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Practice level

C1. Try this level if you can follow the instructions and understand most of the language; choose an earlier level if you need more support.

Question formats

Single choice

How to approach this practice

Use the surrounding sentence to identify the meaning and word form needed. Check which words naturally go together.

1. Question 1 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which option most closely means “identifiable”?

   1. Clear enough to be recognized, distinguished, or associated with a particular category or outcome.
   2. Designed exclusively for medical professionals
   3. Likely to continue without external support
   4. Subject to prolonged administrative examination
   Check answers and explanations

   Answer

   Clear enough to be recognized, distinguished, or associated with a particular category or outcome.

   Identifiable describes something clear enough to recognize or associate with an outcome.

2. Question 2 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which option most closely means “tailored”?

   1. Repeated across several unrelated contexts
   2. Designed or adapted to suit a particular person, purpose, or set of circumstances.
   3. Required before an advanced course begins
   4. Connected mainly with regional employment
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   Answer

   Designed or adapted to suit a particular person, purpose, or set of circumstances.

   Tailored describes something adapted for a particular person or purpose.

3. Question 3 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which option most closely means “prerequisites”?

   1. Benefits gained after a program expands
   2. Courses, qualifications, or conditions that must be completed before something else can be undertaken.
   3. Groups studying together during one period
   4. Purposes that broader education is intended to serve
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   Answer

   Courses, qualifications, or conditions that must be completed before something else can be undertaken.

   Prerequisites are requirements that must be completed beforehand.

4. Question 4 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which option most closely means “cohort”?

   1. A group of people who share a particular characteristic or participate in the same program during a period.
   2. A qualification needed for professional admission
   3. A method for assessing public-sector funding
   4. A connection between universities and employers
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   Answer

   A group of people who share a particular characteristic or participate in the same program during a period.

   A cohort is a group participating in the same program or period.

5. Question 5 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which option most closely means “sustainable”?

   1. Capable of continuing over time without exhausting resources or losing its effectiveness.
   2. Clearly associated with one identifiable occupation
   3. Designed to attract students temporarily
   4. Examined critically by external authorities
   Check answers and explanations

   Answer

   Capable of continuing over time without exhausting resources or losing its effectiveness.

   Sustainable describes something capable of continuing effectively over time.

6. Question 6 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which option most closely means “scrutiny”?

   1. A customized academic pathway
   2. A group of newly enrolled students
   3. Careful and critical examination of something, especially to assess its quality, justification, or consequences.
   4. Protection from economic pressures
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   Answer

   Careful and critical examination of something, especially to assess its quality, justification, or consequences.

   Scrutiny involves careful and often critical examination.

7. Question 7 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which option most closely means “preserving”?

   1. Protecting something from loss, damage, or decline so that it continues to exist or function.
   2. Establishing a requirement for admission
   3. Connecting a degree with a particular profession
   4. Increasing the size of an academic cohort
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   Answer

   Protecting something from loss, damage, or decline so that it continues to exist or function.

   Preserving means protecting something so it continues to exist or function.

What to review next

Keep a short list of unfamiliar words with their meanings and example sentences. Practise recalling them later, then use them in a sentence of your own.

A focused practice result shows how you did on these tasks. Use several activities across skills to decide what to study next; one practice score does not certify an overall CEFR level.

Before you practise: a worked example

Read the whole sentence before choosing a word. Check both its meaning and the words it naturally combines with.

Please make an appointment before visiting the clinic.

Make an appointment is a natural word combination. Knowing a dictionary meaning alone may not tell you which verb fits.

This teaching example is separate from the scored questions. After your test, compare any mistakes with the explanation and revisit the topic before trying again.