Part 1: Vocabulary Questions

​Confusion

​The answer is confusion because when two people have a misunderstanding that means that there was no clear communication.

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If one person can not make sense of what someone else did or said that causes confusion. That then leads to a misunderstanding.

​Complimenting

​When you compliment someone you pick something you like about them and tell them.

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​The other options were just nice actions.

​Agreed

​When you contradict someone you say the opposite of what they said.

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​Therefore, you could not agree with them.

​Admiration

​When you admire someone you respect something that they do.

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​When you respect something you see the value in it, so you can appreciate it.

​Complimentary

​This is the opposite meaning of critical.

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​It is really hard to say something nice to someone when you are judging them.

​Blurted

​Think about when you talk out without raising your hand. That is blurting. You said something suddenly without thinking of the expectation to raise your hand first.

​Cultural

​Culture does not deal with degrees, so it can't be D.

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Culture does not have numbers in it, so it can't be C. ​

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​Culture does have social customs, but culture also includes things like language and food. Therefore, it cannot be B.

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​Culture are things we don't really think about when we are part of that culture. It is just the way things are and the habits we have as a collective group.

​Grammar Questions

Subject Verb Agreement

Present Progressive Verbs

Verb Tenses ​

​Pass

​The answer is pass because the subject is plural.

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​If you ever get stuck on one of these questions just whisper the sentence to your self with each answer choice. Which one sounds the best?

​Walk

​the answer is walk because there are two subjects in the sentence.

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​A girl

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​Her friend

​Were traveling

​Remember progressive verbs are verbs that take place over time.

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​The will end in -ing and have a be verb before it.

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​In this case we are looking for the past progressive. That means our verb will still end in -ing, but the form of be before the word will be past tense.

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​Were is the past tense form of be.

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​Were traveling is the past progressive.

​Went

​It is important to keep the verb tense the same in the a sentence.

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​The exception would be is you are using a progressive verb in a compound sentence.

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​There was not a progressive verb option in this question, and this sentence is not a compound sentence.

Story ​Questions