Paul Nation

Write a word that is similar in meaning to the
underlined part.
1. He gave a talk to a group of people at the meeting,
spe______
2. Did anyone make the effort to do their homework?
bo________
3. The chair is made of the material trees are made of.
w o ____
4. The group of workers helped him with his work,
s ________
5. He is not dead; I saw him yesterday.
a ________
Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the word
bank.
WORD BANK
mentioned however policy staff speech
bothered conclusion injustice bones doubt
My teacher’s name is Mrs. Smith. Yesterday, she gave a i ______________to our
class. She said there was a new 2______________about the school diet. No one
is allowed to eat cookies anymore! The school’s 3______________ decided that
their students didn’t eat healthily. They wanted students to improve their eating
habits. Everyone will have to drink a cup of milk at lunch. She said milk gives our
bodies stronger 4_____________ . She also 5______________that sugar is bad
for us. She said she had no 6_____________ that we would all feel better. We all
thought that it was an 7_____________ . But at the 8______________ of class, she
told us one more thing, “ It was a joke!” 9_____________ , no one thought that it
was very funny. And no students 10______________to laugh.