Vocabulary
the state of not having a job
unemployment
Stephen Hawking is a name that few people ____________ instantly recognize.
A)do not
B)lost
C)has become
do not
I’m big and gray and have a trunk but no luggage.
elephant
devide into smaller sections
break up
What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?
Your name
to get a higher position
promotion/get promoted
Stephen Hawking's life story ______________even more famous since the release of the 2014 film, The Theory of Everything.
A)became
B)had emerged
C)has become D)becomes
has become
If you drop me, I’m sure to crack. But give me a smile, and I’ll always smile back.
mirror
to manage or survive with what you have
get by
What falls in winter but never gets hurt?
snow
When a mother takes a leave to spend time with her child she is on _________________
maternity leave
Despite difficulties Hawking ___________continue his studies.
managed to
What word has five letters but sounds like only one?
Queue
to learn something without formal study, often by practicing or experiencing it
pick up
What has hands but can’t clap?
A clock
a period of training where a person works for an expert to learn a job or skill.
apprenticeship
Hawking ______ stay at school as long as most students, leaving at the age of 17.
did not
Where does today come before yesterday?
Dictionary
to finally be in a particular place or situation
end up
I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle
an occasion when your employer makes you stop working because there is not enough work
redundancy
It was while he ____________ his postgraduate studies at Cambridge that he developed motor neurone disease.
was pursuing
What flies without wings and cries without eyes?
Cloud
start a new project or a job
take on
I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, water but no fish. What am I?
A map