Name 3 things (3 nouns) that can go with the verb "pose"
st poses a concern/ a challenge/ an opportunity/ a threat/ a dilemma
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trap
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magnet
Take 15 points!
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shark
Other team loses 25 points!
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baam
Lose 20 points!
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"some amateur paleontologists are disappointed when told that they cannot take finds home with them." Find the word class of "finds"
a noun (plural)
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"amateurs are actively involved in such fields as acoustics, horticulture, ornithology, meteorology, hydrology and palaeontology" How do you process this sentence?
Ignore the terms
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What should you do if you see "this, that, these, those, it, they, them" etc. in the text?
Identify what that word refer to (reference word)
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heart
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gift
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shark
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baam
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what does the root "-polis" mean? (10) Give 3 examples (5p/each)
"-polis" = city. megalopolis, metropolis, metropolitan, ecopolis, etc.
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"We routinely procrastinate, make poor investments, waste time, and /rationalize/ our unproductive behaviors." "Rationalize" means?
to find reasons or excuses
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Guess the meaning of the words based on the prefix: outweigh, outnumber, outperform
out-: do better than
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Fill in the blank: It is ____________ to know all the vocabulary in the text
good but (difficult and unnecessary)
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eraser
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fairy
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shark
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lifesaver
Give 10 points!
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"series" is a plural or singular noun?
both
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tell the difference: immigrate vs. emigrate
immigrate (to move into another country) and emigrate (to move out of your own country)
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'Across the world, in fact, nations donโt spur growth so much as dynamic regionsโmodern versions of the original โmegalopolis,โ a term /coined/ by the geographer Jean Gottman'. The verb "coin/be coined by" means?
to invent a new word
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Matching
1. c 2. g 3. e 4. a 5. b 6. h 7. d 8. f
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Guess the meaning of the words based on the prefix: dysfunctional, dystopia