Chapter 2 Vocabulary

Question 1

Appreciate (verb)

Answer 1

To express or feel gratitude for something.

How to use:

To appreciate something

To appreciate someone

Example:

I appreciate your hard work to learn English.

Question 2

Background (noun)

Answer 2

The sounds you hear when someone is talking on the phone with you.

Also called “background noise”.

Example:

I could hear a baby crying in the background when I called my girlfriend.

Question 3

Beach (noun)

Answer 3

A place with sand on the ground next to a lake, river, or ocean.

Question 4

Cable Car (noun)

Answer 4

A special transportation that is popular in some cities.

Question 5

Cell phone (noun)

Answer 5

A mobile phone.

Question 6

Crash (verb)

Answer 6

When a car, plane, bicycle, or other vehicle hits something and gets damaged/has to stop.

How to to use:

To crash into something

To crash into someone

Example:

I crashed my car, and now I need to fix it.