Enlarge Your Vocabulary

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Part of The Young Citizen: The Magazine for Young People

Title: Enlarge Your Vocabulary
Year: 1937
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Fulltext: Februm-y, 1931 THE YOUNG CITIZEN ENLARGE YOUR VOCABULARY By MISS MAR GAR IT A SANTOS * I. On the left-hand column are expressions which are italicized. From the words on the right-hand column select the word that has nearly the same meaning as the word in italics. 1. approp1·iate title fur strong the story 2. mother consoled me. tired 3. the sturdy acacia tree clear 4. huge animal cheered 5. the mischievous boy big 6. the weary traveler suitable 7. vivid description naughty 8. tremendous earth- splendid quake 9. her 1·esponse was ·clear terrible 10. pompous ceremony reply 1. We saw a --- elephant in the c~rcus. 2. They were. --- after the journey.· 3. My dress is not ---- for the dance. 4. I do not like to play with --boys. 5. A ---- streak of lightning flashed. 6. She gave no --- to my question. 7. The --- mango tree was uprooted. 8. We --- the old woman. 9. The -.--- wedding celebration II. Fill the blanks with words select- la~ted for two days. ed from the left hand column: .io. A --- flood visited the town. "Teucher, Emilio ,Jacinto Elementary School. (Please turn to pa..ge 27 for the amwe1·s.) -----------------"I feel very, very cold." Pepito's teeth were chattering. "Ah, my boy, you have a chill." By and by Mother came. She made Pepito drink a cup of hot tea with plenty of lemon juice. Then she sent for their doctor. Pepito was laid up in bed for a whole week. Even when he had no more fe· ver he was not allowed to go out. He heard the boys shouting and laughing on the ground, but he was too weak even to laugh. "It was only a cold, Mother, why did I become very sick?" "A cold is a very bad thing to have, my child. You have to rest to get rid of it. You cannot cure yourself by not paying attention to it."