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Vocabulary Final

The Final will be Level  6 of the English Discoveries Programs.
Everyone should have completed levels 1-3 before taking the final.

Final Projects

Just a friendly reminder.
The following final projects are due:

1. Video for the PRON Course
2. Dictionary for the  VOCAB Course
3. Movie Analysis for the Listening/Speaking Course

If you have handed in the Movie Analysis, disregard #3.
The projects must be handed in no later than next Monday.  The grades have to be entered this week.

Good Habits

Match the words in the first column to the best available answer in the second column.
             A                                              B
_____ wash                                   1) the house

_____ comb                                  2) my face

_____ clean                                   3) my teeth

_____ water                                  4) the plants

_____ brush                                  5) the table

_____ set                                      6) my hair

_____ sweep                                7) the floor

Going Places

Match the words the following travel related activities to the places.
             


                   A                                                              B
_____ buy tickets                                      1) information desk

_____ get the train schedule                     2) at the pay phone

_____ make a phone call                          3) airport

_____ check my luggage                          4) newsstand

_____ eat something                                 5) baggage check

_____ wait for the train                            6) train station

_____ buy a newspaper                            7) snack bar

_____ catch the train                                8) waiting area

_____ catch the plane                             9) ticket office

Online exercise: Collocations

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Long U sounds

Fill in each blank with a word that has a long U sound.

pew  blew  amused  loot    mute     hug   pollute  fluke     hoot            
shrew    blue    huge    cute    flute   mew    mewl     moose 

1. The size of the Titanic was _________________.
2. The baby looked so _____________ dressed in a miniature baseball uniform.
3. The musician played the _______________.
4. The angry man was not ______________ with the joke.
5. The bank robbers took the ______________________.
6. "Don't be a ____________ don't ________________."
7. The ___________________ is a mammal with large horns.
8. The kitten made a ________________ sound.
9. ______________ and purple are my favorite colors.
10. The _______________ is a tiny mouse.

Find the Verb!

Find the Verb!

A verb is a word or phrase indicating an action.
Identify the verbs in the following sentences.

1. Dr. Greene drives to the hospital every day.
2. Mrs. Jones loves to go ice skating.
3. There is a clown doing magic tricks in the mall.
4. My teacher is going to take us to the zoo.
5. My father takes us hiking every Saturday.
6. Sam always wants to play PlayStation.
7. The postman walks every day, except Sunday.
8. The baker bakes great cakes.
9. The waitress served us Coke.
10. Doctors work both day and night.

Match

Instructions: Match the words to the correct definition. A definition will not match any of the words.

1. dew                        a. a rule

2. pew                        b. emerald, ruby,...

3. anew                      c. a mammal, similar to a horse

4. stew                       d. the cry of a baby

5. sewer                     e. underground conduit

6. brew                      f. drops of water

7. curfew                   g. a bench

8. jewel                      h. the sound of a kitten

9. shrew                     i. small mammal, similar to a mouse

10. few                       j. soup

11. mewl                   k. to make ale or beer

12. mule                    l. a fungus

13. mildew                m. do again

                                  n. small amount

Idioms about HEALTH

Instructions: Read each statement and select the best answer.

1. a new lease of life

After winning her battle with cancer, Misha had a new lease of life. She was going to

live her life to the full worry about her changing life change the way she made a living

2. a pain in the neck

Mark's being a pain in the neck this morning, so

I'll try to avoid him I'll help him with his work I'll give him a massage

3. a shot in the arm

After a terrible start, the team was ready to quit. But after getting a shot in the arm from their coach's half-time team talk, they

felt better about losing came back and won the game were even worse than before

4. do you the world of good

If there's one thing that always does me the world of good it's

going to the hospital losing money on the stock exchange playing with my grandchildren

5. fresh as a daisy

My grandma said, "I might be ninety years old, but I still feel as fresh as a daisy." She

feels much younger looks much older sounds much wiser

6. ill at ease

Hiroko says that he always feels ill at ease when he's

listening to the radio playing with his cats on a first date with a girl

7. junk food

Parents who feed their children junk food risk turning them into

healthy, happy, active kids overweight, unhealthy, unhappy kids well-balanced and well-fed kids

8. just what the doctor ordered

Monica smiled and said, "That was just what the doctor ordered," after I had

given her some medicine massaged her shoulders broken her best Chinese vase

9. kick the habit

If a cigarette smoker says they want to kick the habit, it means they want to

stop smoking cigarettes smoke better cigarettes spread the habit to others

10. on your last legs | on its last legs

My dog Molly is on her last legs. She

won't live much longer is no longer on her first legs won't be able to use her legs much longer

Listen up to more Collocations

click on the hyperlinks and complete the online quizzes.

Collocations

Color Collocations

Around the clock Idioms

Read each idiom and write its meaning.

a good time a hard time a matter of time a race against time a race against time clock about time ahead of time before time better luck next time buy time catch at a bad time catch me later time flies

Words for your Dictionary

Add these words to your dictionary:

laud    collocation    idiom    language     habit      

expression    euphemism     brawn    louse    recollect

Collocations Match

take             make          do             get           wash

1. lunch
2. up
3. the dishes
4. dressed
5. the bed
6. a nap
7. a bath
8. homework

Idioms Practice Drill

Instructions:  Write the meaning of each idiom.

examples  sweet tooth:    someone who loves to eat candy     
fish out of water:    someone who is out of place

1. all ears
2. cost me an arm and a leg
3. break a leg
4. no big deal
5. head over heels
6. head in the clouds
7. feet on the ground
8. I 'm starving
9. stop pulling my leg
10. what a pity
11. shame on you

Daily Activities and Collocations

Write a list of five thing you do that are collocations:
example:  I take a bath.    I do the laundry.

1. ____________________________________
2.  ____________________________________
3.  ____________________________________
4. ____________________________________
5. ____________________________________

Collocations

Collocations:

adverb+adjective
adjective+noun
noun+noun
noun+verb
verb+noun
verb+expression with preposition
verb+adverb

Instructions:Write what combination is each collocation.
daily routine
take a break
break a leg
coffee break
fast food
a round of drinks
maiden voyage
excruciating pain
lift off
bar of soap
politically correct
quick lunch
commit suicide
wave frantically

The Bus Driver

Read each question and answer in complete sentences.

1. Have you or someone you know ever worked the third shift?  What was the experience like?
2. Do you think women can do the same jobs as men?
3. Do you know a woman who does a "man's" job? Explain.
4. Would you do a "man's" job? Explain.

The Bus Driver Vocabulary

Define the following words and place in your dictionary(Word document):

 

1. shift
2. lug
3. nightspot
4. seldom
5. crowd
6. factory
7. fake
8. ocassionally
9. scary
10. view

Analogies Practice Drill

Write the correct word to complete the analogy.

1. pounds:weight:: inches:_________________
2. snake:reptile::cat:__________________
3. bird:fly::fish: _____________________
4. stylist:beauty palor::waiter:__________________\
5. cub:lion::calf:__________________
6. basketball:court::car racing: ___________________
7. banana:fruit::carrot:__________________
8. fish:school::sheep:___________________