Fill In Sentences:
Language
INSTRUCTIONS:
Fill in each blank box with the word from the above list that best completes the sentence.
pinnacle
trend
inagural
bemoan
nasal
banter
variation
dialect
shrine
universal
mesmerize
visualize
definitive
obsolete
sophisticated
1. Every time Charlie was grounded, he would having to stay inside.
2. Otto liked the new of the old song because it had a quicker tempo.
3. The country wanted health care for everyone.
4. He stared at her without blinking as though he were trying to her.
5. Computers are constantly changing, making the newest model .
6. It is exciting to listen to the address of a new president.
7. She thought her essay was the of the bunch because her work was the best.
8. Some people speak with a more sound because their language has more sounds that seem to come through their noses.
9. Rob had difficulty learning chess because the complicated rules were and confusing.
10. People who grew up in the South often have a different than those who grew up in the North and their speech can sound strange to Northerners.
11. This year baggy jeans seems to be the fashion that most people like imitating, but it will probably change next year.
12. The village had built a in the center of town to honor their gods, with offerings of food and flowers.
13. The new student felt that he had made a new friend when their conversation turned into playful about how well they played baseball.
14. It was hard for her to the beach in her mind when she was surrounded by snow.
15. The new evidence uncovered by the archeologists provided a answer—people had in fact lived been living there for thousands of years.
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Definition Matching:
Language
INSTRUCTIONS:
For each vocabulary word in the left column, locate its definition in the right column.
Type the number of the correct definition in the blank before the word.
inagural
1. to express displeasure, disapproval, or regret
nasal
2. a change from the usual
trend
3. something shared by everyone or everything
visualize
4. to hypnotize
obsolete
5. out-of-date and no longer used
bemoan
6. marking a beginning
pinnacle
7. the best example
banter
8. spoken through the nose rather than the mouth
dialect
9. highly complicated or developed; complex
universal
10. a way a language is spoken in a particular place or among a particular group of people
variation
11. the general direction in which a series of changes seems to be going
shrine
12. a place that is honored for its history or because it is connected to something important
mesmerize
13. a playful, friendly and teasing conversation
sophisticated
14. to picture something or to see something in your mind
definitive
15. the best and most accurate of its kind
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