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Functional Words
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Study First
Subjects
:
literacy
,
vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Be careful & there is a step up or down
Driectory
Ambulance
Go
Watch Your Step
2. An alphabetical list of names and addresses; you can use to find information on people
Driectory
Explosives
Please Use Handrail
Wait on Curb
3. Be careful & there is a step up or down
Watch Your Step
Please Use Handrail
Office
Employees Only
4. Directional word - going from a higher to a lower level or position & e.g. skiing down the slope & riding the elevator down
Wet Paint
Keep Off
Down
Don't Walk
5. Able to catch fire easily & also means to keep fire away
Explosives
Watch Your Step
Closed
Flammable
6. Lifting device that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
Flammable
Do Not Enter
Elevator
Cashier
7. The force of policemen and officers who can help you when you are in trouble; you also need to listen carefully and follow their directions
Ambulance
Cashier
Ambulance
Police
8. Chemical (s) & when ignited & that instantly generate a great amount of heat resulting in a destructive shock wave and blast wind; also means to stay-away / do not touch
Walk
Explosives
Closed
Poison
9. A sign that tell you that the person who works in the office/room/shop is not inside at the time
Out
Poison
Elevator
Do Not Enter
10. A vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals
Ambulance
Elevator
Wet Paint
No Admittance
11. Follow a procedure or take a course & e.g. your turn to plan a game when someone tells you to 'Go'; you begin to drive a go-cart when the 'Go' sign lights up
Go
Gentleman/Men
Out
Walk
12. Do not walk across the street at this time
13. Knowledge of some fact or event; a place where you can receive the knowledge by asking
Out
Watch Your Step
Information
Wet Paint
14. A vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals
Ambulance
Watch Your Step
Out
No Admittance
15. Only employees can access the room/area; you need to ask permission before entering
Employees Only
Poison
Do Not Enter
Please Use Handrail
16. Lifting device that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
Office
Warning
Ambulance
Elevator
17. Able to catch fire easily & also means to keep fire away
Flammable
Warning
Keep Off
Watch Your Step
18. Do not go in this door or place
Escalator
Do Not Enter
Fragile
Don't Walk
19. Stand on the sidewalk until the bus comes or you are given directions to cross
Wet Paint
Warning
Out
Wait on Curb
20. Hold onto the handrail as you go up or down the stairs or escalator
Ambulance
Go
Please Use Handrail
Walk
21. Directional word - going from a higher to a lower level or position & e.g. skiing down the slope & riding the elevator down
Go
Down
Police
Gentleman/Men
22. Any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism - do not touch & drink/eat & keep away from pets and children
Go
Employees Only
Closed
Poison
23. Place of business where professional duties are performed; different places such as doctor's office & schools & and businesses have offices
Closed
Down
Office
Explosives
24. The force of policemen and officers who can help you when you are in trouble; you also need to listen carefully and follow their directions
Watch Your Step
Keep Off
Out
Police
25. Not open & e.g. Philadelphia International Airport was closed due to heavy snow.
Wait on Curb
Closed
Watch Your Step
Out
26. Do not touch or you may get paint on you
Gentleman/Men
Down
Keep Off
Wet Paint
27. A sign that tell you that the person who works in the office/room/shop is not inside at the time
Ambulance
Watch Your Step
Flammable
Out
28. Do not walk across the street at this time
29. Do not touch or you may get paint on you
Wet Paint
Elevator
Go
Watch Your Step
30. It means you must walk & not run; if traffic light says 'walk' that means you can cross the street
Walk
Wait on Curb
Wait on Curb
Do Not Enter
31. A stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
Closed
Escalator
No Admittance
Please Use Handrail
32. An alphabetical list of names and addresses; you can use to find information on people
Don't Walk
Keep Off
Driectory
Closed
33. Do not go in this door or place
Do Not Enter
Don't Walk
Information
Cashier
34. Chemical (s) & when ignited & that instantly generate a great amount of heat resulting in a destructive shock wave and blast wind; also means to stay-away / do not touch
Flammable
Explosives
Out
Closed
35. Stay away from the area & do not stand on the area/thing & e.g. a sign may say 'Keep Off the Grass'
Warning
Warning
Keep Off
Go
36. Stay away from the area & do not stand on the area/thing & e.g. a sign may say 'Keep Off the Grass'
Ambulance
Driectory
Keep Off
Office
37. You cannot go into this place without special permission
No Admittance
Driectory
Out
Warning
38. Knowledge of some fact or event; a place where you can receive the knowledge by asking
Out
Police
Information
Ambulance
39. Not open & e.g. Philadelphia International Airport was closed due to heavy snow.
Out
Cashier
Closed
Police
40. Easily broken or damaged or destroyed; if an item is marked 'fragile' you must take extra care in handling the item
Go
Fragile
Cashier
Please Use Handrail
41. Any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism - do not touch & drink/eat & keep away from pets and children
Elevator
Escalator
Poison
Wet Paint
42. A person responsible for receiving payments for goods and services (as in a shop or restaurant) & or a place in a store/restaurant where you pay your bill
Go
Cashier
Police
Watch Your Step
43. It means you must walk & not run; if traffic light says 'walk' that means you can cross the street
No Admittance
Watch Your Step
Information
Walk
44. Hold onto the handrail as you go up or down the stairs or escalator
Please Use Handrail
Warning
No Admittance
Fragile
45. Easily broken or damaged or destroyed; if an item is marked 'fragile' you must take extra care in handling the item
Flammable
Wait on Curb
Fragile
Elevator
46. You cannot go into this place without special permission
Information
Wet Paint
No Admittance
Please Use Handrail
47. A person responsible for receiving payments for goods and services (as in a shop or restaurant) & or a place in a store/restaurant where you pay your bill
Don't Walk
Walk
Employees Only
Cashier
48. A stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
Police
Cashier
Escalator
Gentleman/Men
49. A sign for bathroom/locker room for boys and men
Employees Only
Go
Gentleman/Men
Office
50. Follow a procedure or take a course & e.g. your turn to plan a game when someone tells you to 'Go'; you begin to drive a go-cart when the 'Go' sign lights up
Cashier
Fragile
Driectory
Go