If/When
If a scientist wants to be taken seriously, they must focus on ________ and ___________ the results of their experiments.
Choose from:
depleting, retaining, analyzing, altering, validating, ceasing
If a scientist wants to be taken seriously, they must focus on analyzing and validating the results of their experiments.
Which of the following sentences is the cause and which is the effect?
Sentence A: This change constituted a significant improvement in the building’s environmental impact.
Sentence B: The architect decided to alter the design of the building to make it more energy-efficient.
Cause = Sentence B: The architect decided to alter the design of the building to make it more energy-efficient.
Effect = Sentence A: This change constituted a significant improvement in the building’s environmental impact.
Which two words best relate to strength or power?
Choose from:
potent, susceptible, deplete, emit, momentous, objective
Potent
Deplete
Use at least two words from the following list to write a sentence about technology:
innovative, mechanism, constrain, allocate, regulate, distort
Sample 1: He designed an innovative mechanism that could hold your phone for you.
Sample 2: The innovative phone app helps you to regulate your amount of time on social media so that your view of the world isn't distorted.
There is no single correct answer.
Is it possible to be both eloquent and ignorant?
Explain.
Sample response for "No" - If you are ignorant about something, you don't have enough knowledge or information to speak well, or eloquently, about it.
Sample response for "Yes" - You could be ignorant about a particular subject, but you could be knowledgeable in another subject and be eloquent on that subject.
When a single ________ within a factory _______ to work, the whole production is________.
Choose from:
mechanism, undermined, ceases, condoned, compensates, method
When a single mechanism within a factory ceases to work, the whole production is undermined.
Which of the following sentences is the cause and which is the effect?
Sentence A: The chef was highly competent and able to create a new dish that became extremely popular.
Sentence B: The chef's innovative recipe introduced a new concept in modern cuisine.
Cause = Sentence A: The chef was highly competent and able to create a new dish that became extremely popular.
Effect = Sentence B: The chef's innovative recipe introduced a new concept in modern cuisine.
Which two words LEAST relate to change ?
Choose from:
alter, transform, retain, distort, allocate, reform
retain
allocate
Use at least two words from the following list to write a sentence about conflict:
agitate, controversial, temperament, validate, aesthetic
Sample 1: My little brother agitates me so much that it becomes hard for me to control my temperament.
Sample 2: Many people avoid controversial topics at work and school so that they don't agitate the people around them and cause temperamental arguments.
There is no single correct answer.
Can a person be both innovative and conformist?
Explain.
Sample response for "No" - In order to be conformist, you need to follow the same thing other people are doing. You can't do that and come up with new ideas (being innovative).
Sample response for "Yes" - Think about dress code, for example. You can follow the dress code, but still have creative new ways of expressing yourself.
If a person is _________ to illness, it's especially important that they ________ good health habits.
Choose from:
retain, distort, malleable, undermine, susceptible, constitute
If a person is susceptible to illness, it's especially important that they retain good health habits.
Which of the following sentences is the cause and which is the effect?
Sentence A: Her students were imparted with a strong sense of academic honesty.
Sentence B: The teacher refused to condone cheating in her classroom.
Cause = Sentence B: The teacher refused to condone cheating in her classroom.
Effect = Sentence A: Her students were imparted with a strong sense of academic honesty.
Which two words are opposites?
Choose from:
constrain, indulge, flourish, endure, regulate, compensate?
indulge
regulate
Use at least two words from the following list to write a sentence about friendship:
confide, sentiment, retain, endure, cultivate, intrinsic.
Sample 1: If you want your friendship to endure difficult times, you need to cultivate trust and loyalty.
Sample 2: Sometimes it can be difficult to confide in someone, but it gets easier with friends that you retain over a long period of time.
There is no single correct answer.
If something is not malleable, can it be distorted? Explain.
Sample response for "No" -If something is not malleable, it means it can't be changed or molded. To distort something, means to change it. So you can't distort something if it's not malleable.
Sample response for "Yes" - Think about "the truth." Technically, the word malleable doesn't apply to things that happened, but people can still distort the truth.