English exam

1- Vocab

Lobbying: any attempt by individuals to influence the decisions of

government
Synonym; promote, politick, persuade antonym;
opposing, protesting

Negotiate: to work with others to reach an agreement

Synonym; discuss, settle antonym;
mandate, enforce

Mutual: when everyone treats each other the same way

Synonym; shared, common, joint antonym;
separate, unequal

Fatal: something that is dangerous, leading or resulting a disaster

Synonym: lethal, dangerous antonym; safe,
harmless

Eerie: something that is strange

Synonym; weird, strange antonym; normal,
ordinary

Sprawling: to spread out your arms and legs carelessly

Synonym; antonym;

Utilization:
Synonym; antonym;

Absorb:
Synonym: antonym:
 Accomplishment:
Synonym: antonym:

Distinguish:
Synonym: antonym:
Wholly: fully, whole
Synonym: completely, fully antonym:
incompletely, almost

Immersed:
Synonym: antonym:

Irrelevant:
Synonym: antonym:

Disoriented:
Synonym: antonym:

Indifferent:
Synonym: antonym:

Surged:
Synonym: antonym:

Trample:
Synonym: antonym:

2- Meanings
 Subject by subject organization: the writer represents all points related to
one subject then all points to the other subject

Point by point pattern: the writer discusses 1 point for both subjects then
writes the other point for both subjects
Predicting: the process of combining info with own knowledge to make
guesses about what will happen next

Theme: is the message of a work of literature

Clause is a group of words that contains a verb and its subject and is in a part of a
sentence

-independent clause : can stand by itself -subordinate clause: can’t stand by

itself

Adj and adv clauses

Synthesizing; identify main idea, ask questions about audience and purpose,
then compare and contrast

3- Simple, compound, and complex sentences

Simple: has 1 independent clause only ex. Tina ordered a pizza

Compound: has 2+ independent clauses only and joined by comma and ( fan
boys )
ex. I lost my book, but I had an extra copy.