause, compound, conflict, consult, contact, decline,
discrete, draft, enable, energy, enforce, entity, equivalent, evolve, expand, expose, external, facilitate, fundamental,
generate, generation, image, liberal, license, logic, margin, mental, medical, modify, monitor, network, notion,
objective, orient, perspective, precise, prime, psychology, pursue, ratio, reject, revenue, stable, style, substitute,
sustain, symbol, target, transit, trend, version, welfare, whereas
Alternative sites: http://www.studyblue.com/notes/note/n/awl-sublist-5/deck/4718726, http://www.studystack.com/flashcards-841145,
http://dynamo.dictionary.com/games/57480/awl-sublist-5/flashcards,
AWL Sublist 6
abstract, acknowledge, accuracy, aggregate, allocate, assign, attach, author, bond, brief, capable, cite, cooperate,
discriminate, display, diverse, domain, edit, enhance, estate, exceed, expert, explicit, federal, fee, flexible,
furthermore, gender, ignorance, incentive, incorporate, incidence, index, inhibit, initiate, input, instruct, intelligence,
interval, lecture, migrate, minimum, ministry, motive, neutral, nevertheless, overseas, precede, presume, rational,
recover, reveal, scope, subsidy, tape, trace, transform, transport, underlie, utilize
In-class Pretest http://quizlet.com/10241515/test/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Practice http://quizlet.com/10241515/awl-sublist-04-flash-cards/ Date MMM DD YYYY
 SCORES 
Memorize http://quizlet.com/10241515/flashcards Date MMM DD YYYY
Listening http://quizlet.com/10241515/learn/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Spelling http://quizlet.com/10241515/speller/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Game 1 http://quizlet.com/10241515/spacerace/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Game 2 http://quizlet.com/10241515/microscatter/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Practice Test http://quizlet.com/10241515/test/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
In-class Test Computer-generated at random Date MMM DD YYYY S A
In-class Pretest http://quizlet.com/10241543/test/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Practice http://quizlet.com/10241543/awl-sublist-05-flash-cards/ Date MMM DD YYYY
 SCORES 
Memorize http://quizlet.com/10241543/flashcards Date MMM DD YYYY
Listening http://quizlet.com/10241543/learn/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Spelling http://quizlet.com/10241543/speller/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Game 1 http://quizlet.com/10241543/spacerace/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Game 2 http://quizlet.com/10241543/microscatter/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Practice Test http://quizlet.com/10241543/test/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
In-class Test Computer-generated at random Date MMM DD YYYY S A
In-class Pretest http://quizlet.com/10241567/test/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Practice http://quizlet.com/10241567/awl-sublist-06-flash-cards/ Date MMM DD YYYY
 SCORES 
Memorize http://quizlet.com/10241567/flashcards Date MMM DD YYYY
Listening http://quizlet.com/10241567/learn/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Spelling http://quizlet.com/10241567/speller/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Game 1 http://quizlet.com/10241567/spacerace/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Game 2 http://quizlet.com/10241567/microscatter/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Practice Test http://quizlet.com/10241567/test/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
In-class Test Computer-generated at random Date MMM DD YYYY S A
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4. Academic Word List
Alternative sites: http://www.studystack.com/flashcards-841146,
AWL Sublist 7
adapt, adult, advocate, aid, channel, chemical, classic, comprehensive, comprise, confirm, contrary, convert, couple,
decade, definite, deny, differentiate, dispose, dynamic, equip, eliminate, empirical, extract, file, finite, foundation,
globe, grade, guarantee, hierarchy, identical, ideology, infer, innovate, insert, intervene, isolate, media, mode,
paradigm, phenomenon, priority, prohibit, publication, quote, release, reverse, simulate, sole, somewhat, submit,
successor, survive, thesis, topic, transmit, ultimate, unique, visible, voluntary
Alternative sites: http://www.studystack.com/flashcards-841147,
AWL Sublist 8
abandon, accompany, accumulate, ambiguous, appendix, appreciate, arbitrary, automate, bias, chart, clarify,
commodity, complement, conform, contemporary, contradict, crucial, currency, denote, detect, deviate, displace,
drama, eventual, exhibit, exploit, fluctuate, guideline, highlight, implicit, induce, inevitable, infrastructure, inspect,
intense, manipulate, minimize, nuclear, offset, paragraph, plus, practitioner, predominant, prospect, radical, random,
