Tradition Vocab
If you do something reluctantly, do you do it willingly or unwillingly?
Unwillingly
Complete: The festival was canceled, so they had to ________ the celebration. A) call off
B) call on
C) call into
D) call over
A) call off
What do we call the people in your family who lived before your grandparents and great-grandparents?
Ancestors
Pick a number 5-20!
Gain that number of points!
What does rock the boat mean?
to do or say something that upsets a calm situation or cause unnecessary trouble.
Someone who is jovial is usually what?
cheerful, friendly
Random, random, random!
Swap points with a team of your choice!
A huge decorated vehicle or platform that moves through a parade is called a ________.
Float
They used to have _____ car.
A. a blue big American
B. an American big blue
C. a big blue American
C. a big blue American
Who won The Lottery?
Mrs. Hutchinson
Complete the sentence: The villagers r________ the old man when he questioned the purpose of the annual ritual.
reprimanded
Is “look after” separable or inseparable?
Inseparable
Choose a team!
If you correctly answer their next question, you steal their points.
If you get it wrong, lose 100 points.
Put these adjectives in the correct order:
Japanese / beautiful / festival / traditional
beautiful traditional Japanese festival
What is 9 + 10?
21!
Pick a number 5-20!
Loose that many points and give it to the team in last place.
What are intransitive verbs?
An action word that does not need a direct object to make sense.
If a city holds a ceremony to commemorate an important historical event, what is the purpose of the ceremony?
To honor and remember the event
a...
A. red glamorous leather jacket
B. leather glamorous red jacket
C. glamorous leather red jacket
D. glamorous red leather jacket
D. glamorous red leather jacket
What does neither here nor there mean?
It doesn't really matter or is unimportant.
What does perfunctory mean?
Done with minimal effort, enthusiasm, or thought.
Identify the phrasal verb AND say whether it is separable or inseparable: “The committee came up with a new way to commemorate the festival.”
come up with — inseparable
Which word best describes a festival that is full of bright colors, energy, music, and excitement?
Vibrant
Which one is correct:
a) a big bad wolf
b) a bad big wolf
a) a big bad wolf
is a special/common fixed-sounding expression
Who wrote The Lottery?
Shirely Jackson