Saturday, October 19, 2002

Aidan Grey's Vocab of the Week, kept here for future reference...(I lose these in the message inbox, which is hyooge already)

Theme: topicalization (make the vocab word the topic or focus of the utterance).

1. crowd
There was a huge crowd in front of the building.

2. lead
She led her dog into the field.
Her dog was on a lead.
The pipes are made of lead.

3. ready
He's ready to go now.

4. slow
Snails are slow.
He runs slowly, and I bet he won't win the race.

5. rent
I have to pay rent on the 5th of every month.

6. popularity
This was just a popularity contest.

7. -ion
two parts here: first, how are verbal nouns formed?
  act > action, move > motion, see > vision.
second, the sentence:
  His action was hasty.

8. addition
Even the addition of an extra student increased class sizes beyond tolerable limits.

9. hat
Today is a say-something hat day!

10. pack
I need to pack for my trip.
The pack she wore on the trip was way too heavy.

Muke Tever 10:10 AM

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