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Practice: Vocab. 6 Matching Directions: match each statement/description with the correct vocabulary word from the word bank. You may use words more than once. 1.______ “Wow! He just kept giving it all of his effort! He never gave up!”
Word bank
2.______ This is when someone starts out okay, but loses confidence or strength.
a. Acquit
3.______ “I didn’t mean to cut you off while you were talking, I was just trying
b. Convict c. Abrupt
to get to the point.”
d. Doggedly
4.______ Not guilty! 5.______ “Gosh, that item sure is hard to find!”
6.______ “That horrible criminal got what he deserved, he’s going to spend the rest of his life in jail!” 7.______ If you saw a picture that showed a judge sentencing someone to jail, it would match this word. 8.______ If you saw a picture of a person running a marathon, it would match this word. 9.______ If you saw a picture of a bunch of hungry people and only an ear or two of corn, it might match this word. 10.______If you saw a picture of a car that skidded to a sudden stop, it might match this word. Fill-in Directions: fill in the blank for each sentence below with the vocabulary word that best fits the sentence. You may need to change verbs in order to make them agree with the subject or the verb tense! You may use words more than once. 11. The judge
the thief which gave us some relief, knowing he would not steal
from us again while he was in jail. 12. The children that were running down the hallway came to an
stop when
they saw the teacher come out of his room. 13. Water was
because of the drought.
14. The woman was
of the crime, and got to go home to her family, leaving the
horrible trial behind her. 15. The child
implored his father for the new toy, but the father kept
saying “no.” 16. She was very nervous giving her speech, and a few times you could hear her as she delivered her lines.
17. “I am innocent! I hope the jury will
me!” thought the man as he
nervously awaited trial. 18. The ending of the play felt very
, like there should have been one more scene
to explain everything. 19. The very muscular man didn’t even
as he lifted the heavy box onto the
top shelf. 20. Even though the team has lost every game, they were out there working at practice, giving it their very best! Outsiders Chpts. 1-4 Cause and Effect Directions: match the correct effect with its cause.