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What is a syllable? How many syllables are there in the word "simultaneously."
What is: a unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word; the "beat" of a word; 6.
100
Define three adjectives we learned about in the adventure unit. Give an example sentence for each.
What is: ambitious, careful, decisive, determined, intelligent, patient, reliable, experienced.
100
What types of verbs can follow the verbs "do", "go", and "play? Describe the types of verbs each can go with and give one example of each.
What is: Do - activities or non-team sports that do not involve a ball; Go - activities that end in –ing; Play - activities that involve a ball or that we play with another person; instruments. Ex. Do homework, go hiking, play cards.
100
Define two SIDs about health and fitness. Use both SIDs correctly in example sentences.
What is: fit, good / bad shape, ripped / tone, spare tire, getting (back) in shape, workout, fit as a fiddle / right as rain, under the weather, coming down with something, clean bill of health, new lease on life.
100
Define "small talk." Give three examples of acceptable topics for small talk and three examples of taboo topics for small talk.
What is: polite conversation about unimportant or uncontroversial matters, especially as engaged in during social occasions. Acceptable topics: weather, what people "do", current physical surroundings, and shared past experiences. Unacceptable topics: politics, religion, and personal details.
200
What is the pronunciation difference between the two "th" sounds in English (ϴ and ð)? Give one example of each sound.
What is: /ϴ/ is voiceless, e.g., teeth and /ð/ is voiced, e.g., teethe.
200
Define three transportation nouns we learned about in the transportation unit. Give an example of each in a sentence.
What is: vehicles, commuters, rush hour, traffic jam, road work, gas station, speed limit, pedestrians.
200
What two functions do we use the past continuous tense for? Describe the functions and provide an example sentence illustrating each.
What is: 1) Describes actions and situations in progress at a particular time in the past. 2) Talks about the background to a story. Ex. Naito was washing TV. / The sun was shining and the birds were singing.
200
Define two SIDs about sports and tell us which sport they originated from. Use both SIDs correctly in example sentences.
What is: get a head start (horse racing), get a second wind (sailing), hot / big / long shot (hunting), no sweat, time out, blow the competition away (any sport), take a rain check (baseball), throw in the towel (boxing), blind-sided (football), win hands down (gambling), call the shots (billiards), slam dunk (basketball).
200
Describe how tense changes in direct speech vs. reported speech. Give examples to illustrate direct speech vs. reported speech using TWO different tense changes.
What is: simple present -> simple past; present continuous -> past continuous, simple past / present perfect -> past perfect, present future (will) -> past future (would).
300
Give examples of minimal pairs for s/z and sh/ch. What is the main difference between both sets of sounds?
What is: price/prize and shoe/chew. s/z differ by voicing and sh/ch differ by type of airflow (sh = fricative; ch = affricate, i.e., fricative + stop).
300
Define three life stages we learned about in the life stages unit. Give an example of each in a sentence.
What is: adolescent, child, infant, middle-aged, senior citizen, teenager, young adult.
300
What are three verb patterns with to + infinitive and when do we use each? Give an example sentence for each pattern.
What is: 1) verb + to + infinitive: hopes, intentions, decisions; 2) adjective + to + infinitive: express a feeling about something; 3) infinitive of purpose: explain the purpose of the main verb or an action (in order to do something).
300
Define two SIDs about the environment. Use both SIDs correctly in example sentences.
What is: mother nature, answer the call of nature, can't see the forest for the trees, down to earth, tip of the iceberg, weather the storm.
300
Name three situations when we use the definite article "the" and three situations when we use no article. Give one example sentence with a definite article and one with no article.
What is: Definite article "the" - with something / someone you mentioned before, when it is part of the name of something, with superlative phrases. Ex. the United States, the best. No article - most countries, to talk about people / things in a general way, with certain expressions. Ex. Brazil, at night / at school.
400
What is the Short Vowel Rule? Give an example.
What is: When there is one vowel in a word, either at the beginning or between two consonants, it usually has the short vowel sound. CVC, VC, and VCC. Ex. cat.
400
Define what a diphthong is. Provide one example word for each of these diphthongs: /aɪ/, /aʊ/, and /ɔɪ/.
What is: Two adjacent vowel sounds occurring in the same syllable. Ex. climbed, brown, boy.
400
How do we form the passive voice and what is it used for? Provide an example of an active sentence that has been changed to a passive sentence.
What is: We form the passive with the verb "to be" + past participle. We use the passive when who or what does the action is not important or unknown, or to highlight the action instead of agent. Ex. Hundreds of tourists visit NASA yearly. / NASA is visited by hundreds of tourists yearly.
400
Define two SIDs about learning. Use both SIDs correctly in example sentences.
What is: ace a test, cram, cut class / play hooky, hit the books, full ride, senioritis, pull an all-nighter.
400
Use the prepositions of place and movement to give directions from where you are now to the building exit.
What is: Go through the classroom door, take a right, go down the hallway, take a right after the common area, take the stairs / elevator down to the first floor, take a right until you see the front desk, go right out the front exit doors.
500
Name two Long Vowel Rules and provide examples of each one.
What is: VC(silent e); (C)VVC – two vowels together; y/ey at the end of a word; ei/ie together (i before e except after c); oi/oy together; ou/ow together.
500
Define FOUR vocabulary words we learned about in the travel and vacations unit. Tell the category/categories (type of vacation, accommodation, travel items, vacation activities) they belong to and give an example of each in a sentence.
What is: camera, camping, cruise, five-star hotel, package tour, self-guided, sightseeing, sunbathing, sleeping bag, suntan lotion, tent, adventure sports.
500
Which indefinite pronouns can we use in the affirmative and which can we use in the negative? Create two slogans for the city of Houston that illustrate each.
What is: Affirmative: any-, every-, some-; Negative: any-, no-. Ex. Everywhere you look, you'll find cool things to do! You won't find anywhere more beautiful.
500
Define THREE SIDs about animals in nature. Use the THREE SIDs correctly in example sentences.
What is: let the cat out of the bag, (be) in the doghouse, spring chicken, rat race, straight from the horse's mouth, and kill two birds with one stone.
500
How many s-clusters did we discuss in class? Provide an example of each. What two strategies did we learn for pronouncing s-clusters?
What is: S-clusters - st/str/sm/sn/sl/sk/sp/spl/spr/sw (10). Sin pronunciation trick and pronouncing *each sound* in the s-cluster.