Vocabulary (UNIT 1)
The opposite of disparate is:
a) strange
b) recent
c) alike
d) negative
C) alike.
Disparate means fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind.
The opposite of adversary is:
a) supporter
b) naysayer
c) evildoer
d) recorder
a) supporter
adversary: someone who offers opposition.
Loll means to:
a) be lazy or idle
b) go together
c) agree or express agreement
d) overeat or eat immodestly
a) be lazy or idle
Correct the setence:
She went on the store to buy some milk.
She went to the store to buy some milk.
What has hands, and a face, but can't hold anything or smile?
A clock
Which of the following would best be described as infatuated?
a) a teacher whose student has failed an exam
b) a teen buying a diamond for his new girlfriend
c) a perfect theatrical performance
d) a father whose daughter has broken her curfew
b) a teen buying a diamond for his new girlfriend
Infatuated means in love; marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness.
Commentary means:
a) a contract between persons who agree to share profits
b) a list or register of events
c) a judicial remedy to prohibit a party from doing something
d) a written explanation or criticism or illustration
d) a written explanation or criticism or illustration
Which of these would most likely cause apprehension?
a) doing the laundry on a rainy Sunday afternoon
b) taking a big math test that decide your final grade
c) earning money at an after-school job
d) watching a sitcom with friends
b) taking a big math test that decide your final grade
Apprehension- fearful expectation/ anticipation.
Correct the setence:
1. Me and my mother went to the store yesterday.
2. She quickly ran very fast to the store because she was in a hurry.
1. My mother and I went to the store yesterday.
2. She ran to the store quickly because she was in a hurry. ("Quickly ran" and "very fast" are redundant )
What goes up and never comes down?
Age!
Which of these would most likely make you enthralled?
a) a magic trick
b) a rude remark
c) a medicated shampoo
d) a coupon
a) a magic trick
Enthralled is filled with wonder and delight.
Which of the following is most likely to be described as luminous?
a) a cactus
b) a tablecloth
c) a lit candle
d) a zebra
c) a lit candle
Luminous: softly bright or radiant
Festoon means to:
a) indicate the same time or rate
b) decorate or adorn
c) advance evidence for
d) patch up, restore, or renovate
a) indicate the same time or rate
festoon: decorate
Correct the setence:
1) She was angry about the result of the match.
2) I can't hardly wait for the weekend to come, it's going to be a lot of fun.
1) She was angry with the result of the math.
2) I can hardly wait for the weekend; it’s going to be a lot of fun. ("Can't hardly" is a double negative, so "can hardly" is the correct phrasing)
What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
A piano
What does pluralism mean? Explain it with the content from Unit 1: American Voices.
Pluralism is a social organization in which diversity is tolerated. Multiculturalism.
In unit 1, the Immigration contribution discusses how the United States is pluralistic, with diverse cultures.
What does premonition mean?
A feeling of evil to come.
He had a premonition that his plane would crash, so he took the train.
What does mutinous mean? Which of the following would most likely be mutinous sailors to do?
a) eat dinner together
b) rest after a long day at sea
c) conspire to take over the ship
d) follow the captain's orders.
c) conspire to take over the ship
Mutinous: disposed to or in a state of open rebllion.
I'm tall when I'm young, and I'm short when I'm old. What am I?
A candle
Which of the following best represents one of the ways a teen might relent to peer pressure? What does relent mean? DEFINE.
a) by having lunch with his friends
b) by trying to get the highest grade in the class
c) by telling on other people who cut class
d) by skipping school with friends.
d) by skipping school with friends.
Relent is to give in, as to influence by pressure.
What does remorse mean? Can you make a sentence with this word?
a feeling of deep regret, usually for some misdeed.
They were filled with remorse and shame.
I felt guilty and full of remorse.
I felt guilt and remorse.
I felt both guilty and remorseful.
He felt a deep remorse for having neglected his family over the years.
He had remorsefully admitted he was in the wrong.
His remorse is genuine and heartfelt.
What does perilous and sinewy mean?
Perilous- dangerous
sinewy- muscular
Incorrect paragraph (6 errors):
Yesterday, I go to the park with my mother. We were walking around the lake when we see a group of people having a picnic. My mother says that we should join them, but I didn't want to. We sit on a bench, and I was thinking about how much fun we had last week. After that, we was walking back home, and my mother talked about what we will do tomorrow.
Yesterday, I went to the park with my mother. We were walking around the lake when we saw a group of people having a picnic. My mother said that we should join them, but I didn't want to. We sat on a bench, and I was thinking about how much fun we had last week. After that, we walked back home, and my mother talked about what we would do tomorrow.
What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
The future