Wednesday, November 21, 2007

VOCABULARY, Nov. 21st

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

insidious (adjective) + engender (verb)

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13 comments:

Anonymous said...

Scott's alcohol consumption had insidious affects on his life but his addiction engendered itself when he was arrested for drunk driving.

Anonymous said...

Drugs engender insidious affects on the health,and the security of the society.

Veronica Baig said...

Sara: The adjective is good; think again about the verb;-)
Shahinaz: Good, but no comma;-)

Anonymous said...

Let me try a different version of the sentence in my previous post: Sam's alcohol consumption has insidious affects on his life which engender him to seek help.

Veronica Baig said...

Sara: OK--now think about subject-verb agreement.

Anonymous said...

Sam's alcohol consumption has had insidious affects on his life which engender him to seek help.

Anonymous said...

His insidious plan engendered violence.

Anonymous said...

The actor dismissed the rumors engendered by the insidious media.

Veronica Baig said...

Sara: That's still not fixed; now for something else I forgot last time (sorry) you have a word confusion issue here (affect/effect).
Nadia and Miljana: Very good:-)

Anonymous said...

Sam's alcohol consumption has insidious effects on his life which engenders him to seek help.

Veronica Baig said...

Sara: Better;-)

KellyM said...

The insidious pressures of working fulltime and being a student are engendering a variety of health problems for the single mother.

Veronica Baig said...

Kelly: Great sentence!