phrasal verbs
active and passive voice
vocabulary
rhetorical questions
All About Uri
100

to stop doing something

(infinitive)

(to) give up

100

what is the agent in this sentence?

3.5 million Americans will be made homeless every year.

 there is no agent in this sentence

100

choose the right word to finish the sentence

(prospect / integration / shelter)

When victims of abuse flee their homes, they are extremely lucky if they can find a place in a homeless ______.


shelter

100

create a statement from this rhetorical question:

"What does the senator think he is doing?"

The senator doesn't think (about) what he is doing. 
100

what are three languages Uri speaks (even just a little)?

English / Spanish / Italian / Portuguese / Japanese / Arabic

200

to show that you need help or seek help

(present continuous)

am reaching out / is reaching out / are reaching out

200

What is the object in this sentence?

Bread for the USA provides services to people in need.

services (object)

200

choose the right word to finish the sentence

(emerged / excluded / flourished)

When a child is repeatedly ______ from classroom activities, it is demotivating and upsetting.

excluded

200

create a statement from this rhetorical questions:

"Should we just sit here idly while people are suffering?"

We can't sit here idly while people are suffering.

200

What does Uri do for physical exercise?

Aikido / Martial Arts

300

to perceive as lower or less important than yourself

(present perfect)

has looked down on / have looked down on

300

Change this sentence to active voice.

Father involvement is encouraged by Bread for the USA to increase family economic security.

Bread for the USA encourages father involvement to increase family economic security.

300

write a sentence with the word "thrive" in the present perfect tense

answers will vary / "have thrived"

300

Create a rhetorical question from this statement:

We can consider other alternatives to fossil fuels for sources of energy.

"Can't we consider other alternatives to fossil fuels for sources of energy?"

300

At which university did Uri earn his bachelor's degree in English?

SDSU / San Diego State University 

400

to distribute or give to the needy

(past perfect)

had doled out

400

Change this sentence to the passive voice.

The public has underestimated poverty levels in the USA for too long. 

Poverty levels have been underestimated (by the public) in the USA for too long. 

400

write a questions with the word "flourish" in the past continuous

answers will vary / "was/were flourishing"

400

Create a rhetorical question from this statement:

Our class should have the opportunity to present original ideas. 

"Shouldn't our class have the opportunity to present original ides?"

400

How long has Uri been teaching English?

Since 2014 / for about 9 years / almost 10 years

500

to try to change somebody's mind or show them a better path

(past perfect continuous)

had been reasoning with

500

Change this sentence to the passive voice.

Poorly planned government policies had impacted in-need communities until the recent campaign changes.

In-need communities had been impacted by poorly planned government policies until the recent campaign changes.
500

write a sentence in the passive voice: use the verb form of "integration" / use the present continuous 

answers will vary / "are being integrated"

500

Create any rhetorical question you'd like: use a modal!

answers will vary

500

How old is Uri?

older than most of you / none of your business / 32