Vocabulary 1
to study something carefully in order to understand it is to...
a. predict
b. analyze
c. design
b. analyze
to be important is to...
a. gauge
b. matter
c. trait
b. matter
A mistake or weakness is a/an...
a. flaw
b. dominate
c. lack
a. flaw
Identify the pronoun and the antecedent.
Melody has trouble expressing her ideas.
pronoun: her
antecedent: Melody
Fix the capitalization error:
My Cat is ten years old.
My cat is ten years old.
(cat is a common noun)
To plan or develop something for a specific purpose is to:
a. design
b. analyze
c. predict
a. ambition
b. personality
c. trait
c. trait
To invent or plan is to...
a. dominate
b. devise
c. surpass
b. devise
Identify the pronoun and the antecedent:
The question is hard because it has multiple answers.
Pronoun: it
antecedent: the question
You are all students at Audubon High School.
(specific school is a proper noun)
to give special attention to someone or something is to...
a. analyze
b. predict
c. focus
c. focus
to measure something exactly using a particular method is to...
a. gauge
b. matter
c. achievement
a. gauge
The group of emotional qualities a person has is their...
a. trait
b. achievement
c. personality
c. personality
When Dr. Hugely speaks to Melody's mother, she gets angry.
Pronoun: she
Antecedent: Melody's mother
We can never agree on a new Restaurant, so we always end up at Arby's.
We can never agree on a new restaurant, so we always end up at Arby's.
(restaurant, the general category, is a common noun)
if something is made of many parts and difficult to understand, it is...
a. expert
b. complex
c. design
b. complex
to do better than is to...
a. replicate
b. surpass
c. lack
b. surpass
a. insensitive
b. intact
c. cognitive
c. cognitive
Scientists don't know for sure how to measure intelligence, but they have some ideas.
pronoun: they
antecedent: scientists
Get up! It's time for School!
Get up! It's time for school!
(not a specific school, common noun)
something important that you succeed in doing is a/an...
a. ambition
b. achievement
c. personality
b. achievement
to copy or repeat something in order to get the same results is to...
a. devise
b. flaw
c. replicate
c. replicate
If you do not notice or show that you care about people's feelings, you are...
a. intact
b. insensitive
c. limitation
b. insensitive
Ken Jennings won many games of Jeopardy! but can he beat a robot?
antecedent: Ken Jennings
Many Rivers flooded this summer, including the Milwaukee River.
Many rivers flooded this summer, including the Milwaukee River.
(rivers, the general category, is a common noun)