Intermediate Vocabulary

........................rates have declined considerably in Western countries over the last decade. However, most children are literate.

• illiteracy

• literacy

• dropout

• Bankruptcy

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

First years of formal education from around age 5 to 11 is known as

• special education

• secondary education

• primary education

• adult aducation

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

It is difficult to ................. on my work if there is a lot of noise.

• follow

• look

• concentrate

• forget

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Student who are studying for their first degree at a college or university are called

• seniors

• dropouts

• graduates

• undergraduates

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The difficulty in understanding the topic has .............for the last few days. Now I can understand better.

• increased

• spiked

• lessened

• grown

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

My drive to succeed has .................because I know I can beat the competition.

• abated

• grown

• lessened

• decreased

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

The teacher can not .....................his students according to their grades because he believes that each one of them has his or her own strength making them difficult to categorize.

• label

• classify

• declassify

• criticize

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The rock .................to the point it becomes small pieces

• hardens

• disintegrates

• melts

• solidifies

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

The complex questions he has been exploring in this course has .....................his critical thinking abilities.

• diminished

• sharpened

• lessened

• deteriorated

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Old age ........................the ability to remember things.

• sharpens

• deteriorates

• increases

• elavates

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5