Cambridge English for Engineering
Enable, allow, ensure, prevent
Choose the correct verb.
1. This ensures/enables predictions of ozone formation at a particular location to
be made and allows/prevents local authorities to take remedial action.
2. Contact with employers has enabled/prevented many young people to see the
value of staying on at school to improve their qualifications.
3. His Christian faith had prevented/allowed him from becoming Foreign
Minister in Moslem-dominated Egypt.
4. This type of filter can be time-consuming to maintain, but ensures/allows you
to use a lot of media effectively.
5. Its bold front design allows/enables for more efficient engine cooling, and the
superb instrument panel, precise steering, smooth gear shift and progressiveaction pedals ensure/allow an effortless ride.
6. It prevents/allows a user to achieve results that are barely distinguishable from
those achieved by professional publishers.
7. This natural dam ensures/enables that the river level stays high.
8. The software enables/prevents users to access databases.
9. This facility allows/prevents you to collect your parcels from your local
delivery office.
10.Satellite navigation equipment enables/ensures the boat's position to be
established with great accuracy anywhere on the surface of the globe.
11.That prevents/ensures the walls of the hole from collapsing inwards.
12.The other advantages of a freezer are that it enables/ensures you to store
certain foods in bulk to save you from frequent trips to the shops.
13.The software ensures/enables multiple users to search and retrieve specific
documents.
14.The new edition ensures/allows that these extensively researched tests are now
even easier to administer and quicker to mark.
15.Structural advice from an engineer is needed to prevent/ensure that the roof is
not weakened.
16.The program ensures/allows you to draw lines and boxes as well as shaded
areas.
17.This option enables/ensures the operator to enter employee details.
18.The bag prevents/enables any tiny pieces of metals from becoming embedded
in the magnet, which may scratch your glass at a later date.
19.This computer ensures/allows us to send electronic mail, which reduces the
need to use paper and is far quicker.