ESL Vocabulary

"Microsoft created a game where you can simulate flying a plane." What does the word in red mean?

• to take something away

• pretend to do something

• to show feeling

• to ask for approval

"Sometimes it is difficult to express our emotions." What does the word in red mean?

• to take something away

• to hurt or harm

• to be approved

• to show what you think or feel

When you hinder something, you:

• make it more difficult to do something or make progress

• pretend to do something

• ask for forgiveness

• examine it closely

The police used the ___________ to find out who committed the crime.

• hinder

• permission

• evidence

• emphasize

You should ___________ a word if it is more important or needs special attention

• seize

• simulate

• hinder

• emphasize

When you _________ something, you take it.

• analysis

• seize

• hinder

• emphasize

The scientists' did an _________ of the sample.

• permission

• analysis

• expression

• simulation

If you ask for permission you:

• ask to analyze something

• ask to hurt someone

• ask to be able to do something

• ask to examine something

Simulate is a ___________. Simulation is a noun.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

Expression is a noun. Express is a _________.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb