Your taskFill in the gap in each sentence with the correct word or phrase.riskdangeroffromperilliablepronesusceptiblevulnerableopensubjectjeopardytoriskdanger0 / 15 answeredYour score0 / 150%Keep practising! Focus on the explanations below.1According to the latest screening guidance, patients in this particular age band are at significantly greater of developing the condition if a first-degree relative has already been diagnosed. (one word)Correct answer: risk▸ Why?"At risk OF X (an outcome)" — the clinical / statistical register for exposure to a bad outcome, here "developing the condition". The noun "risk" is the key word. Note the more clinical-neutral tone of "at risk of" versus the more immediate-dramatic "in danger of"; medical screening guidance favours "at risk of".2With only four games of the season remaining and a run of poor results behind them, the club now finds itself in serious of relegation for the first time in over thirty years. (one word)Correct answer: danger▸ Why?"In danger OF X" — the more IMMEDIATE / DRAMATIC register for an imminent bad outcome (here, relegation). The noun "danger" is the key word. The cue "only four games remaining" + "first time in thirty years" frames the immediate-jeopardy sense; "in danger of" carries more urgency than the clinical "at risk of".3Unless the funding settlement is confirmed before the end of the quarter, several of the smaller community projects will be at very real risk closing their doors for good. (one word)Correct answer: of▸ Why?The PREPOSITION slot in "at risk OF + V-ing" is fixed — OF introduces the bad OUTCOME (here "closing"), and it takes a GERUND, not an infinitive. Crucially distinct from "at risk FROM X" — which would introduce the SOURCE of the threat. Here the closing is the OUTCOME, so "of".4The Environment Agency's revised maps show that nearly two thousand additional properties along this stretch of the estuary are now considered to be at risk tidal flooding within the next two decades. (one word)Correct answer: from▸ Why?"At risk FROM X" — FROM introduces the SOURCE of the threat (here "tidal flooding" as the threatening agent). Contrast Q3: "at risk OF closing" (the outcome) vs "at risk FROM flooding" (the source). This OF / FROM distinction is the central C2 trap of the phrase: OF = what might happen TO you; FROM = what threatens you.5For three days and nights, the narrator tells us, the small vessel stood in constant of being driven onto the rocks that guarded the entrance to the only safe harbour for fifty miles. (one word)Correct answer: peril▸ Why?"In peril of X" — an ELEVATED / LITERARY register variant of "in danger of", common in narrative and historical prose. The noun "peril" is the key word. The cue "narrator tells us" + "three days and nights" + "small vessel... rocks" frames the literary-maritime register where "peril" is the natural choice over the plainer "danger".6Under the revised by-laws, any vehicle left in the loading bay for longer than twenty minutes is to be clamped and removed at the registered keeper's own expense. (one word)Correct answer: liable▸ Why?"Liable to X / to V" = "legally exposed to X / likely to undergo X (an undesirable consequence)". Common in legal-regulatory contexts for stated consequences. The cue "under the revised by-laws" + "clamped and removed" frames the legal-liability sense. Distinct from "prone to" (habitual personal tendency) and "subject to" (governed by / must undergo, more neutral).7Even his warmest biographers concede that the composer was to bouts of self-doubt so severe that he would sometimes withhold a finished score for years rather than risk its public reception. (one word)Correct answer: prone▸ Why?"Prone to X" = "having a (usually unwelcome) HABITUAL tendency towards X". Applied to recurring personal dispositions: prone to exaggeration, to error, to self-doubt. The cue "bouts of self-doubt... so severe... sometimes... for years" frames the recurring-disposition sense. Distinct from "liable to" (legal/likely consequence) and "susceptible to" (easily affected by an external influence).8The new hybrid cultivars, for all their improved yield, have turned out to be markedly more to the airborne fungal infection that devastated the eastern orchards two summers ago. (one word)Correct answer: susceptible▸ Why?"Susceptible to X" = "easily AFFECTED / harmed by X (an external influence, infection, pressure)". The cue "fungal infection" + "more ___ than" frames the easily-affected-by-external-agent sense, common in medicine, botany