Level 1

Question 1

Funny

Answer 1

nose wrinkels in laughter. tips of the right indes and middle fingers brush repeateldy off the tip of the nose.

Question 2

Pet

Answer 2

Right hand stokes the bak of the left serveral times.

Question 3

Animal

Answer 3

The fingertips touch the chest. The fingers stay straight. The hands pivot inward toward each other twice.
Memory aid: Think of the breathing of an animal.

Question 4

Late

Answer 4

5 hand hanging loosely and straigh down from elbow, move back and forth under armpit.

Question 5

Knowledge

Answer 5

Patting head to indicate something of value insdie. Right fingers pat forehead several times

Question 6

Pencil

Answer 6

I sign PENCIL by forming my hand into a handshape that looks like I’m holding a pencil in my right hand. I start the sign holding my hand near my mouth. Then I bring my right hand down near the palm of my left hand and make a writing movement across the palm and fingers of the left hand. So, this sign is loosely based on the concept of licking the pencil lead and then writing. Note: You don’t actually lick anything in this sign, the hand merely comes “near” the mouth.

Question 7

Remember

Answer 7

Memory aid: Think of “tacking it down.”
Right thumb moves down from side of foehead to rest on back of other thumb and bounces once.

Question 8

Forget

Answer 8

One that looks like you are wiping information off your memory banks, and one that shows you have an “empty memory.”

fingertipsmove to the right across forehead and close

Question 9

Italian

Answer 9

Letter T across forhead with little “i” finger. Down and across

Question 10

College

Answer 10

Both hands are in loose “flat” handshapes. They are not “5” handshapes, but then again they are not “B” handshapes either. The dominant hand starts from a couple inches above the base hand and does a circling movement as it slaps downward and comes back up a few inches.

Question 11

Pay

Answer 11

the sign for “pay” is a directional sign. That means the direction in which you do the sign indicates whom is getting paid.

Think of having a coin in the palm of your left hand. You place the tip of your right index finger on the coin then flick the coin to the person whom you are paying.

Question 12

ask

Answer 12

Movement is forward. Starts in an “index” shape and ends in an “x” handshape.

Question 13

Invite

Answer 13

open right hand sweeps down in an arc and over toward left side of chest ending in palm up position.

Question 14

education

Answer 14

e hand to quickly d

Question 15

middle school

Answer 15

right middle finger takes open left palm then sign school

Question 16

high school

Answer 16

“H” and a “modified” S-hand.
Spell “H” and then quickly change into an S-hand. (Don’t worry if the “S” hand ends up sideways.)

Question 17

college

Answer 17

The dominant hand starts from a couple inches above the base hand and does a circling movement as it slaps downward and comes back up a few inches.

Question 18

residential

Answer 18

i hand taps fist of other hand

Question 19

take up

Answer 19

Question 20

bachelor, master degree

doctorate

Answer 20

right b hand held with palm facing left and fingers pointing up, touches left side of mouth then moves back across the lips to right of mouth.

doctorate. quick d then r then facial

Degree: rolled up diploma, thumbs & index fingers form cirlces both hands together then separate.

Question 21

math

Answer 21

M hands cross in front of chest twice

Question 22

science

Answer 22

My wife prefers to do the sign “SCIENCE” with “A” hands. The “A” hands do remind me of “beakers” that some scientists use to mix chemicals.

Question 23

history

Answer 23

he sign for “history” moves an “H” hand down, up, and down again.

Question 24

social studies

Answer 24

s hand signs once left then right

Question 25

English, England

Answer 25

he sign for “England” is done by placing your dominant hand over your non-dominant hand. The fingers of the dominant hand wrap around the pinkie side of the non-dominant hand. Think royalty

Question 26

things

Answer 26

palms open and move outward bouncing

Question 27

calculator

notebook

pen

pencil

Answer 27

I sign PENCIL by forming my hand into a handshape that looks like I’m holding a pencil in my right hand. I start the sign holding my hand near my mouth. Then I bring my right hand down near the palm of my left hand and make a writing movement across the palm and fingers of the left hand. So, this sign is loosely based on the concept of licking the pencil lead and then writing. (In the old days, apparently, people used to lick the lead to get pencils to write better. Don’t try this at home folks.) Note: You don’t actually lick anything in this sign, the hand merely comes “near” the mouth.

Question 28

email

Answer 28

right index finger makes a pass through the cavity of the left “c” hand. The “C” hand is often modified so that the fingers are bent from the knuckles and are relatively straight.”

Question 29

give

Answer 29

hand to