Technical Terms Test

He wrote a brief description of the event.

She briefed her staff about the forthcoming meeting.

The solicitor picked up the brief.

The children were interviewed briefly.

Parse (i.e. describe each word grammatically) the following sentence:

The oldest child carefully took Sam’s discarded toys and placed them in his own toybox.

The

oldest

child

carefully

took

Sam’s

discarded

toys

and

placed

them

in

his

own

toybox

1. Scientific terms such as: cerebellum, radius, lens

2. Words to do with administration, law and conquest, such as: parliament, council, plea, verdict, armour, castle

3. Antiquated idioms such as ‘the straight and narrow’, ‘a still small voice’, ‘at one fell swoop’

4. The hundred most common words in English such as: you, go, there

Technical Terms Test