Engleski 2 2012-13 Tree of Language: additional practice Use words with negative prefixes (Masterclass: 107) in the following sentences.
1. The premise of the movie, that aliens colonize Earth in a matter of days and encounter no resistance, is completely _______________. 2. The drunk man was completely ______________, rambling on about something related to fishing and his daughter's kitten. 3. Many cultures do not schedule weddings and other important events for dates they believe to be _______________, consulting astronomers to avoid those unlucky days. 4. Your insistence that we cook the chicken before plucking it is completely _______________. 5. The manager's decisions were _____________, and any attempt to reason with him was dismissed without consideration. 6. The children's ______________ chattering drove their mother crazy. If they would only shut up for five minutes! 7. I'd rather cook for myself, since my mom's cooking is frankly ______________! 8. The parents and teacher agreed that the child's behavior in class was completely _____________; swearing, fighting, and bullying were strictly prohibited in school. 9. Her _____________ attitude in church infuriated the priest, who informed her that if she wasn't going to be respectful, she might as well not come at all. 10. The janitors tried their best to wash off the vulgar graffiti, but the paint used proved to be _______________. 11. The military has been working for decades d ecades to create armor that renders its wearer virtually _______________ to attack. 12. Please forgive any insult I caused you! I assure you it was _____________, as I truly meant you no harm. Complete the following sentences to distinguish the meanings of similar words. In some cases, more than one word can be used in a sentence. scribble/doodle (verb)
1. The two-year old child _____________ all over the wall with his crayons. 2. As I sat in class, bored to death, I _____________ flowers absent-mindedly all over my notebook.
Engleski 2 2012-13 Tree of Language: additional practice scribble/doodle (noun)
1. She showed her cartoonish ____________ to her friends, who thought them quite funny. 2. The page was covered in black ____________ so I couldn't read it at all; someone had vandalized the library book. scribble/scrawl (verb)
1. I ____________ over the start to my poem and began again. 2. The actress ____________ her name carelessly on her devoted fan's t-shirt. scribble/scrawl (noun)
1. The psychiatrist thought he could discern some greater meaning in his patient's crazed ____________, which covered the pages of his jounal. 2. The doctor's prescription was an illegible ___ _______; the pharmacist had to call his office to figure out what he meant to prescribe. upper-case/lower-case
1. The beginnings of sentences and proper nouns are written in ___________ letters. 2. The poet e.e. cummings defied convention by writing his poems- and sometimes even his name- exclusively in _____________. script/cursive/print
1. Although it was traditionally valued as a faster and more flowing way to write, modern-day educators are debating the values of teaching ___________ to schoolchildren in today's typingdominated world. 2. The test instructions read “clearly __________ your na me in block letters across the top of the page.” illegible/unreadable/indecipherable
1. His handwriting was completely _____________ , causing students to squint at the chalkboard as if solving a puzzle. 2. The aspiring author's first novel is _____________, with poor sentence structure, childish metaphors, and trite expressions only serving to distract from the underdeveloped characters and absurd plot.
Engleski 2 2012-13 Tree of Language: additional practice mumble/mutter/stammer/stutter
1. “We'll see who's right in the end,” she ____________ under her breath, not wanting to directly defy her teacher. 2. Aspiring actors must quickly learn not to ___ _________ their lines, or audiences will not understand them and casting directors will not hire them. 3. The other schoolchildren mercilessly mocked him for his ____________, nicknaming him “B b-b-bobby.” 4. “I-I-I...” she ____________ helplessly. “Out with it, young lady!” b arked her father.
