Exercise 3
Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the word bank.
tuition
terminatechronic
stimulus- f Word Bank )....................
graffiti discipline
donor graduated
gossip
implicatedMr. Wilson 1 _____________from the university over 15 years ago.
He has always been a generous 2 ______________and wants to improve the school.The university recently decreased its 3 _____________.
It was supposed to be a 4 _____________for more students to study there.Laurie was 5 _____________in a terrible thing.
She was caught leaving 6______________on the school wall.Elliot had 7 _____________problems at school.
His parents decided to show more 8_____________.Hannah was tired of hearing 9 ______________about her neighbors.
She decided to 10 ______________that behavior and think about better things.Exercise 4
Write C if the italicized word is used correctly. Write I if the word is used incorrectly.
- I may not be able to go to college next year. I don’t have enough money for tuition.
- The boy’s parents didn’t know howto control him. They taught him discipline.
- He was a donor. He received gifts from people all of the time.
- His new stove will be a stimulus for him to cook at home more often.
5. Ellen didn’t like the color of her walls, so she painted graffiti on them.
6. Jason was implicated in the bank robbery. Several people saw him do it.
7. Besides her parents, Olivia had no other kin. She only had one sister.
8. The gardener picked up the tool by the shaft. It was easiest to hold that way.
9. The man was sent to prison for stabbing someone. The person was hurt but survived. - The theme of the book was forgiveness.
- Leslie’s father is a policeman. He is a guardian of crime.
- I took a knife and severed the line from the pole to the fish’s mouth.
- The food was being held on suspicion of committing two crimes in the city.
- I spoke to my fellow teachers, and we all agreed to support the students at the rally.
- The referee said the player had broken the rules.