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Contribution can mean playing an important part in affecting or causing something.

For example:

The new teaching method contributed to improved test scores.

This meaning of contribution can also be negative - for example:

Low motivation and not enough practice contributed to the student's low test scores.


	one thing that helps to cause something
	influence
	affect
	take away from

Which answers are closest to this meaning of contributed? Choose the 3 correct answers.

Response:

	affect
	one thing that helps to cause something
	influence
	take away from

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Multiple choice question

This exercise focuses on words that go together with contribution.

A contributing factor is part of the cause of something, it is not the only cause.

Remember that in academic contexts, a contributing factor is something that has either a negative or positive effect on someone or something.


	He was very poor when he was a child.
	He has a good lawyer.
	He did not finish school.
	He had no parents.

Which of the following are contributing factors that can cause someone to become a criminal? Choose the 3 correct answers.

Response:

	He had no parents.
	He has a good lawyer.
	He did not finish school.
	He was very poor when he was a child.

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A valuable contribution is one that helps many people. Many people add information to Wikipedia entries - but not all these contributions are useful.

Look at Wikipedia's explanation of "university".

Read the paragraph and answer the question below.


	Suggest ways in which Wikipedia can make this definition easier to understand.
	Add a picture of your own university.
	Tell Wikipedia that you like this definition.
	Tell Wikipedia why you think the definition is - or is not - useful.

Wikipedia says that a “university is an institution of higher learning and research”. Universities grant “degrees in a variety of subjects” and “provide both undergraduate education and postgraduate education.”

How can you make a valuable contribution to Wikipedia's definition of "university"? Choose 2 correct answers.

Response:

	Add a picture of your own university.
	Tell Wikipedia why you think the definition is - or is not - useful.
	Suggest ways in which Wikipedia can make this definition easier to understand.
	Tell Wikipedia that you like this definition.