Test Guidance Grade 8

Mid semester test 2

Vocabulary to study:

1. Waive (verb) : to give up one’s rights or claims ; refrain from insisting on or using (a right or claim)
Since the woman exceeded the speed limit only because she needed medical aid, the police officer
chose to waive her speeding ticket.

2. Vulnerable (adjective) : exposed or in a position that cannot be completely defended.

Because little kids have weak immune systems, they are very vulnerable to illness.

3. Deter (verb) : to prevent something from happening

When they heard about all the recent break-ins around the neighborhood, they bought a huge dog that
would be sure to deter any uninvited visitors.

4. Dispute (noun) : A disagreement or argument; (verb) :to contest or argue about something\
Because I was not speeding, I plan to dispute the ticket I received from the police officer.

5. Hideous (adjective) : extremely ugly or disgusting or unpleasant.

I was sleeping in a tent, and woke up at 5 in the morning feeling hideous to see my tent in a mess.’

6. Abundance (noun) : a large amount of something

Unfortunately we discovered the stream was no longer abundant with salmon.

7. Cultivate (verb) : Prepare and use (land) for crops or gardening ;

Try to acquire or develop (a quality or skill)
- ‘These teachers have the unique opportunity to help students cultivate talents and skills that
will enrich the rest of their lives.’
- ‘He did his job efficiently, while also cultivating friendships with many Indians.’

8. Accomplice (noun): A person who helps another commit a crime.

The police are hoping that the accomplice will lead them to the mastermind of the crime.

9. Disclose (verb): Make (secret or new information) known ;

Allow (something hidden) to be seen.
‘It is our company policy not to disclose that information in order to protect the privacy of our
customers.’
10. Distract (verb): Prevent (someone) from concentrating on something.
‘The color should not distract your reader from the main points of your site.’

11. Indifferent (adjective): Having no particular interest or sympathy; unconcerned.

‘The photographs are of indifferent quality, the layout and design clumsy and amateurish.’

12. Allude (verb) : Suggest or call attention to indirectly; hint at ;

Mention without discussing at length.
The teacher asked the students to not allude to any online sources in their research papers.
13. Flatter (verb) : 1) Lavish praise and compliments on (someone), often insincerely and with the
aim of furthering one's own interests.; 2) Cause (someone) to feel honoured and pleased.
‘‘Don't flatter yourself! I wasn't doing it for your benefit!’’
‘He said that he was honoured and very flattered to be chosen as the first recipient of the award.’

14. Valuables (noun): A thing that is of great worth, especially a small item of personal
property.
‘put all your valuables in the hotel safe’

15. Apparition (noun): A ghost or ghostlike image of a person.

‘I thought it was Miranda, not her, but a ghostly apparition of what she was, rose up on the
roof of the car.’
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Collocations
make, do, have and take

There are some general rules for this, but mainly you need to remember lots of fixed expressions.

make do have take

a mistake the ironing a look a photo
a profit/loss the housework dinner advantage of
money/millions your homework a headache somebody
a fortune business a party care of somebody
friends well/badly a picnic place
war something wrong/right a barbecue something into
a noise your best an appointment account
a mess damage/harm fun your time
fun of someone somebody a favour trouble time
a phone call something in common no notice of sth
progress part in something
a difference the opportunity

Make is also used with most nouns for ways of speaking/planning. For example, you make a
complaint, a promise, an offer, a threat, a speech, an apology, a point, a confession, an accusation, a
suggestion, an arrangement, a decision, a plan, an appointment.

But, have is used with most nouns which involve a two-way discussion. For example, you have a
conversation, a chat, a discussion, an argument, a fight, a row, a meeting, an interview.

We also often use have + a + verb (where the verb and the noun are the same). For example, have a
look, a rest, a sleep, a drink, a walk, a go.

Lay vs Lie
Such...That So...That

Also expresses a cause and effect. It expresses a cause and effect.

Grammar: Grammar:
such + (adjective) + NOUN + that So + adjective/adverb + that

I was so sleepy that I couldn't keep my eyes open

Examples
Examples
Cause: It was a great movie.
Effect: I watched it several times. Cause: It was too windy.
Effect: We couldn't go sailing.
It's such a great movie that I've watched it several
times. It was so windy that we couldn't go sailing.
(great-adjective, movie-noun) (windy- adjective)

Cause: My sister is very shy.

Cause: She is a very charming woman. Effect: She hides behind my mother when there
Effect: Everybody stares at her. are strangers around.

She is such a charming woman that everybody My sister is so shy that she hides behind my
stares at her. mother when there are strangers around.
(charming-adjective, woman-noun) (shy- adjective)