Vocabulary
Unusual Ideas To Make a Buzz
Identifying The Main Idea of a Paragraph I
Identifying The Main Idea of a Paragraph II
Descriptive Paragraphs / Present Continuous
100

To enter a country in large numbers

Invade

100

What is 'buzz?'

Getting people to talk about you.

100

What is a paragraph?

A group of sentences about a topic.

100

What is 'social proof?'

How other people's actions influence us.

100

What are the three main parts of a descriptive paragraph?

The topic sentence, supporting sentences and concluding sentence.

200

To have the same color or pattern as something else.

Match

200

Which company created buzz by using Felix Baumgartner to set a new world record for skydiving?

Red Bull

200

What is the main idea of a paragraph?

The most important point about the topic.

200

Why are businesses very interested in understanding social proof?

They want to influence us to buy their products.

200

What does the topic sentence do?

It introduces what you will describe.

300

Easy to see, hear or understand.

Clear

300

Which company created buzz by connecting coffee with chocolate?

Kit-Kat.

300

Where can you usually find the main idea of a paragraph?

In the first or second sentence.

300
What four groups give social proof?

Experts, other consumers, crowds and friends.

300

What do the supporting sentneces do?

They help the reader understand the topic.

400

To get or discover information about something.

Find out.

400

What items did Tom Dickson put in his blenders?

Smartphones, rakes and sports equipments.

400

Which one of these is the correct meaning of the word: 'researcher?'

a) A person who studies something
b) A person who manages something

A person who studies something.

400

Which group of social proof is the best advertising of all?

Friends.

400

What does the concluding sentence do?

It summarizes your ideas.

500

To give or be a part of something with other people.

Contribute.

500

How did Doritos create buzz?

They asked customers to make TV ads.

500

Which one of these is the correct meaning of the word: 'psychologist?'

a) A person who knows what other people are thinking
b) A person who studies the human mind

A person who studies the human mind.

500

Why do people follow the advice of experts?

Because they are knowledgeable.

500

Do we use the present continuous when an action has started, but not yet finished or when an action happens all the time?

When an action has started, but not yet finished.

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