Wednesday, February 27, 2008

VOCABULARY, Feb. 27th

Vocabulary building is important for both reading comprehension and writing. Use the following two words (note the part of speech) in one sentence.

synthetically (adverb) + impervious (noun)

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9 comments:

Carole said...

Jim is concerned about the imperviousness of the jersey he just bought, which was obviously manufactured synthetically.

Anonymous said...

She let out a synthetic chuckle at her boyfriends attempt at a joke and was impervious to the hurt look on his face.

Veronica Baig said...

Carole: Yes, but note that you have changed the form of the noun.
Cindy: Yes, but you have changed adverb to an adjective.

Anonymous said...

Because my new jacket is synthetically insulated, it is impervious to both wind and water.

Anonymous said...

My fleece jeans are synthetically insulated, they are impervious to the cold.

Veronica Baig said...

Milijana: Nice sentence.
Jeff:Good, but notice that those two independent clauses should be separated by a semicolon;-)

Anonymous said...

Rupinder,
My new sweater is synthetically insulated, which is impervious to the cold.

Veronica Baig said...

Rupinder: The vocabulary is good, but structurally there is a problem with the sentence; the "which" clause should come after "sweater" so that is clear what youare referring to.

Anonymous said...

Rupinder,
My new sweater which is synthetically insulated, is impervious to the cold.

My new sweater which is synthetically insulated,is not only impervious to the cold but also to the wind.