Pretest 3A -- Academic Words III -- contribute, component, coordinate, convene, document, dominate, initial, scheme, outcome, specify, imply, justify, illustrate, consent, considerable, constrain, correspond, valid, sufficient, sequence

1. The police said that the driver's use of alcohol ______________(ed) to the crash.  a) illustrate  b) coordinate  c) convene  d) contribute  e) correspond

 

 

2. In order to prove his claim in court, he had to _______________ everything that happened. a) outcome  b) consent  c) imply  d) component  e) document

 

 

3. He likes to talk loud, and tries to _______________ every conversation with his long stories.  a) sequence  b) document  c) dominate  d) convene  e) scheme

 

 

4. When I first met him, my _____________ impression was that he was a bit sloppy.  a) component  b) coordinate  c) valid  d) consent  e) initial

 

 

5. Before you can appear on tv, you have to sign a _______________ form that basically says that they have your permission.  a) constrain  b) consent  c) imply  d) considerable  e) sequence

 

 

6. By the tone of his voice I could tell he was ______________(ing) something he wasn't saying.  a) imply  b) scheme  c) coordinate  d) valid  e) contribute

 

 

7. The reasons he gave for the grade I received didn't seem ____________. He couldn't really back them up with examples. a) document  b) valid  c) scheme  d) illustrate  e) considerable

 

 

8. Please try to recall the _______________ of events. Which happened first, the chicken or the egg?  a) coordinate  b) convene  c) document  d) sequence  e) outcome

 

 

9. Since you didn't ________________ how you wanted you sandwich made, I made it the same as mine.  a) initial  b) specify  c) dominate  d) correspond  e) illustrate

 

 

10. In his speech, he ________________(ed) all of the technical terms he used with examples.  a) illustrate  b) justify  c) valid  d) sequence  e) dominate

 
11. Usually, how far you get in life ________________(s) to how hard you work at it.  a) document  b) dominate  c) contribute  d) correspond  e) justify

 

 

12. A major ________________ of any good spelling program is PRACTICE!  a) outcome  b) component  c) sequence  d) contribute  e) scheme

 

 

13. I hope you have a(n) _________________ to get us out of this mess.  a) sequence  b) outcome  c) illustration  d) scheme  e) contribute

 

 

14. One should hope that a(n) ___________________ of a good spelling program would be better spelling.  a) sequence  b) component  c) coordinate  d) convene  e) outcome

 

 

15. After what happened at the high school, a special meeting of the school board was ________________(ed)  a) outcome  b) convene  c) dominate  d) contribute  e) considerable




16. How much money you spend should be __________________(ed) by how much money you earn, but credit cards allow people to live beyond their means.  a) contribute  b) coordinate  c) convene  d) constrain  e) dominate

 

 

17. Many people's weddings get so complicated, they need people to __________________ all the tasks that need to get done on time.  a) convene  b) coordinate  c) consent  d) sufficient  e) contribute

 

 

18. The police didn't have __________________ evidence to charge him with the crime, so they had to let him go.  a) outcome  b) component  c) convene  d) initial  e) sufficient

 

 

19. The police report said that, because the man was holding a weapon, the use of force by the officer was _______________(ed).  a) convene  b) initial  c) justify  d) dominate  e) sufficient

 

 

20. The teacher said I was wasting my ___________________ talent for writing by playing videogames all day.  a) dominate  b) considerable  c) initial  d) sufficient  e) scheme