Dear Readers. Enjoy the ‘Fun with Words’ and ‘Biographies’ in review for the year. Thank you so much for all your support.
Words in Review
Amazement
I chose this word because of all the wonderful possibilities waiting for you just around the corner. Things that will leave you amazed. Learn more about the word ‘amazement’.
- How many ways can you use ‘amazement’ in a sentence?
- How many synonyms can you name for the word ‘amazement’?
- How many antonyms can you name for the word ‘amazement’?
- How would you describe being in the state of ‘amazement’?
Dramatic
How many ways can you use ‘dramatic’ in a sentence? How many synonyms can you name for the word ‘dramatic’? How many antonyms can you name for the word ‘dramatic’? Can you act in a ‘dramatic’ way?
Empathy
The action of understanding
Do you have empathy for a person or a cause?
What can you do to help if possible the situation or is it better to stay at a distance, understand but let things work out on their own without interference? It is easy to confuse the word sympathy and the word empathy.
Hope
Being up north the past week I noticed the word ‘Hope’ seemed to pop up in lots of different ways.
- I hope the weather warms up.
- I hope I can see the starts tonight.
- I hope my friend wins the game.
- I hope she can stop worrying so much.
So it only seemed fitting that HOPE became the word of the month. Four little letters build a powerful word, HOPE.
Dipsy-Doodle: A fun word: dipsy-doodle – keep changing direction!
Enjoy Tom Dorsey’s Dipsy Doodle -Music Changing Direction
Homonyms
- Role or Roll – I have the role. * The roll was delicious.
- Blue or Blew – Blue is my favorite color. The little boy blew his mommy a kiss.
- Vane or Vein or Vain – I like the rooster on the weather vane. His vein is so thin that I cannot seem to find it. She is a very vain person.
- Patience or Patients – I have the patience to wait it out. The nurse had many patients to attend to that day.
- Right or Write You are right he is coming today. I need to write it down.
- Broach or Brooch – He broached the subject with caution. Her new brooch was admired by all her friends.
- Wood or Would – The grains in the oak wood is beautiful. Would you go to the store for me?
- Ate or Eight – Charlie ate the whole pie by himself. Rebecca’s mom told her to be home by eight.
- Medal or Meddle – Patrick won a medal for swimming the backstroke. Please do not meddle.
- Coarse or Course – The fabric was very coarse. The English literature course is very interesting.
- Cellar or Seller – We store potatoes in the cellar. The seller of the house was not interested in dropping the price.
- Edition or Addition – He came out with a new edition to his book. You need to do your addition homework.
- Flower or Flour – The flower has a beautiful fragrance. We need to add flour to our recipe.
- Effect or Affect – The hurricane had a terrible effect on the city. The weather will affect if we have the party outside or inside.
Opposites
- Above: His grades are above average.
- Below: His grades are below average.
- Clean: The house is clean.
- Dirty: The house is dirty.
- Cool: The water is cool.
- Warm: The water is warm.
Synonyms
ducts / duck – I am having the ducts cleaned today. I fed a pretty white duck today.
Biographies
- Alexander the Great
- Jane Adams
- Emma E. Akin
- Buzz Aldrin
- B.R. Ambedkar
- Maria Baldwin
- Ida B. Wells Barnett
- Rachel Carson
- Augustus De Morgan
- Charles Drew
- General William Floyd
- Galileo Gallie
- Lloyd Hall
- Milton Hersey
- Hippocrates
- Mary Kenner
- Percy Laavon Julian
- Rene Laennec
- Ada Lovelace
- Florence Nightingale
- Prince Philip
- Charlotte E Ray
- Betsy Ross
- Helena Rubinstein
- Robert Small Story
- Marie Curie, Nee Maria Sklodowska
- Booker T Washington
- Dr. Carter G. Woodson
- Betty Williams
- Aloud or Allowed – He was aloud to speak. * Mini dresses are not allowed in school
- Alter or Altar – Will you alter your decision. * The altar was prepared for the service.
- Coffers or Cougher – Please put the remaining blankets in the coffers. * He is a cougher.
- Graphed or Graft – He graphed messaures to move forward. The graft on the plant allowed the sap to run out.
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