Vocabulary Activities
Activity 1 - Phobias - Using the site listed under "Useful Links," answer the questions that follow about phobias.
1. What does phobia mean?
2. If a person were afraid of heights, would he/she suffer from hydrophobia?
3. If a person were afraid of cats, what would his condition be called?
4. If a person had a fear of needles, what is his condition called?
5. If a person suffers form cynophobia, what is he/she afraid of?
6. Would a person who fears walking have gymnophobia?
7. If a person were afraid of blood, what would his condition be called?
8. If a person suffers from hypnophobia, of what is he afraid?
9. If you were afraid of being bald, what would your condition be called?
10. What would be a good title of a horror movie that dealt with the fear of slime?
11. If a teacher has pediaphobia, should he/she be teaching school?
12. What would be a good name for a movie about ophidiophobia?
13. What phobia would be associated with the movie, Ghostbusters?
14. If a person were afraid of disease, what condition would he/she have?
15. If a person suffered from autophobia, would he/she hate to be alone?
16. I a person suffered from acousticophobia, would he/she enjoy hearing loud acoustical guitar music?
17. Could a person be a diver if he had auquaphobia?
18. If a person has ambulophobia, would he/she be most likely be bedridden?
19. If a person suffered from bibliophobia, would he/she be an avid reader?
20. Would a very rich person suffer from chrematophobia?
21. Would it be likely for an artist to suffer from chromophobia?
22. Would a person who suffered from demophbia, enjoy going to crowded concerts?
23. If a person had a fear of skin disease, what would his/her condition be called?
24. If a person suffered from hadeophobia, what would he/she fear?
25. If a person feared the sun, what condition would he/she have?
26. If a person were kleptophobic, would he/she most likely have a tight security system in his/her home?
27. If a person suffered from megalophobia, of what is he afraid? What does the prefix mega mean?
28. Would a person who suffered from mechanophobia, be comfortable in a clothing store?
29. If a person were mycrophobic, of what would he/she be afraid?
30. How does the word mythophobia relate to the concept of myths?
31. If a person fears everything, he/she suffers from what condition?
32. If a person has a fear of falling in love, what would his/her condition be called?
33. If a person suffered from phobophobia, what condition would he/she have?
34. If a person feared many things, what would his/her condition be called?
35. If a person suffered from scholionophobia, what would he/she fear?
36. If a person hated to talk on the phone, what type of phobia does he/she have?
37. If a person is toxiphobic, would it be possible for him/her to be a toxicologist? What is toxicology?
38. If a person suffers from tremophobia, of what is he/she afraid?
40. What would be a good book title for a book to help people who were afraid of animals?
41-45. List 3 phobias that seem the most unreasonable to you. Why do they seem irrational?
46-50. Describe any of the phobias that you or others you know have.
Activity 2 - Phobias - Do the activities (Matching and Concentration) that appear below.
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