When the classroom is too ____________, I have trouble staying awake through the whole lesson.
a. Irritable
b. Alert
c. Dim
d. Chronic
c. dim
100
Which word has a similar meaning to "focused" or "aware"?
a. fatigue
b. alert
c. surge
d. blinking
b. alert
100
Create a present unreal conditional sentence assuming that the following is true:
-I drink 5 cups of coffee a day
-I can't fall asleep until 2:00am
If you didn't drink so much coffee, you might fall asleep earlier.
100
What purpose is the phrase "I'm sorry?" used for?
a. asking to repeat because you didn't hear
b. asking to repeat for clarification
c. both
c. both
100
Put the information together to form a sentence using contrastive stress:
What time do you go to sleep? 10:00pm
What time does your brother go to sleep? 1:00am
I go to sleep at 10:00PM, but my BROTHER goes to sleep at 1:00AM
200
I think I'm going to ask my doctor about __________. No matter what I do, I can't seem to fall asleep at night.
a. fatigue
b. alertness
c. melatonin
d. insomnia
d. insomnia
200
Which word means the opposite of "unimportant" or "inconsequntial"?
a. cranky
b. chronic
c. irritable
d. priority
d. priority
200
Create a present unreal conditional sentence assuming that the following is true:
-I haven't gotten more than 4 hours of sleep a night for the last week.
-I feel fatigued and irritable.
You wouldn't feel so fatigued and irritable if you slept more than 4 hours a night.
200
What is the purpose of the phrase "I'm sorry, I didn't catch that"?
a. asking to repeat because you didn't hear
b. asking to repeat for clarificaiton
c. both
A
200
Put the information together to form a sentence using contrastive stress:
Which class is the easiest? Math class.
Which class is the hardest? Biology.
My MATH class is very EASY, but my BIOLOGY class is DIFFICULT.
300
I'm ____________ exhausted. I feel terrible all the time.
a. chronic
b. chronically
c. irritable
d. irritably
b. chronically
300
Which word means "a sudden boost or increase"?
a. Blink
b. Snore
c. Surge
d. Nap
c. surge
300
Create a present unreal conditional sentence assuming that the following is true:
-Joe works until midnight every night.
-Joe plays video games for 2 hours after work.
-Joe can't wake up until 1:00pm each day.
If Joe didn't work so late and stopped playing video games, he could get up earlier.
300
Say the following phrase as though you want to be sure you heard correctly:
"What did you just say?"
Stress on "what", rising intonation
300
Say the following sentence with correct contrastive stress.
My daughter prefers romantic comedies, but my son likes science fiction movies.
My DAUGHTER prefers roMANtic COMedies, but my SON likes SCIENCE FICtion movies.
400
I love my coffee every day, but I think it's keeping me awake too late at night. I'm going to try to __________ it after 1:00pm.
a. surge
b. snore
c. priority
d. do without
d. do without
400
Which word means "to not have something and still function normally"?
a. do without
b. dim
c. irritable
d. hormone
a. do without
400
Correct the following sentence:
She will have more time for homework if she didn't talk with her boyfriend on the phone so much.
will have = would have
400
Say the following phrase as though you didn't hear:
"What?"
Falling intonation, no stress
400
Say the following sentence with correct contrastive stress.
My mother doesn't wake up very early, and neither do I.
My MOTHER doesn't wake up very EARLY, and NEITHER do I.
500
If you don't get enough sleep every night, you can suffer from ___________, which can be very dangerous.
a. insomnia
b. fatigue
c. hormones
d. alterness
b. fatigue
500
Which word means "extreme tiredness"
a. sleepy
b. burning the midnight oil
c. fatigue
d. deprivation
c. fatigue
500
Correct the following sentence:
If my brother was a better student, he could go to a great college.
was = were
500
Listen to the following phrase and tell if it is being used because I didn't hear or because I don't understand:
"I beg your pardon?"
Don't understand
500
Say the following sentence with correct contrastive stress.
My father can sleep through anything, and so can my sister.
My FATHER can sleep through ANYTHING, and SO can my SISTER.