Issue 6 Test - Vocabulary: Words to Know

Although career and technical education can __________ teens for much-needed job skills, the costs of running such innovative programs are considerable.

• prepare

• ignore

• confuse

• delay

Write the correct form of a Word to Know to complete each sentence.

• focus

• focas

• focuss

• focuse

Depending on the __________ of study, the equipment alone could make the costs prohibitive.

• field

• fields

• story

• music

School districts also need to consider the costs of hiring __________ who can share their expertise with students.

• professionals

• professional

• volunteers

• assistants

Teachers can share their __________ with students.

• expert

• experts

• expertise

• expertising

I knew my sister had put a dent in the car, but she ​ _____ in denying her guilt.

• persist

• persistence

• persisting

• persisted

Diamond’s friends all canceled at the last minute, so she got the _____ that they were angry with her.

• bias

• innovation

• notion
• principle

Based on the ______that honesty is the best policy, I told my friend that I didn’t like his new haircut even though it was hard for him to hear.

• establishment

• innovation

• principle
• statistic

Read each sentence. Choose the response that best completes the sentence. My brother reluctantly drove me to my friend’s house, ________.

• assuring me he didn’t mind doing it

• moving his head to the music on the radio

• complaining that he can’t wait until I finally get my license

• saying he needed to run some errands anyway

People being considered for a jury are checked for bias to make sure they ________.

• base their judgments on facts and not prejudice

• form opinions using their gut instincts

• make decisions based on their feelings

• show up on time and dress appropriately