and influence contexts. Distinct from "prone to" (internal habitual tendency) and "vulnerable to" (exposed to harm, often deliberate attack).9The independent security audit concluded that, as currently configured, the entire payments platform remains worryingly to a relatively unsophisticated form of credential-stuffing attack. (one word)Correct answer: vulnerable▸ Why?"Vulnerable to X" = "EXPOSED to harm from X, especially deliberate attack or exploitation". The cue "security audit" + "credential-stuffing attack" frames the exposed-to-deliberate-attack sense, the standard register in security and defence. Distinct from "susceptible to" — which leans towards passive/biological affecting — and from "prone to" (habitual internal tendency).10By accepting hospitality from a company that was, at the very same time, bidding for one of his department's largest contracts, the minister left himself wide to the charge that his judgement had been compromised. (one word)Correct answer: open▸ Why?"Open to X (criticism, abuse, interpretation, the charge that...)" = "EXPOSED to / leaving oneself liable to X (especially reputational attack or alternative reading)". The cue "left himself wide ___ to the charge that" is the canonical exposed-to-criticism frame. Distinct from "vulnerable to" (physical / systemic harm) and "subject to" (governed by). "Wide open to" is a fixed intensified collocation.11All of the prices quoted in this brochure are necessarily to change without notice, and any final booking will be confirmed only once full payment has been received and cleared. (one word)Correct answer: subject▸ Why?"Subject to X" = "GOVERNED by X / liable to undergo X (a condition, change, approval)". A neutral, conditional-administrative frame — distinct from the harm-laden "liable to", "vulnerable to" or "open to". The cue "prices... ___ to change without notice" is the canonical commercial small-print collocation. Also seen in "subject to availability", "subject to contract", "subject to approval".12Once the second financier withdrew his backing at less than a week's notice, the entire production was suddenly thrown into , and the cast were told not to give up their other engagements. (one word)Correct answer: jeopardy▸ Why?"In jeopardy" — the STATE of being at serious risk (of failure, loss, cancellation). Often with "throw / put / place X in jeopardy". The cue "financier withdrew his backing" + "thrown into ___" + "don't give up other engagements" frames the whole-enterprise-at-risk sense. Note "in jeopardy" stands alone (no "of") as a state, unlike "at risk of / in danger of" which take a complement.13Older timber-framed buildings of this kind, particularly those that have been repeatedly and badly repaired, are notoriously susceptible exactly the sort of slow structural movement the survey identified. (one word)Correct answer: to▸ Why?The PREPOSITION slot for the whole adjective family — susceptible TO, prone TO, vulnerable TO, liable TO, open TO, subject TO — is uniformly "TO". This is a useful unifying anchor: every one of these risk / exposure adjectives selects "to" before its complement. Reaching for "of" or "from" here (by analogy with "at risk of/from") is the classic C2 cross-contamination error.14Unless the institution is willing to invest seriously in digitisation over the next few years, a great deal of its most fragile archival material is genuinely at of being lost altogether. (one word)Correct answer: risk▸ Why?"At risk OF + being + past participle" — the passive-gerund frame for a bad outcome that may befall the subject. The noun "risk" is the key word; note that "of" is followed by a GERUND ("being lost"), not an infinitive. The cue "fragile archival material... lost altogether" frames the exposed-to-irreversible-loss sense.15For all its undoubted early influence on the movement, the journal is now in some of becoming little more than a quarterly echo chamber for a steadily shrinking circle of contributors. (one word)Correct answer: danger▸ Why?"In danger OF + V-ing (becoming, turning into, losing)" — the immediate/evaluative register for an undesirable trajectory. The noun "danger" is the key word, with "of" + gerund "becoming". The cue "undoubted early influence... now" + "little more than... shrinking circle" frames the sliding-into-irrelevance sense; "in danger of" is more natural than the clinical "at risk of" for this evaluative-cultural judgement.Check AnswersPlease answer at least one question first.Found an error in this exercise? Let us know.