ONE-WORD EXCLAMATIONS

Provide a one-word exclamation. (e.g., This contraction is a command not to do something. Answer: Don’t.)

Freshman level

1. Shouted by a film director to begin a new take. It follows, “Lights, camera ...”

2. A warning shouted to tell people that a tree that you have cut is going to fall.

3. A signal to start an activity. It often follows, “Ready, set ...”

Graduate level

4. The restriction on yelling this word in a crowded theater does not violate your freedom of speech.

5. A soldier might shout this word, followed by, “Who goes there?”

6. A drowning person might yell this four-letter word to request assistance.

Ph.D. level

7. An order given to a dog to have it rest on its haunches.

8. People often say this six-letter word as they lift their glasses to drink.

9. An order given to a dog to retrieve something.

Answers: 1. Action. 2. Timber. 3. Go. 4. Fire. 5. Halt. 6. Help. 7. Sit. 8. Cheers (prosit). 9. Fetch.

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