NorthStar 1 - Unit #5 - Progress Check #5

What is the definition of phobias?

• Fear of specific objects or situations

• Fear of heights

• Fear of spiders

• Fear of public speaking

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How can phobias be managed?

• Seeking professional help

• Ignoring the fears

• Self-medicating

• Avoiding support and understanding

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What is the common term for an irrational fear of various things such as darkness, work, school, spiders, dentists, and tall buildings?

• Arachnophobia

• Agoraphobia

• Claustrophobia

• Xenophobia

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What is nyctophobia?

• Fear of darkness

• Fear of heights

• Fear of spiders

• Fear of water

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What is arachnophobia?

• Fear of heights

• Fear of spiders

• Fear of water

• Fear of flying

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Understanding word meanings

Match the following words & phrases with their definitions.

• Fear (N)

• is to be frightened of somebody/something.

• Confused (Adj)

• to relax after being angry

• Fear (V)

• is being unable to think clearly or to understand something

• Calm down (Phr)

• is the bad feeling you have when you're in danger.

​ (a)   is a feeling of sudden, intense fear.

​ ​ (b)   means to keep away from someone/something.

​ (c)   means feeling ashamed and uncomfortable.

​ (d)   to pass a salty colourless liquid through the skin because you are hot, ill or frightened.

• Panic (Adj)
• Avoid (V)
• Embarrassed (Adj)
• Sweat (V)
• Phobia (N)

​ (a)   calm and not anxious

​ (b)   usual or ordinary

​ (c)   strong and unreasonable fear of something

• Relaxed (Adj)
• Normal (Adj)
• Phobia (N)
• Fear (N)

Rearrange the letters below to form a vocabulary word that means:

to cause pain or injury to (yourself, someone else, or a part of your body)

Starts with h: r h t u

Rearrange the letters below to form a vocabulary word that means:

to stop trying to do something (often because it is too difficult).

Starts with g: v g i e p u