WorksheetsVocabulary Workshop Level D Unit 5
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which of the following is the opposite of liberty?
larceny
servitude
dissent
anarchy
When you make a process easier, you:
hamper it
hinder it
analyze it
facilitate it
Which of the following would you use to describe the water in a clogged pipe?
flowing
stagnant
swirling
Another word for activist is:
militant
prototype
assistant
candidate
A window shade that is intended for blocking out light needs to be:
coarse
textured
opaque
decorative
A reason that is more important than any other is:
obvious
personal
paramount
indirect
After joining an improvisation group, Jessie quickly learned that this form of theater required a great deal more than making up scenes in a hasty and slapdash manner.
Which of the following words could NOT be used to replace slapdash?
slipshod
careless
thoughtful
First of all, the improvisation group members did not just choose a situation to act out in some random or arbitrary way. Instead they used suggetsions from the audience as catalysts for their actions.
Arbitrary most nearly means:
rational
capable
objectionable
unpredictable
First of all, the improvisation group members did not just choose a situation to act out in some random or arbitrary way. Instead they used suggetsions from the audience as catalysts for their actions.
Catalysts most nearly means:
excuses
explanations
signs
causes
Perhaps most important of all, Jessie realized that an improvisational actor needed to do more than just prattle on endlessly or meaninglessly. To create a scene that worked, he or she needed to become a believable character and also understand who the other characters onstage were in order to find ways to respond to them.
Prattle shows that Jessie originally thought that an improvisational actor:
could say whatever popped into his head
recited lines she had memorized
spoke in ways that were meaningful and believable
did not need to speak loudly or clearly
