Vocabulary Builder Course 5

Lesson 29:

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Introduction
Students have read “Vocabulary of Change” and completed three exercises to learn the following new vocabulary words: capricious, desultory, ephemeral, immutable, inveterate, malleable, metamorphosis, modulate, vacillate, and volatile.

Lesson Description
Students will answer True or False questions, using all of the above vocabulary.

Instructional Objectives
Students will be able to use the vocabulary words correctly in context.

Student Web Activity Answers
True: Driving is definitely more dangerous if other drivers are capricious.
True: You won't go far in life if you are too desultory.
False: A lasting marriage is based on an ephemeral love between two people.
True: Very few things in life are immutable.
False: You won't find many inveterate drinkers in a bar on Friday night.
False: Fortifications must be malleable to withstand enemy fire.
True: Caterpillars undergo a drastic metamorphosis to become butterflies.
True: If the music sounds incorrect, it might help to modulate the pitch.
False: In an emergency, it helps to vacillate as much as possible before taking action.
False: Lead is extremely volatile, making it ideal for protection against radiation.

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