Are you familiar with any of these words? What part of speech is each?
bizarre coalesce
affinity monopolize
condone immune
Now take each vocabulary word and change it into a different part of speech (i.e. change a noun into a verb).
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2. 5.
3. 6.
Now complete the sentences with one of the vocabulary words.
1. “Native Americans were not _________ to the same diseases that Europeans had been exposed to, and so died in great numbers when they first came in contact with the new viruses.”
2.“At the turn of the century industrialist Andrew Carnegie _______ the steel industry, owning the four major steel works and mills in the United States.”
3. “I could tell something was wrong with him because of his _____ behavior, but I wasn’t sure if it was psychological or drug-induced.”
4. “The individual lines ______ into a beautiful poem.”
5. “He has such an ______ for classical music.”
6. “The president of the university stated officially that he does not ______ underage drinking on or off campus.”
On your own
Re-write each of the sentences using a the vocabulary word as a different part of speech. For example:
“The immunity of the Native Americans…”
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