May Vocabulary Quiz

What is the meaning of the word "inspiration"?

• Something that gives someone the desire to do something

• Make or produce something

• Related to important traditions from the past

• A public presentation to entertain an audience

Match the following words with their meanings:

• Abundance

• Make or produce something

• Emissions

• Organized series of special events and performances

• Festival

• A lot, or more than necessary

• Create

• Substances released; anything given off by something else

Maya's Jamaican __________ was filled with many delightful traditions passed down from her relatives.

(emission or heritage)

Which of these pictures does NOT show a festival?

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What does "performance" mean?

• A public presentation to entertain an audience

• Substances released; anything given off by something else

• A lot, or more than necessary

• Form the foundation of

Match the following terms with their definitions:

• Excess

• Form the foundation of

• Watt

• Unit of measurement for electrical power

• Underpin

• A lot, or more than necessary

• Emissions

• Substances released; anything given off by something else

What does "excessive" mean?

• A lot, or more than necessary

• Form the foundation of

• Unit of measurement for electrical power

• Creative; using new ideas or methods

What does "underlie" mean?

• Form the foundation of

• Unit of measurement for electrical power

• Creative; using new ideas or methods

• Unusual; unlike anything else

What is a "watt"?

• Unit of measurement for electrical power

• Creative; using new ideas or methods

• Unusual; unlike anything else

• Animals that are mammals but lay eggs

What does "innovative" mean?

• Creative; using new ideas or methods

• Unusual; unlike anything else

• Animals that are mammals but lay eggs

• Changes that make a plant or animal better suited to an environment