The mountain · English ridge · camp 2 of 4
Vocabulary
Vocabulary: word meanings in context, synonyms and antonyms, prefixes, suffixes and roots, and the precise word for the job.
Walk to this camp
Three questions light the next lantern. Nothing to install, no sign-up.
Eight rungs, one trail
Every camp on the mountain has the same eight rungs: the eight altitudes Alpenrise measures, read back in the words of your own school system. Rung 1 is the bottom of secondary school; rung 8 is beyond the final exam.
| Rung | New Zealand | United Kingdom | Cambridge | IB |
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| R1Explorer | Year 7 | Year 7 | Stage 7 | MYP 1 |
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| R2Pathfinder | Year 8 | Year 8 | Stage 8 | MYP 2 |
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| R3Voyager | Year 9 | Year 9 | Stage 9 | MYP 3 |
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| R4Navigator | Year 10 | Year 10 · GCSE yr 1 | IGCSE Yr 1 | MYP 4 |
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| R5Pioneer | Year 11 | Year 11 · GCSE | IGCSE Yr 2 | MYP 5 |
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| R6Summit | Year 12 | Year 12 · AS | AS Level | DP 1 |
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| R7Apex | Year 13 | Year 13 · A Level | A Level | DP 2 |
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| R8Beyond | NZ Scholarship | beyond A Level | STEP prep | DP HL+ |
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One question from each rung
The mountain draws three questions per rung from the same slice as the free placement. Here is one from each rung of Vocabulary, shown without its answer.
- Rung 1 · Explorer · Year 7Which word means the OPPOSITE of “loose”?tight · coastal · frosty · herbal
- Rung 2 · Pathfinder · Year 8In the word “semicircle”, what does the prefix “semi-” mean?half; partly · to remove or reverse · together; jointly · after
- Rung 3 · Voyager · Year 9The old wooden bridge was so ___ that the council closed it before it could collapse. Choose the word that fits best.cheerful · unstable · sturdy · hourly
- Rung 4 · Navigator · Year 10In the word “democracy”, what does the root “dem” mean?people · turn · measure · believe
- Rung 5 · Pioneer · Year 11All four words have a similar meaning. Which has the most NEGATIVE connotation?vain · proud · dignified · self-respecting
- Rung 6 · Summit · Year 12All four words have a similar meaning. Which has the most NEGATIVE connotation?lean · scrawny · slim · slender
- Rung 7 · Apex · Year 13Which word means the OPPOSITE of “indicative”?misleading · suggestive · honeycombed · knobbly
- Rung 8 · Beyond · NZ ScholarshipHis concession speech was an exercise in damage control.
What does “damage control” mean in this sentence?action taken to limit the harm to someone's reputation after a setback · a technical engineering process used to repair damaged physical property · a celebration of an unexpected victory · an official investigation into how the problem happened
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