DEAF 310 FIRST VOCABULARY/SENTENCES EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
GRADED A++ LATEST UPDATE
FROG
"frog," hold an "S"-hand (or a modified "S" hand) below your chin. Flick the index and
middle fingers into a "V" hand
DOLL
curve your index finger into a C-shape. Then rub it down your nose twice.
LIFE
two Ls at or just below chest pointing at each other then both move up in a v shape (like
sign for live, but with 2 Ls instead)
IN/OUT
close the fingers of your dominant hand hand, form your non-dominant hand into a "C,"
and place the fingers of your dominant hand into the "C" hand; for out start with fingers
inside then pull out
Hawaii
using H hand, trace a circle around face starting at temple (think of sign for pretty but
with h hand)
Vomit
,open mouth and put 5 hand palm flared out in front of mouth (thumb pointed near
mouth) and make hand move down like motion of the vomit
Island
place your dominant "I" hand on the back of an palm-down non dom hand Move the "I"
hand in two horizontal circles
ANIMAL
The fingertips touch the chest. The fingers stay straight. The hands pivot inward toward
each other twice. Almost like a bird wing flapping inward
LION
a slightly-curved-5-hand to show the "mane" of a lion.
Start at your forehead and pull the hand backward over your head.
TIGER
start with both hands with fingers and thumb extended like claws. Start with your hands
in front of your face, then pull them apart. The sign looks like a tiger scratching across
their face.
BEAR
crossing your arms over your chest and clawing your chest twice. The sign ends with
the fingers in the claw shape.
SICK
hold modified five hands (with the middle finger bent at the large knuckle) a few inches
from the forehead and stomach. Then bring both hands inward to contact the body.
THIRSTY
Point to chin then to throat; can make face expression to mke more intense
,DON"T HAVE
have sign but shake your head
VISIT
To sign "visit," form both hands into "V" handshapes. Move the hands in circles: up,
forward, down, and back. Both hands move at the same time. When one goes down
other goes up
FRIEND
The sign for "friend" interlocks the index fingers twice.
HOUSE
The sign for "house" uses "flat hands" to show the roof and walls of a house.
MORNING
The sign for "morning" uses a palm-up flat hand (or slightly bent hand) on the dominant
hand to represent the sun rising up from beneath the horizon. The non-dominant arm
plays the role of the horizon. The wrist of the dominant hand contacts the the non-
dominant hand's fingers. Sometimes you'll see a little repeated movement of the
dominant hand, but often (such as in the case of saying "good morning") you only use a
single movement.
QUIET
use 2 be quiet fingers bottom of one hand touching the other hand while the other is at
lips; two-part sign, where you cross your flat, open hands and then release them for the
second part of the sign.
WRITE
The sign for "write" uses a quick scribbling movement across the palm of the left hand.
, HOSPITAL
Use an "H" hand to draw a "cross" on your shoulder.
Disneyland
twisting a "D" on the side of your chin, twice.
SUMMER
changes from a "1" hand palm pointing down at floor into an "x" hand as you pull the
hand across your forehead.
Think of "wiping the sweat from your brow."
HOPE
1st touch index finger of dom hand to forehead; then put palms up in front facing each
other and bend all the fingers together with the thumbs out like they're waving at each
other 2x
KNOW
sign for "know" touches the side of your forehead or cheek with the tips of the fingers of
your hand in a flat shape (can tap 2x)
SANDWICH
bending both your hands, thumbs sticking out and palms facing you, while one hand is
cupping the other. Move your hands toward your mouth, as if you are about to bit into a
sandwich.
CHEESE
hold your two hands flat with palms touching each other. Rub the hands together.
BOWL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
GRADED A++ LATEST UPDATE
FROG
"frog," hold an "S"-hand (or a modified "S" hand) below your chin. Flick the index and
middle fingers into a "V" hand
DOLL
curve your index finger into a C-shape. Then rub it down your nose twice.
LIFE
two Ls at or just below chest pointing at each other then both move up in a v shape (like
sign for live, but with 2 Ls instead)
IN/OUT
close the fingers of your dominant hand hand, form your non-dominant hand into a "C,"
and place the fingers of your dominant hand into the "C" hand; for out start with fingers
inside then pull out
Hawaii
using H hand, trace a circle around face starting at temple (think of sign for pretty but
with h hand)
Vomit
,open mouth and put 5 hand palm flared out in front of mouth (thumb pointed near
mouth) and make hand move down like motion of the vomit
Island
place your dominant "I" hand on the back of an palm-down non dom hand Move the "I"
hand in two horizontal circles
ANIMAL
The fingertips touch the chest. The fingers stay straight. The hands pivot inward toward
each other twice. Almost like a bird wing flapping inward
LION
a slightly-curved-5-hand to show the "mane" of a lion.
Start at your forehead and pull the hand backward over your head.
TIGER
start with both hands with fingers and thumb extended like claws. Start with your hands
in front of your face, then pull them apart. The sign looks like a tiger scratching across
their face.
BEAR
crossing your arms over your chest and clawing your chest twice. The sign ends with
the fingers in the claw shape.
SICK
hold modified five hands (with the middle finger bent at the large knuckle) a few inches
from the forehead and stomach. Then bring both hands inward to contact the body.
THIRSTY
Point to chin then to throat; can make face expression to mke more intense
,DON"T HAVE
have sign but shake your head
VISIT
To sign "visit," form both hands into "V" handshapes. Move the hands in circles: up,
forward, down, and back. Both hands move at the same time. When one goes down
other goes up
FRIEND
The sign for "friend" interlocks the index fingers twice.
HOUSE
The sign for "house" uses "flat hands" to show the roof and walls of a house.
MORNING
The sign for "morning" uses a palm-up flat hand (or slightly bent hand) on the dominant
hand to represent the sun rising up from beneath the horizon. The non-dominant arm
plays the role of the horizon. The wrist of the dominant hand contacts the the non-
dominant hand's fingers. Sometimes you'll see a little repeated movement of the
dominant hand, but often (such as in the case of saying "good morning") you only use a
single movement.
QUIET
use 2 be quiet fingers bottom of one hand touching the other hand while the other is at
lips; two-part sign, where you cross your flat, open hands and then release them for the
second part of the sign.
WRITE
The sign for "write" uses a quick scribbling movement across the palm of the left hand.
, HOSPITAL
Use an "H" hand to draw a "cross" on your shoulder.
Disneyland
twisting a "D" on the side of your chin, twice.
SUMMER
changes from a "1" hand palm pointing down at floor into an "x" hand as you pull the
hand across your forehead.
Think of "wiping the sweat from your brow."
HOPE
1st touch index finger of dom hand to forehead; then put palms up in front facing each
other and bend all the fingers together with the thumbs out like they're waving at each
other 2x
KNOW
sign for "know" touches the side of your forehead or cheek with the tips of the fingers of
your hand in a flat shape (can tap 2x)
SANDWICH
bending both your hands, thumbs sticking out and palms facing you, while one hand is
cupping the other. Move your hands toward your mouth, as if you are about to bit into a
sandwich.
CHEESE
hold your two hands flat with palms touching each other. Rub the hands together.
BOWL
