504 Vocabulary
What does the word unaccustomed mean?
not used to something
Pair Questions:
What is an Agora?
What did ancient Greek do there?
The meeting place for people.
They met in the Agora, held meetings, shopped for food or other goods there.
What punctuation is missing in this sentence?
Emily Dickinson wrote There is a Word.
Quotation marks.
Emily Dickinson wrote "There is a Word".
Complete the sentence.
A picture is worth _____ _____ _____.
a thousand words
In which American city is the headquarter of National Geographic located?
Washington D.C
Polish composer Frederic Chopin was buried in what city?
Paris
gallant
Name the grammar used in each sentence.
1. She has studied for test 2 for three weeks.
2. She is my friend.
3. She is falling asleep at her desk.
1. present perfect
2. simple present
3. present progressive
What is an account of a person's life written by that person?
What is it called when it's written by another person?
Autobiography.
Biography.
Complete the sentence:
You can't judge a book by _____ _____.
its cover
Which U.S president said the following?
"Let me give you a little serious political advice. One single word: puppies."
George Bush Sr.
There were no winners for this award from 1939 through 1943; in 1944, it was won by Red Cross. What is the award?
The Nobel Peace Prize
She is sociable and makes those around her instantly comfortable with just the right compliments.
She uses (the ability to say the right things) ______ in dealing with people.
tact
What is the Greek word that describes the family unit?
What does the family unit include?
oikos
relatives, slaves, and the family house.
What is the text genre of "Home Life in Ancient Greece"?
What is the purpose of that specific text genre?
To inform and educate.
How does someone feel when she/he "has butterflies in the stomach"?
nervous, anxious, uneasy
Who is the American writer that wrote a story about Mt. Kilimanjaro and called it "the roof of Africa"?
Hernest Hemingway
Which famous fictional character resides at 221B Baker Street in London?
Who is this character's partner and best friend?
Who created these two characters?
Sherlock Holmes
Dr. John Watson
Conan Doyle
only 30 people showed up at the concert. The atmosphere was sad and (dark and depressing)
_________.
dismal
What is a suffix?
Give me 5 example words.
A suffix is a letter or a group of letters added to the end of a root word. It changes the meaning of the root word.
dust-dusty, run-running, comfort-comfortable, tradition-traditional, rain-rainy
His words were a dagger stabbing at my heart.
What literacy tool is used here?
Metaphor: describes a person or an object by mentioning something that has similar characteristic to the person or the object.
Personification: assigns the qualities of human to something that isn't human or isn't alive.
Explain the meaning of "you are putting the cart before the horse".
You are doing things in the wrong order.
What is this haiku in Japanese?
The ancient pond.
A frog leaps in.
The sound of water.
古池や
蛙飛び込む
水の音
What song is the lyric a part of?
Cheer up sleepy Jean
Oh what can it mean
Daydream believer by The Monkeys
Alaska has a _________ (very cold) climate
frigid
Using the following words and produce a short story:
annoyed, scared, surprised, traditional, wise, being, role, tradition
What are the 3 features of an informational text?
headings: titles of sections
facts: statements that are true
example: something that shows or explains a fact
What does this sentence mean?
She passed the test by the skin of her teeth.
She almost didn't pass the test but she did.
(something is successful, but only barely)
Name ５ countries of the G20
Australia, Canada, Saudi Arabia, United States, India, Russia, South Africa, Turkey, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, China, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea
Extra credit: What does G stand for in G20?
He is a fictional character in a TV series and its spinoff series playing the role of a theoretical physicist whose best friends are Leonard, Howard and Rag.
Who is he and what is the show called?
Sheldon Cooper
The Big Bang Theory