Vocabulary Words
Vocabulary
Word
Definition
Part of
Speech
Synonym
Antonym
daily
done every day
adjective
entertain
to keep people’s interest with
something enjoyable
verb
on a daily
basis, day by
day
amuse
once in a
while,
occasionally
bore
experience
something seen or lived
through
noun
identify
find out what something is or
who someone is
verb
recognize
negative
bad
adjective
harmful,
unhelpful,
original
not like everything else
adjective
unique, real
thing
produce
to make
verb
create,
manufacture
destroy
tension
a nervous worried feeling
noun
worry, stress,
strain,
relaxation,
relief
agreement
an understanding between
people
noun
consent,
contract
disagreement
cancel
to call something off
verb
stop, end
to schedule
something
good,
positive
Vocabulary Lesson 1, Page 1 of 6
Knowledge Rating Scale
Vocabulary
Word
I’ve never
heard this
word before.
I’ve heard
this word, but
I don’t know
what it
means.
I know this
word…it has
something to
do with…
I know the
meaning of
this word.
daily
entertain
experience
identify
negative
original
produce
tension
agreement
cancel
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Examples
Word
daily
Example
I brush my teeth every day. I brush them on a daily basis. Every day, I
think about my children. I think about my children on a daily basis.
What is something that you do on a daily basis?
entertain
I sometimes have a friend over for dinner; I entertain my friend. The
clown was dress in a silly costume to keep the children’s interest; she
entertained the children.
Who do you entertain? How do you entertain?
experience
I have a lot of experience teaching. I have been teaching for a very long
time. When I gave birth to my son, I experienced childbirth. I lived
through it.
What is something that you have experienced?
identify
I watch the birdfeeders at my window and sometime I can recognize the
birds. I can identify what kinds they are. Caller ID tells me who is calling;
it allows me to identify the caller without having to answer the phone.
Has there been a time when you were able to identify someone or
something?
negative
I once had a bad reaction to medicine; I had a negative reaction.
Sometimes I have negative feeling about a meeting, I feel that the
meeting is going to be bad. My daughter had a negative reaction when I
told her she had to be home by 10 pm, she had a bad reaction.
Have you ever had a negative experience?
original
I have my grandmother’s original recipes, the first recipes that she had.
Sometimes I make original things when I sew, no one else has the exact
same thing. I like to wear original clothes, clothes different from what
most people wear.
Do you have something that is original?
produce
I sometimes produce jewelry; I make it. I produce vegetables and fruits
during the summer in my garden, my garden makes these fruits and
vegetables.
What do you produce?
tension
When I was in school, I always had a lot of tension before a test. I
worried about the test. When my children did not get home on time, I
would have tension, I would feel nervous and worried that something bad
had happened.
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What causes tension in your life?
agreement
I have an agreement with my boss to teach this year, we signed a
contract.
I have an agreement with my sister to take care of my mother on
weekends, she and I agreed on this situation since she takes care of her
on weekdays.
cancel
I was not feeling well and had to cancel my hair appointment, I had to call
it off.
School was called off because of the snow, they had to cancel school for
the day.
What was something you have to cancel?
Fill in the Blank
1. I made an ___________________ with my landlord that I would paint my apartment if she
would provide the pain and give me one-month rent free.
2. My son was disappointed when we had to __________________ his birthday party because
he had the chickenpox.
3. The police used fingerprints found at the scene of the crime to ____________________ the
criminal.
4. I check on my mom with _____________________ phone calls so I know that she is safe
and well.
5. We hired a clown to ___________________ the children at the birthday party, but most of
the children were frightened.
6. Robin wanted an ___________________ wedding, so she and Dave were married while
riding on their motorcycles.
7. Ron practiced for many hours on his essay writing before he could _________________ a
good essay.
8. Seeing the Grand Canyon was an amazing ________________ I will never forget.
9. The _______________ in the waiting room was intense as the family waited to hear if the
surgery had been successful.
10. The critic game the movie a ____________________ review.
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Sentence Completion
1. An experience I’ll never forget is __________________.
2. My friend and I made an agreement to ____________________.
3. Something I try to do daily is ___________________.
4. I was disappointed when I had to cancel ________________.
5. When I entertain my friends, I like to ________________.
6. It is important to identify who your real friends are because _______________.
7. When I have negative thoughts or feelings I try to ________________.
8. The most original outfit (tattoo) I ever saw someone wear was ____________.
9. I had to work hard to produce ____________.
10. To get rid of tension I ___________.
Yes, No, Why?
1. If you make an agreement with someone, is it wrong to cancel it?
2. Does the tension in your life lead to negative behavior?
3. Is it difficult for you to produce an original story or poem?
4. Do you experience joy daily?
5. Is it important to identify what entertains your friends?
Read and Respond
Do You Know Where Your Money Really Goes? (See next page for reading passage,
source unknown, Grade Level 4).
1. Can you identify unnecessary expenses in your own spending? What are they?
2. Have you ever had a negative experience with not having enough money?
3. Do you really need to know what your daily expenses are if you want to make a budget?
4. What do you do that produces income?
5. Does shopping entertain you?
6. Are you relaxed about money, or do you have a lot of tension about it?
7. Do you like to own things that are fun and original, or is that not important to you?
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Do You Know Where Your Money Really Goes?
Ever wonder where your hard-earned money goes each month? Are you always
running out of money each month? Do you sometimes pay your bills late? Will you need
to buy a car someday? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you probably
need a budget.
What is a budget? It is a spending plan. The main parts of the plan are income
and expenses. The money we earn is income and the things we spend money on are
expenses. For a budget to work, expenses cannot be more than income.
Getting it Together
To create a budget you will need to look at where your money goes each month.
How will you get information about your spending? Some of it will be easy to figure out
while other costs may be harder to gather. You get receipts for most things you buy;
save those receipts. If you have a charge account or a debit card, the statements can
help you to see what you spent. Another way to find out where you money goes each
month is by keeping a record of what you spend each day by writing it down at the end
of every day.
Keep track of your expenses for a month. This will give you a good idea of where
the money goes. You may be quite surprised. Eating in restaurants and buying snacks
may be costing you a lot. A few items of new clothing might add up to hundreds of
dollars. But it doesn’t mean you should stop eating or shopping. It may mean only that
you have to spend more carefully.
Some expenses, like care insurance and property taxes, come only once or twice
a year. You may want to figure out what it costs for insurance and taxes for each
month to help you plan a monthly amount to budget for these expenses.
Keeping records may sound like a lot of work. It is, but it is time well spent.
However, it is not a chore you must do forever. Once you see where you money goes,
you can manage your spending.
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