Find the Antonyms and Complete the Sentences


OBJECTIVE Students will C process the meanings of vocabu- lary words by identifying antonyms and by choosing words that complete sentences.


GUIDE STUDENTS Students have completed the type of activities on this page several times already. Therefore, invite them to suggest strategies for successfully completing the exercises. Remind students that they can also employ the strategies of doing the easiest items first and of eliminating answer choices for difficult items.


PRACTICE


Have students complete both activi- ties on their own and then discuss their answers as a class. Ask them to name the context clues in items 5 through 10 that helped them identi- fy each vocabulary word.


WORD LIST


impartial liable


extenuating infraction ultimatum exonerate lenient retaliate mediate reconcile


Find the Antonyms Write the word from the Word List that is an antonym for the underlined word in each sentence. You may need to change the word’s ending.


1 The king was merciless in his response to the wrongdoing. 2 The woman offered a biased view of the events that led up to the accident. 3 Some townspeople hoped that the courts would convict Clara of the crime. 4 The couple argued over their differences.


lenient impartial exonerate reconciled


Complete the Sentences Write the word from the Word List that completes each sentence. You may need to change the ending of a word.


5 When Mom delivered her 6 7 ultimatum knew I had to get serious about studying.


When the team captain missed practice, the coach knew there must be circumstances.


Brad was usually calm, but when Katie insulted him, he wanted to .


extenuating retaliate


8 Students with three school.


9 liable infractions can be suspended from


If you print that untrue statement, you might be found for your actions.


10 A trained negotiator was called in to dispute.


mediate the about my grades, I


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Second-Language Learners Practicing Common Uses


Students acquiring the language need practice with the com- mon ways in which new words are embedded in sentences. For example, ultimatum is regularly preceded by an or the. The ulti- matum or an ultimatum is often preceded by a form of the verbs deliver, issue, state, declare, or give. Have students practice using phrases such as deliver the ultimatum and issue an ultimatum. (Until students expand their syntactic awareness of word order and phrasing, concentrate on working in the present tense, which is most familiar.) You may extend this activity by sup- plying common uses for other words in this unit, such as lenient sentence, extenuating circumstances, impartial judge, and reconcile (our, their) differences. Then provide practice with incor- porating the phrases into sentences.


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