Vocabulary Challenge: Lists 6-11

Vocabulary Challenge: Lists 6-11

Challenge Three

The Challenge: Use the words in the box below to complete the sentences. Simply cut and past the words into the lines on the sentences. Do not use your notes, but try to do these from memory. When you’re done, show me the finished sentences.

1. Pat went into class not understanding much about math. At the end of the year, he left feeling ______about the material.

1. Every person in the school liked him because he was ______with all people: teachers, peers, principals, and the cafeteria workers.

1. It was obvious that the speaker decided to ______because he had little materials prepared for the speech.

1. Hanging out with those girls only ______Tiffany into fights and arguments. Before hanging out with them, she had little trouble in school and never was in a fight.

1. When the students walk by during class, they are loud, and the class often gets ______.

1. The house was in ______shape. There was no food in the refrigerator, there was no furniture, and most of the doors and windows were covered in plywood.

1. After running their 40th lap around the school, the students’ strength began to ______, and they simply had to take a break for water.

1. Pittsburgh and Philadelphia are Pennsylvania’s major ______.

1. The Walkers put an ______on their house because they were running out of room. Now, they have plenty of space for all their needs.

1. Since the weather was so rainy and wet outside, she chose to go ______around the mall until the rain stopped.

1. Troy Polamalu is a very ______football player. He does deep coverage, he blitzes the quarterback, and he stuffs running backs at the line of scrimmage. Most players do not offer so many options.

1. It always takes new students a couple weeks to ______to the school building and their classes.

1. The game was an absolute ______. It was 30-0 in the first quarter, the starting running back broke his leg, the coach had a heart attack, and the fans threw rotten tomatoes at the players.

1. Here at Woodland Hills High School, we have a four-minute ______between classes.

1. There is always a major ______of students coming into the building at the beginning of the school day.

1. Fortunately, my camera case was very ______when I fell in the water; unfortunately, my car keys were not very buoyant at all!