Vocab I
Take into account (v phr)
to consider or to include in a decision making process
What are words in the following category called: first, second, third, last, then next, later, etc.
Signposts
claim (n)
a statement that may or may not be true
Which answer makes the most sense.
I spent ___________ walking in the desert looking for water.
2 day 45 months
2 years 456,238 seconds
I spent two (2) days walking in the desert looking for water.
Which units will be covered on the final exam?
Units 4 - 7.
survival (n)
continuing to live
Which do you hear 'd, hadn't, no contraction?
______ like to buy some books for you.
I'd like to buy some books from you.
to prove (n)
to demonstrate truth with evidence
Which do you hear 'd, hadn't, no contraction?
He ________ been there before.
He hadn't been there before.
When is your homework due?
Sunday 5/4 the day before finals week.
automated (adj)
goes or works by itself
Which kind of sentence is the following.
Eating fourteen cakes a week is a horrible idea.
A. declarative
B. exclamatory
C. imperative
D. interrogative
Which kind of sentence is the following.
Eating fourteen cakes a week is a horrible idea.
C. imperative
reject (v)
to deny or refuse
Which kind of sentence is the following.
Would eating fourteen cakes a week be a horrible idea?
A. declarative
B. exclamatory
C. imperative
D. interrogative
Which kind of sentence is the following.
Would eating fourteen cakes a week be a horrible idea?
D. interrogative
What did Hiram Otis want to buy the young Duke of Cheshire?
A hat.
stand by (v phr)
to support or wait
Which kind of sentence is the following.
Mark eats fourteen cakes a week.
A. declarative
B. exclamatory
C. imperative
D. interrogative
Which kind of sentence is the following.
Mark eats fourteen cakes a week.
A. declarative
burn out (v phr)
to go out or get exhausted
Which kind of sentence is the following.
Mark eats fourteen cakes a week, or two a day!
A. declarative
B. exclamatory
C. imperative
D. interrogative
Which kind of sentence is the following.
Mark eats fourteen cakes a week, or two a day!
B. exclamatory
take over (v phr)
to take control
conduct (v)
to focus or channel
True or False
11. ___ List risks and outcomes together in a word web.
12. ___ Do not use outlines to record spoken discussions.
13. ___ Use indentation to record supporting points.
11. F
12. F
13. T
outcome (n)
byproduct or end point of a decision or choice
True or False
14. ___ A Venn diagram can be used to record spoken discussions.
15. ___ A Venn diagram is most useful for showing facts and examples.
16. ___ Note down main points and examples separately but next to each other.
14. F
15. F
16. T
get used to (v phr)
to get accustomed to