ESL Vocabulary Exercise (Interview with Vero)

ESL Vocabulary Exercise (Interview with Vero) 

Instructions: Choose the correct vocabulary word to fill in the missing blank. Some words may be used more than once. 

1. In the news social media tends to be  ________ as an addictive, brainwashing and ______ place on the internet that wastes people's time. (A. stigmatized B. enormous C. vain D. juxtaposed) 

2. The amount of articles expounding on the negative effects of social media _______ to the positive ones are ______. (A. enormous B. remote. C. persevering D. juxtaposed) 

3. When I was a teenager I hated my city, I considered it as a _______ place in the middle of nowhere. (A. stigmatize B. remote C. out of the blue D. gastronomy)

4. So I could say firstly I was an English student and then I became a Spanish/English teacher _______. (A. gastronomy B. vain C.  out of the blue D. enormous) 

5. I think the key to learning a second language is having a good attitude, _________ in the learning process and studying as much as your brain allows you. ( A. persevering B. vain C. remote. D. stigmatized) 

6. The second thing I like about Spanish culture is the ________. (A. enormous B. out of the blue. C. gastronomy D. vain ) 

Vocabulary Bank

1. Stigmatize - verb - describe as worth of disgrace or great disapproval

2. Vain - adjective-  producing no results; useless

3. Juxtaposed - verb - place or deal with close together for contrasting effect

4. Enormous - adjective - very large in size, quantity or extent

5. Out of the Blue - idiom - without warning, unexpectedly

6. Remote - adjective -  situated far from the main centers of population distant

7. Gastronomy - noun -  the practice or art of choosing, cooking and eating good food

8. Persevering - adjective - continue in a course of action even in the face of difficulty