Vocabulary Unit 9
A movement of part of the body, especially a hand or the head, to express an idea or meaning.
gesture
Something with a round shape
circular
A nondefining relative clauses give extra information, they star with "which", "that", "who" and ...
Give extra information
It is the place where a story takes place
Settings
Give the name of 2 codes
Sign language and Morse code
make a gesture with the hand, arm, or head to encourage someone to come nearer or follow.
beckon
Shine with a soft tremulous light.
shimmer
The roots of many words come from...
Latin and Ancient Greek
Identify if the following sentence is Active of Passive statement:
"I love my school"
Active in simple present
True or False?
The main idea of a text is the point the authors is trying to make. It can be anywhere in a text, but is usually found in the first paragraph.
True
An act or an instance of reject or say no.
refusal
Causing trouble; annoying.
pesky
However, unlike, and on the other hand
Identify if the following sentence is Active of Passive statement and it's verb tense:
"The fluency exams have been taken by the students"
Passive
Present Perfect Passive
You must say a sentence with a word with a negative connotation.
childish
skinny
miserly
fanatical
Extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain
distress
An action done in a way that is extremely sharp, intense, shrill, or penetrating. It often refers to sensations that cause sharp pain high-pitched, unpleasant sounds.
piercingly
Rewrite the sentences creating a nondefining relative clauses:
Chocolate originated in South America. Everyone one in my class likes it.
Chocolate, which everyone in my class likes, originated in South America.
splash, crunch, munch, glug, slurp, flip-flop, flutter.
Reorder the words to make sentences in the present perfect passive:
newspaper/ photo/ taken/ for/ Our/ been/ has/ a
Our photo has been taken for a newspaper.
Keep from sight; hide.
conceal
According to the customs or usual practices associated with a particular society, place, or set of circumstances.
customary
Use a conectorto show contrast with the following information:
My friend Cristina loves singing. She's not very good at it!
My friend Cristina loves singing. However, she's not very good at it!
Besides the onomatopoeia, say 3 parts of the poem.
rhyme, stanza, incomplete and complete sentence.
The answer may vary