reinforce, restore, revise, schedule, tense, terminate, theme, thereby, uniform, vehicle, via, virtual, visual, widespread
Alternative sites: http://www.studystack.com/flashcards-841149,
AWL Sublist 9
accommodate, analogy, anticipate, assure, attain, behalf, cease, coherent, coincide, commence, compatible,
concurrent, confine, controversy, converse, device, devote, diminish, distort, duration, erode, ethic, found, format,
inherent, insight, integral, intermediate, manual, mature, mediate, medium, military, minimal, mutual, norm, overlap,
passive, portion, preliminary, protocol, qualitative, refine, relax, restrain, revolution, rigid, route, scenario, sphere,
subordinate, supplement, suspend, team, temporary, trigger, unify, violate, vision
In-class Pretest http://quizlet.com/10241597/test/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Practice http://quizlet.com/10241597/awl-sublist-07-flash-cards/ Date MMM DD YYYY
 SCORES 
Memorize http://quizlet.com/10241597/flashcards Date MMM DD YYYY
Listening http://quizlet.com/10241597/learn/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Spelling http://quizlet.com/10241597/speller/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Game 1 http://quizlet.com/10241597/spacerace/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Game 2 http://quizlet.com/10241597/microscatter/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Practice Test http://quizlet.com/10241597/test/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
In-class Test Computer-generated at random Date MMM DD YYYY S A
In-class Pretest http://quizlet.com/10241622/test/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Practice http://quizlet.com/10241622/awl-sublist-08-flash-cards/ Date MMM DD YYYY
 SCORES 
Memorize http://quizlet.com/10241622/flashcards Date MMM DD YYYY
Listening http://quizlet.com/10241622/learn Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Spelling http://quizlet.com/10241622/speller/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Game 1 http://quizlet.com/10241622/spacerace/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Game 2 http://quizlet.com/10241622/microscatter/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Practice Test http://quizlet.com/10241622/test/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
In-class Test Computer-generated at random Date MMM DD YYYY S A
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5. Academic Word List
Alternative sites: http://www.studystack.com/flashcards-841150,
AWL Sublist 10
adjacent, albeit, assemble, collapse, colleague, compile, conceive, convince, depress, encounter, enormous,
forthcoming, incline, integrity, intrinsic, invoke, levy, likewise, nonetheless, notwithstanding, odd, ongoing, panel,
persist, pose, reluctance, so-called, straightforward, undergo, whereby
Alternative sites: http://www.studystack.com/flashcards-841151,
End of Document
Vocabulary acquisition worksheets by Jaime Alfredo Cabrera
• Vocabulary Acquisition (VA) Worksheet 1 – The learner is introduced to the 570 headwords in the Cox Academic Word List and practices individual learning skills such as time management, self-motivation, and communication technology.
• Vocabulary Acquisition (VA) Worksheet 2 – The learner is introduced to the word families under the 570 headwords in the Cox Academic Word List, and to syllabication and stressed syllables. The student continues practice of individual learning skills
such as time management, self-motivation, and communication technology.
• Vocabulary Acquisition (VA) Worksheet 3 – The learner is introduced to headwords in the GRE Word List, and to morphological elemens such as root words, prefixes, and suffixes. The student continues practice of individual learning skills such as time
management, self-motivation, and communication technology.
• Vocabulary Acquisition (VA) Worksheet 4 – The learner is introduced to Greek and Latin morphological elemens such as root words, prefixes, and suffixes; and to syntaxis which includes the grammatical function of words when used in sentences. The
student continues practice of individual learning skills such as time management, self-motivation, and communication technology.
• Vocabulary Acquisition (VA) Worksheet 5 – The learner is introduced to loan words and portmanteau words in English; and to advanced syntaxis such as brevity, concisenes, and idioms. The student continues practice of individual learning skills such
as time management, self-motivation, and communication technology.
• Vocabulary Acquisition (VA) Worksheet 6 – The learner is introduced to headwords and word families in the British Corpus; and to related word families, syllabication, and stressed syllables. The student continues practice of individual learning skills
such as time management, self-motivation, and communication technology.
