Sunday, March 28, 2010

5 vocabulary worksheets post

5 vocabulary worksheets post

‘Ject’

1. My VCR will not eject my tape.
2. The pen became a projectile when it was thrown across the room.
3. A diabetic may have to inject insulin with a needle.
4. Do you really know they will get married, or is that just conjecture?
5. The school will automatically reject your application if you don't pay the fee first.

‘Pre’

1. I like to take a preprandial walk to work up my appetite for dinner.
2. I don't like it when the networks pre-empt my favourite TV shows because of sports.
3. One of the jobs of the meteorologist on the news is to predict tomorrow's weather.
4. Just as a precaution, I always lock the car doors when I am driving.
5. Which of these coats do you prefer to wear tonight?
6. I don't think Mike heard a word I said because he was so preoccupied about his sick sister.
7. We got to the concert at the symphony hall just in time -- we barely sat down before the conductor started the prelude.

‘Un’

1. Unemployment was a big problem in the Great Depression as many businesses shut down and people lost their jobs.
2. After a three week battle, the fort gave an unconditional surrender and was taken over.
3. When are you going to unveil your new painting?
4 I must have been unconscious during the whole movie -- I don't remember any of it!
5. The crowd at the game got so unruly that the game was stopped until they settled down.
6. If you are uncertain about which book to read, I will help you decide.
7. It's a good thing your dishes and furniture are unbreakable, with so many unruly children in the house!
8. Many people say you should unplug your computer in a thunderstorm so that lightning doesn't harm it.
9. It's just unconscionable that he would order roast beef -- he is a vegetarian!
10. It is hard to read or hear about the unthinkable crimes that some people have committed.
11. It's unthinkable that my neat brother would ever let his house get untidy.
12. He is the most unselfish person I know - he would give everything he has away.

‘Con’

1. Pat tried to conform to the people around him so he would not look different.
2. Our group will congregate at the mall, and when everyone is there we will make our plans.
3. It's important that each person is happy with the plan, so we will talk until we reach a consensus that everyone is happy with.
4. The band will open for the concert in the park Friday night.
5. When he tried to connect the two wires, sparks flew.
6. We might go camping, but it is contingent on good weather.
7. I tried to convey to him that I really wanted to stay home, but he did not get the message.
8. Harriet Tubman was said to “conspire” people along the Underground Railroad because she led them to freedom.
9. You have to sign this form to show you give your consent for them to take you on this dangerous rafting trip.
10. A traffic accident can congest the highways for miles and miles.
11. When they saw us congregating at the mall, they were afraid we were going to conduct and commit some kind of crime.
12. I want some contemporary furniture, not old antiques from the last century.
13. The oil truck turned over and people were afraid the oil would contaminate the water.
14. Ben likes to take the time to contemplate about things he reads to get all the meaning he can out of them.

‘Bio’

1. My brother had a biopsy done on the lump on his elbow.
2. A biology class is where you learn about living things
3. You would have to write your own autobiography.
4. Termites could not eat wood without other animals living inside them that digest the wood; this is an example of symbiosis.
5. An antibiotic will help cure some diseases like strep throat.
6. Things that might spread an infection at a hospital have a biohazard label on them.
7. When fish glow in the dark it is called bioluminescence.
8. I want to read the biography of the first President of the United States.
9. The desert, the swamps and the rain forest are all part of the big biosphere.
10. If you put something biodegradable in the dump, eventually it will rot away.

Taken from:
http://www.resourceroom.net/comprehension/wordparts/1ject.asp
http://www.resourceroom.net/comprehension/wordparts/2pre.asp
http://www.resourceroom.net/comprehension/wordparts/3un.asp
http://www.resourceroom.net/comprehension/wordparts/8con.asp
http://www.resourceroom.net/comprehension/wordparts/6bio.asp

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