C1 Reading Skills
Writing Skills
C2 Topics
C1 Topics
Vocabulary meaning
100

When reading a passage, what is the first thing you find when skimming?

Topic


100

What is the first paragraph called in an essay?

Introduction

100

Is a Roomba a Weak AI or Strong AI and why?

Weak AI

It is designed to solve 1 specific problem

   - to only clean floors

100

In the past, women in the military filled mostly non-combatant roles like Nurse and secretaries. Now they are allowed to _______________.

directly fight the enemy

100

Explain the word "Ban"

Ban smoking

Not allow, Prohibit, Prevent

200

How do you find the topic?

1st Paragraph, Repeated words, related to the title.

200

What is the first thing you write in the introduction to draw in the readers?

Hook

200

We learned about Clean energy and Renewable energy

Name 1 Renewable energy source

Solar, Wind, Hydro, Tidal, Geothermal, Biomass.

200

A Lute is a stringed instrument originating
 from which Country?

China / Chinese instrument

200

Explain the word "Reduce"
Reduce waste

Make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size.

Shrink 

300

How do you find the Main Ideas?

In Body paragraphs. Usually first sentence. Related to the Thesis and directly supports it. 

Make the Thesis into a WH question.

Thesis: They served a number of important purposes
WH Question: What important purposes? Why were they important? 

300

What is a good transition/linking word to use to start your conclusion?

as a result - in conclusion - therefore - in other words - thus - consequently - to conclude - finally - on the whole - hence - summing up - ultimately - in summary

300

What Natural Disaster is this?

Tsunami

300

Booker T. Washington walked 800 KM to do what?

A: To work

B: To study in a school

C: To meet the US President

Enroll in a school

300

Explain the word "Traditional"

Traditional clothing

existing in or as part of a tradition; long-established. Cultural, old.

400

How do you find the Major Details?

It's related to the Main Ideas and directly supports them.

Make the Main Idea into a WH question.
Main Idea: The second theory is the asteroid hit Earth.
WH Question: What happened when the asteroid hit Earth?

400

If an Essay have 5 total paragraphs, starting on which paragraph can the transition words "Additionally," and "Furthermore," be usually used to start the paragraph? 

3rd / 4th paragraph, or 2nd / 3rd body paragraph.

400

Explain Gamification

Turn a task that is not normally enjoyable into a more fun game. 

Examples:
Musical staircase
Duolingo

400

SpaceX is making space flights cheaper. They say the new Grasshopper rocket will make it up to 100 times cheaper. How?

Their rockets are reusable.

400

Explain the word "Digest"


Eat / consume
break down
dissolve
absorb
take in
take up


500

How do you find the Thesis?

1st Paragraph, includes the topic, is the author's opinion. Can look at the first sentence of each body paragraph for hints.

500

Other than "For example", what other transition words can you use to list examples? 

for instance, in this case, in another case, on this occasion, in this situation, take the case of, to demonstrate, to illustrate, as an illustration

500

What is the meaning of Vicarious feeling?

Experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person.

Example:
When you see someone getting hurt and you also feel that pain.  

500

One theory on how the Dinosaurs went extinct was the asteroid hit the Earth. What is another theory on how the Dinosaurs went extinct?

Sea levels dropped leading to smaller habitats and global warming. Dinosaurs might have died to it being too hot or too cold.

Volcano Eruptions caused a chain reaction leading to thick dust which blocked out the sunlight that eventually lead to the Dinosaur's extinction

500

Prefixes are word components attached at the start of words. The prefix "Re-" and the base word "play" combines into "Replay" which means to play again. The prefix "Re-" changes the words into doing something again. "Repay" "Repeat" "Review"

How does the prefix "im-" change a word?

Make it negative / false / not.

Impossible - not possible

Imperfect - not perfect

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