Understanding the Idiom 'Rack Your Brain'

Understanding the Idiom 'Rack Your Brain'

Assessment

Interactive Video

English

5th - 8th Grade

Hard

Created by

Lucas Foster

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The video explains the idiom 'rack your brain' with three definitions: making a great effort to think or remember something, thinking very hard, and trying hard to think of something. It concludes by associating the idiom with the concept of the brain.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the general meaning of the idiom 'rack your brain'?

To forget something important

To relax and unwind

To take a break from thinking

To make a great effort to think or remember something

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following best describes the first definition of 'rack your brain'?

To think without any effort

To make a great effort to think or remember something

To avoid thinking about something

To think about something casually

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the second definition of 'rack your brain' emphasize?

Thinking about multiple things at once

Thinking without focus

Thinking very hard

Avoiding hard thinking

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does the third definition of 'rack your brain' differ from the second?

It involves thinking about something easy

It involves not thinking at all

It involves trying very hard to think of something

It involves thinking about something unrelated

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When you think of the brain, what idiom can you also think of?

Forget your brain

Rack your brain

Relax your brain

Break your brain