Nouns and Verbs
What does "data" mean?
facts, usually collected during research
What kind of pan do we use if we don't want food to stick to it? A _____________ pan.
nonstick
What does "sleepy" mean?
tired
Make sentences: "source" and "gain"
Eating fast food makes me gain weight.
Sentences: initial, annual
1) My initial opinion was different than my opinion now.
2) We have an annual company picnic.
Make an adjective: you can understand, you can wash it
understandable, washable
When the worker at the post office asks you who the addressee is, what are they asking you?
The person you are sending the package/letter to: the person whose address it is being sent to
Give sentences and meaning: reflect, asset, maintain
My house is my biggest asset. (a valuable thing that belongs to you)
I have to maintain my car. (keep in good condition)
Meaning: worth, slightly, executive
1) value
2) a little bit
3) a top boss who makes decisions
Make nouns: manage, confident, promote
management, confidence, promotion
Explain the sentence: "We miscalculated the driving time, and now we will be late for our flight."
They made a mistake figuring out the driving time.
Sentences: circumstance, shift, reform, component
This is a difficult circumstance to learn in.
I work the night shift.
I hope they reform the immigration laws.
Vocabulary is one component of our class.
Sentences: eventually, entire, hardly, industrial
1) I eventually got tired of Zoom.
2) She ate the entire bar of chocolate.
3) I can hardly wait until Winter Break.
4) Nobody wants to buy a house in an industrial area.
What are three professions that end with "-ist"?
biologist, scientist, chemist, dentist, audiologist, artist
In this sentence, what do we know about Ali?
Fatherhood is enabling Ali to relax more.
1) Ali is a father.
2) His experience a father is giving him the ability to relax more.
Meanings: generate, desire, bond, trend
1) make, grow
2) a feeling of wanting or longing for
3) connection
4) pattern, how something is happening now and will probably happen in the future
Meanings: apparently, relevant, currently, brief, whereas
1) clearly
2) connected to some subject or topic
3) right now
4) short
5) in contrast, on the other hand
Give three words with each of these word parts: -ian, -al, mis-
pediatrician, dietician, magician, environmental, dental, educational, misinform, misunderstand, misbehave
What do each of these mean, and what is their part of speech? reduction, encircle, fundamental, adulthood
reduction: how much something is reduced (N); encircle: to make a circle around something (V); fundamental: something that is basic, the foundation (adj); adulthood: the time that someone is an adult (N)