WORD FINDING
A vegetable that makes your eyes water.
You've rented a video. There's a sticker on it that reads, “Be kind. Please rewind.”
What does this mean? Why would you need to do that?
What is "to prepare it for the next user by setting the tape back to the beginning of the video?"
Remember these words:
Ball
Car
Sandwich
Tree
Bird
Tell me the words again.
You have $10. You go to Costco for oranges that cost $5.50. How much do you have left?
What is "$4.50?"
A fish with a snake-like body.
Your 20-year-old son is a carpenter's apprentice. The car he bought when he was 18 has just died, and now he needs a reliable truck to use for work. He wants to buy a brand new truck, but you disagree. He can't get a car loan without an adult as a co-signer.
What do you need to ask your son in order to feel comfortable about co-signing his car loan?
What is “How much can you afford to pay per month?”
Today's date
What is "Wednesday 4/17/2019?"
You need to pay your mortgage. You have $1200 in your bank account and your mortgage is $975. Do you have enough? What is left over?
What is "yes, and $225?'
Three jobs done with a brush.
What is a painter?
What is a hairstylist?
What is a pet groomer?
ETC.
You board an airplane for a trip. You locate your seat, but a man is already sitting in it,reading a book. You say, “Excuse me, I think you're sitting in my seat.” The man grumbles,“Is that so?” and keeps reading his book. What do you do? Do you sit somewhere else?
What is "double check your ticket, and then talk to flight attendant?"
Tell me what you had for breakfast this morning.
What is "your breakfast?"
Your daughter asks you to pay $2000 towards her college tuition. You have $3500 and you need to pay your mortgage $1500 and your utilities for $200. Do you have enough to help her?
What is "no"
Four sports that do not involve running.
What is swimming?
What is water polo?
What is wrestling?
What is golf?
ETC.
Your company is reorganizing, and you have a choice to make. You can stay in your current position or move to a different state and accept a promotion and pay increase of $7,500. What things would you consider?
Tell me three important dates in your life.
What is "your three dates?"
Open ended.
You give your daughter $1500 for her tuition, but she needed $2000. Her school told her that she can pay the $500 at a later date but with 10% interest. How much would she owe?
What is "$550?"
Add another word to the list:
shamrock, lettuce, emerald...
What is "something green?"
Some friends of yours go on a long vacation and ask you to keep an eye on their house. You're over there one day and notice that newspapers are stacked up in the garage for. You figure you'll help out by taking a load to the recycling center. When your friends return, they ask you if you know what happened to the back-issues of newspapers they'd been saving for their grandson. What should you have done differently?
Name the five words from earlier.
What is "Ball, Car, Sandwich, Tree, Bird?"
You are told to go to Bed Bath and Beyond with $1500 and buy stuff for your home. What will you buy? How much do you have left?
What is "open ended?"