Vocabulary Activity
Match each vocabulary word with its definition.
Something extremely large in area,
shrivelled size or amount.
Something dry and wrinkled as a
wasteland result of heat, cold or being old.
vast Somewhere that nothing can grow.
Complete these sentences using one of the Choose one of the words
new vocabulary words from the Vocabulary below and write your own
Matching Activity. sentence using it.
1. Hearing his crime described as
staggered
hurt Stanley’s heart,
even though he knew he was not guilty.
preposterous
2. “That is !” despicable
snarled the Warden, wagging her
finger furiously.
3. Suffering badly from the relentless
heat, Stanley
back to the tent.
Vocabulary Activity
Match each vocabulary word with its definition.
To do something in a skillful,
thrilled quick way.
discouraged To feel very excited and pleased.
To have lost the confidence or
deftly enthusiasm about doing something.
Look at this text. Fill in the missing words using the vocabulary below.
scarcity testify descendants forbidden
The of water during the long days of digging
was maddening. Stanley could to the fact that
he had never before been so aware of his own thirst. He had never
before imagined a place where drinking enough to stay alive
would be . On occasion, he found himself
daydreaming – imagining his telling tales
of how their great-grandfather survived such a dreadful place.
Write a sentence of your own using each of these words.
barren defective perseverance
