Nouns Abound
When one is upset, the ___________ statement, "Don't make a mountain out of a molehill" is not something that will help them calm down.
What is cliché?
Secret Agents for MI6 in England and the CIA in the US must be __________ to sneak into places stealthily.
What is furtive?
Which two words can be used as both a noun and a verb?
Lesson 17: vaunt
Lesson 18: rendezvous
When pursuing a career, one must consider their most _________ skills and how they can earn a living using them.
What is adroit?
When preparing for a big test, it may help to remain _____________ and not allow your emotions to get the best of you.
What is nonchalant?
A submarine uses _________________ to move undetected through the water and deceive other boats into thinking no one is there.
What is subterfuge?
The girl ____________ walked into class and sat in the seat nearest the door in hopes her teacher wouldn't notice she was late.
What is unobtrusively?
The most dangerous prisoners are _________ in high security prison away from the rest of the community.
What is sequestered?
At 5:30, we will _______________.
Our __________ place will be the Starbucks at the corner.
What is rendezvous?
A referee is allowed to call a _________ foul on a player who obviously elbows someone in the face.
What is flagrant?
Despite the fact that Marcy loves singing and dancing, her real __________ lies in math and science.
What is forte?
Although she was good at playing basketball for her church team, Mia's ________ skills were never shown in gym class.
What is latent?
She ______ her trophies by putting them on a shelf in the living room for everyone to see.
What is vaunts?
Nikolas Tesla was an inventor and engineer; Elon Musk, the ____________ who founded the electric car company, used Tesla's name as his brand.
What is entrepreneur?
After seeing the Broadway version of "Hairspray", Diane considered the simple high school drama class version to be _________.
What is blasé?
It's never a good idea for a restaurant to serve a new menu which goes directly against the preferences of their ___________.
What is clientele?
In closing arguments, lawyers present _________ points from the trial.
What is salient?
Identify the predicate verbs in each half of the compound sentence:
The boy ran fast but the girl sprinted quicker.
What is ran, sprinted?
Some freshmen are so ___________; the old tale about the school having a swimming pool on the roof still fools them!
What is naïve?
Only a ___________ person would go into a buffet and sneak food into their backpack to bring home.
What is surrepititous?
Identify the subject nouns in each half of the compound sentence:
The boy ran fast but the girl sprinted quicker.
What is boy, girl?
The _______________ founding of the travel club is to allow students to see different cultures of the world, but it also allows teachers to travel the world as part of work.
What is ostensible?
Conjugate the to be verb for each part of speech for all three people, singular and plural, for all three tenses.
Past:
I was, You were, He/She/It was, We were, Y'all were, They were
Present:
I am, You are, He/She/It is, We are, Y'all are, They are
Future:
I will be, You will be, He/She/It will be, We will be, Y'all will be, They will be
Only a ________ person would attend a live sporting event, with fans cheering all around you, and ask them to quiet down to hear a phone call.
What is gauche?
Identify the adverbs in each half of the compound sentence:
The boy ran fast but the girl sprinted quicker.