Quick response drills
Purpose
To increase speed in translating words to speech to enhance under pressure speaking skill in daily interactions.
Instructions
- Before the start of everyone round, say out loud, “I’ve got this” to set a positive mind-set for work retrieval.
- Once you click the play button for every round for both antonyms and synonyms the speaker will say words at one second intervals. Quickly speak a respective antonym or synonym for the word.
- Don’t worry if you go blank on a word. Just forget it and listen to the next word.
- At the end of every one round you can view the 10 words.
Synonyms
Round 1
Reveal words
- Chef
- Repair
- Bashful
- Donate
- Enormous
- Imaginary
- Locate
- Remain
- Journey
- Assist
Round 2
Reveal words
- Beverage
- Humorous
- Vacant
- Collide
- Abandon
- Courage
- New
- Plan
- Predicament
- Quiet
Round 3
Reveal words
- Scared
- Slow
- Stop
- Strange
- Trouble
- Eager
- Estimate
- Feud
- Feeble
- Filth
Round 4
Reveal words
- Idle
- Harsh
- Grasp
- Genuine
- Furious
- Flatter
- Imitate
- Jargon
- Mad
- Manipulate
Antonyms
Round 1
Reveal words
- Strong
- Question
- Pull
- Sharp
- Entrance
- Innocent
- Cheap
- Distant
- Narrow
- Lead
Round 2
Reveal words
- Dangerous
- Moist
- Reckless
- New
- Cruel
- Danger
- Dark
- Deep
- Decrease
- Demand
Round 3
Reveal words
- Despair
- Disappear
- Disease
- Discourage
- Dismal
- Dry
- Dull
- Dusk
- Early
- Easy
Round 4
Reveal words
- Within
- Wax
- End
- Excited
- Empty
- Ebb
- Easy
- East
- Economise
- Courteous