Vocabulary Race
Synonym: Agreement
consensus
Choose the correct future sentence:
a) By 2025, I will be working at Kaplan for 9 years.
b) By 2025 I will have worked at Kaplan for 9 years.
c) By 2025 I will have been working at Kaplan for 9 years.
d) b or c
d
What kind of animal do you get in your stomach when you're "good nervous" ?
butterflies
daunting
pronunciation: How many syllables are in this word, and which syllable receives the stress?
comfortable
3 or 41
1
speech impediment
Choose the correct answer:
a) Careful- that vase will break / is going to break!
b) Ok, I'll move it/I'm going to move it.
is going to break, I'll move it
What's "pogonophobia"
a) fear of pigeons
b) fear of beards
c) fear of dark water
Fear of beards!
Tadoma ___________________ on the heightened touch sense of blind/deaf people.
capitalizes on
Why should we get outside the comfort zone? (2 reasons)
Self-improvement, connect with the community
remarkable/amazing
miraculous
Waiter: Can I take your order?
Customer: Yes, I'm having the steak.
I'll have/I'm going to have the steak
What is the opposite of "looking forward to" ?
dreading
As I gazed out at the _________________ blue lake, I felt a sense of peace and calm.
serene
Name 3 of the most pessimistic countries, according to the chart we saw in class.
US, Spain, France
without room for confusion
explicit(ly)
Choose the correct sentence:
A) At 10:15 tomorrow I will be taking the test.
B) At 10:15 tomorrow I will take the test.
C) At 10:15 tomorrow I will have taken the test.
D) At 10:15 tomorrow I will have been taking the test.
a
Name 3 famous people that Jia Jiang mentioned overcame rejection.
Martin Luther King Jr, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Jesus Christ
adrenaline junkie
Name 4 synonyms for "scared"
afraid, terrified, petrified, horrified, frightened, frightful
the way most people speak to children or animals
singsong
Find and correct all errors in the future forms.
I met my husband in 2013. By, the end of next year I will have been knowing him for 10 years. Next year, we will go to Hawaii for vacation. We have been there together before; we will be going there 5 times together after next year's trip.
By the end of next year I will have known him for 10 years. Next year, we are going to/are going to go to Hawaii. We have been there together before; we will have gone there 5 times together after next year's trip.
What's the name of the therapy used for stutterers and what's the main idea of it?
Smooth speech- talking in a singsong voice to trick the brain
We'd better ______________ the windows before winter comes; it's going to be a really cold one.
insulate
Fill in the blanks:
I really wanted to talk to the blond girl, but I got the ___________ beforehand and got cold ___________. My friend said, "Hey, man, just ________ ________ _____ and do it already!" So I thought, "He's right- the sky's ______ ________!" She rejected me. I shouldn't have gotten my _______ ________________.
jitters, feet, suck it up, the limit, hopes up.