IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Please read this before doing the exercises.

How to get the most out of these exercises:

Remember, this vocabulary is not commonly used in everyday life and so you may find it difficult at first.

Study the relevant word list before doing the exercises. (You can find the word lists by clicking here.) You may find it helpful to study one list at a time and do all the exercises relating to that list. This allows you to practise the words in different ways and thus consolidates what you learn.

Use a dictionary to check the words you don’t know.

Read the instructions at the start of each exercise. They are there to help you!

Print out the word list and refer to it as you do the exercises. The exercises are challenging and you will need help at times!

Do each exercise more than once. Leave a gap of several hours, or several days between each time you do it. Ideally, do it until you get a 100% score. This is called ‘over-learning’ and is extremely effective if you want to achieve a high level of knowledge.

Study regularly – every day if possible. It is the only way to learn vocabulary effectively and to make sure you don’t forget what you have learnt.

Vary the exercises you do: do a crossword one day and a gap-fill the next. Variety is the spice of life.