In-class Pretest http://quizlet.com/10241678/test/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Practice http://quizlet.com/10241678/awl-sublist-09-flash-cards/ Date MMM DD YYYY
 SCORES 
Memorize http://quizlet.com/10241678/flashcards Date MMM DD YYYY
Listening http://quizlet.com/10241678/learn/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Spelling http://quizlet.com/10241678/speller/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Game 1 http://quizlet.com/10241678/spacerace/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Game 2 http://quizlet.com/10241678/microscatter/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Practice Test http://quizlet.com/10241678/test/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
In-class Test Computer-generated at random Date MMM DD YYYY S A
In-class Pretest http://quizlet.com/10241704/test/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Practice http://quizlet.com/10241704/awl-sublist-10-flash-cards/ Date MMM DD YYYY
 SCORES 
Memorize http://quizlet.com/10241704/flashcards Date MMM DD YYYY
Listening http://quizlet.com/10241704/learn/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Spelling http://quizlet.com/10241704/speller/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Game 1 http://quizlet.com/10241704/spacerace/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Game 2 http://quizlet.com/10241704/microscatter/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Practice Test http://quizlet.com/10241704/test/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
In-class Test Computer-generated at random Date MMM DD YYYY S A
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6. Academic Word List
Alternative sites: http://www.studystack.com/flashcards-841150,
AWL Sublist 10
adjacent, albeit, assemble, collapse, colleague, compile, conceive, convince, depress, encounter, enormous,
forthcoming, incline, integrity, intrinsic, invoke, levy, likewise, nonetheless, notwithstanding, odd, ongoing, panel,
persist, pose, reluctance, so-called, straightforward, undergo, whereby
Alternative sites: http://www.studystack.com/flashcards-841151,
End of Document
Vocabulary acquisition worksheets by Jaime Alfredo Cabrera
• Vocabulary Acquisition (VA) Worksheet 1 – The learner is introduced to the 570 headwords in the Cox Academic Word List and practices individual learning skills such as time management, self-motivation, and communication technology.
• Vocabulary Acquisition (VA) Worksheet 2 – The learner is introduced to the word families under the 570 headwords in the Cox Academic Word List, and to syllabication and stressed syllables. The student continues practice of individual learning skills
such as time management, self-motivation, and communication technology.
• Vocabulary Acquisition (VA) Worksheet 3 – The learner is introduced to headwords in the GRE Word List, and to morphological elemens such as root words, prefixes, and suffixes. The student continues practice of individual learning skills such as time
management, self-motivation, and communication technology.
• Vocabulary Acquisition (VA) Worksheet 4 – The learner is introduced to Greek and Latin morphological elemens such as root words, prefixes, and suffixes; and to syntaxis which includes the grammatical function of words when used in sentences. The
student continues practice of individual learning skills such as time management, self-motivation, and communication technology.
• Vocabulary Acquisition (VA) Worksheet 5 – The learner is introduced to loan words and portmanteau words in English; and to advanced syntaxis such as brevity, concisenes, and idioms. The student continues practice of individual learning skills such
as time management, self-motivation, and communication technology.
• Vocabulary Acquisition (VA) Worksheet 6 – The learner is introduced to headwords and word families in the British Corpus; and to related word families, syllabication, and stressed syllables. The student continues practice of individual learning skills
such as time management, self-motivation, and communication technology.
In-class Pretest http://quizlet.com/10241678/test/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Practice http://quizlet.com/10241678/awl-sublist-09-flash-cards/ Date MMM DD YYYY
 SCORES 
Memorize http://quizlet.com/10241678/flashcards Date MMM DD YYYY
Listening http://quizlet.com/10241678/learn/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Spelling http://quizlet.com/10241678/speller/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Game 1 http://quizlet.com/10241678/spacerace/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Game 2 http://quizlet.com/10241678/microscatter/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Practice Test http://quizlet.com/10241678/test/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
In-class Test Computer-generated at random Date MMM DD YYYY S A
In-class Pretest http://quizlet.com/10241704/test/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Practice http://quizlet.com/10241704/awl-sublist-10-flash-cards/ Date MMM DD YYYY
 SCORES 
Memorize http://quizlet.com/10241704/flashcards Date MMM DD YYYY
Listening http://quizlet.com/10241704/learn/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Spelling http://quizlet.com/10241704/speller/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Game 1 http://quizlet.com/10241704/spacerace/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Game 2 http://quizlet.com/10241704/microscatter/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
Practice Test http://quizlet.com/10241704/test/ Date MMM DD YYYY S A
In-class Test Computer-generated at random Date MMM DD YYYY S A
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