Build Language Skills: Vocabulary
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Date “Aaron’s Gift” by Myron Levoy “The King of Mazy May” by Jack London
Build Language Skills: Vocabulary The Suffix -able The suffix -able means “able to be.” The word identifiable contains the suffix -able. When an animal is identifiable, it is able to be identified.
A. DIRECTIONS: In column one of the chart is a list of words. In column three, each word has the suffix -able added to it. Fill in columns two and four with the meanings of the words. Below the chart, use each word from column three in a sentence. The first one is done for you as an example.
Word 1. identify
Meaning recognize
Word with -able identifiable
2. love
lovable
3. move
movable
4. believe
believable
Meaning able to be recognized
1. The suspect has an identifiable mark on his left arm. 2. 3. 4.
B. Academic Vocabulary Practice On the line before each statement, write T or F to indicate whether the statement is true or false. Then on the line following the statement, explain why the statement is true or false. 1. If all the evidence points to one person, you can conclude that that is the person who
did the crime. 2. If you cannot find reasons to support your opinion, you are probably right. 3. If an artist’s style is easily identifiable, you can pick out his paintings in a museum. 4. A police officer who wants to examine all the evidence is being careless. 5. If an athlete is apparently exhausted, she is probably not going to perform well.
Unit 2 Resources: Fiction and Nonfiction
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Name
Date “Aaron’s Gift” by Myron Levoy “The King of Mazy May” by Jack London
Build Language Skills: Vocabulary The Suffix -able The suffix -able means “able to be.” The word identifiable contains the suffix -able. When an animal is identifiable, it is able to be identified.
A. DIRECTIONS: In column one of the chart is a list of words. In column three, each word has the suffix -able added to it. Fill in columns two and four with the meanings of the words. Below the chart, use each word from column three in a sentence. The first one is done for you as an example.
Word 1. identify
Meaning recognize
Word with -able identifiable
2. love
lovable
3. move
movable
4. believe
believable
Meaning able to be recognized
1. The suspect has an identifiable mark on his left arm. 2. 3. 4.
B. Academic Vocabulary Practice On the line before each statement, write T or F to indicate whether the statement is true or false. Then on the line following the statement, explain why the statement is true or false. 1. If all the evidence points to one person, you can conclude that that is the person who
did the crime. 2. If you cannot find reasons to support your opinion, you are probably right. 3. If an artist’s style is easily identifiable, you can pick out his paintings in a museum. 4. A police officer who wants to examine all the evidence is being careless. 5. If an athlete is apparently exhausted, she is probably not going to perform well.
Unit 2 Resources: Fiction and Nonfiction
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