Vocabulary_33 pages of exercises w Ans. Keys.pdf - Azinga Cartoons

TRANSPARENCY32■ Suggest to students that replacing weak, general adjectives with strong, moreprecise adjectives will make their writing more interesting to readers.■ Answers: 1 frightful, appalling; 2 hearty, voracious; 3 modest, plain; 4 bizarre,unique; 5 scenic, panoramic. Sample sentences appear in the Answer Key.Vocabular y : Deadwood Adjectivesfrightful hearty modest appalling simplebizarre scenic unique panoramic voraciousDIRECTIONS■■Write two adjectives from the box that could replace eachunderlined word. You will use all the words in the box.Then, select one adjective from each pair and write a sentenceusing the word correctly.1 The continual stormy weather was ba d .2 She was active, athletic, and had a s t r o n g appetite.3 Thoreau lived alone in the woods and led a p l a i n life.4 The car’s u n u s u a l appearance attracted a lot of attention.Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved.5 The w i d e view we enjoy from the terrace includes the distantmountains.ELEMENTS OF LANGUAGE | Third Course | Daily Language Activities