General Knowledge Vocabulary

noun a person or thing that starts something

preposition used to indicate the purpose or reason for something

• The professor began the lecture by posing a challenging question as a starter for ten.
• Let's kick things off with a quick starter for ten - who can name all the state capitals?
• Alright, here's a starter for ten - guess which celebrity just got engaged?
• Asking about her favorite book was just a starter for ten to get the conversation going.

noun a word that refers to a person, place, thing, event, substance, or quality

verb an action word that indicates a state of being or an action taken

adverb a word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverb, determiner, noun phrase, clause, or sentence

pronoun a word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence

conjunction a word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause

interjection a word or expression that is usually not grammatically related to other words in a sentence and that expresses a sentiment such as pain, anger, joy, or surprise

• It is important for a chef to know their onions when it comes to different cooking techniques.
• If you want to impress your friends with your cooking skills, make sure you know your onions in the kitchen.
• Don't worry, I know my onions when it comes to fixing cars.
• She may seem young, but she really knows her onions when it comes to business strategies.