Unit 3 Vocabulary Quiz-"Wild Ride"

Which of the following is an example of a dialect?

• a car that can fly

• a sudden explosion

• someone relaxing in an armchair

• someone speaking with a regional accent

Which of the following is preposterous?

• a boring movie

• a women yelling at her son

• a politician expressing disappoval of a plan

• a panda that speaks fluent German

Bob lolled all day. He was...

• hard-working

• lazy

• ridiculous

• mean

Oscar chastised Celia, probably because...

• Celia had done something wrong

• he was attracted to her

• she was regrettable

• she was weird

Which of the following is an example of spontaneous?

• the rain going away

• a kid suddenly deciding to move to India

• a helicopter

• a scientist who changes the DNA of frogs

Which is the most tedious activity?

• reading

• coughing without covering your mouth

• throwing a surprise birthday party for your friend

• copying the dictionary page by page

It all culminated. It...

• fell apart

• felt weird

• all came to an end

• changed

Cameron deplores the state of the world. She...

• thinks about it all the time.

• wishes it were different.

• thinks it's wonderful.

• yells at people about it.

Which of the following is most often considered contagious?

• a teddy-bear

• an ocean

• a disease

• a dream

If something hovers, you can probably...

• fix it.

• walk underneath it.

• catch a cold from it.

• add more to it later.