Question

making meaning week 15 defining spelling words name date a. write the word next to its definition. 1. an area of soft, wet land that has many grasses and other plants 2. a symbol that is written above and to the right of a number to show how many times the number is to be multiplied by itself 3. a group of married women 4. an activity you do to learn something 5. a type of large deer that lives in the northern parts of the world 6. a group of living things that often look like plants and live on dead or decaying things 7. a human being 8. a place were medicines are prepared and sold 9. a place where you can buy and eat a meal 10. to cause to turn, move, or point in a particular way b. complete each sentence using a word from the list. 1. a mushroom is a type of that usually grows in the woods. 2. we met all sorts of on our trip out west. 3. , bogs, and swamps are typical wetlands. 4. his work is not up to . 5. the man’s baked cookies for the holiday party. 6. we do the best we can, but we’re only . 7. the mirror was curved, it made objects look further away than they really were. 8. you can’t go out to play until you’ve finished your . 9. it was late , and she felt that the mountains were the most beautiful place to live in the fall. 10. he needed medicine but refused to go see a . word list: wife wives fungus fungi lesson lessons marsh marshes person people restaurant september reindeer thus direct pharmacy doctor human exponent standard

Explanation:

This is a spelling and vocabulary exercise. For part A, we match each definition to the correct word:

1. "an area of soft, wet land..." matches "marsh".
2. "a symbol written above..." matches "exponent".
3. "a group of married women" matches "wives".
4. "an activity to learn" matches "lesson".
5. "a type of large deer" matches "reindeer".
6. "living things on dead things" matches "fungi".
7. "a human being" matches "person".
8. "place for medicines" matches "pharmacy".
9. "place to buy and eat" matches "restaurant".
10. "cause to turn/move" matches "direct".

For part B, we fill in the blanks with the correct word:

1. Mushroom is a "fungus".
2. "people" (all sorts of people).
3. "Marshes" (wetlands like marshes, bogs).
4. "standard" (up to standard).
5. "wife" (the man's wife).
6. "human" (we're only human).
7. "thus" (shows consequence).
8. "lesson" (finish your lesson).
9. "September" (late September).
10. "doctor" (go see a doctor).

Answer:

Part A

1. marsh
2. exponent
3. wives
4. lesson
5. reindeer
6. fungi
7. person
8. pharmacy
9. restaurant
10. direct

Part B

1. fungus
2. people
3. Marshes
4. standard
5. wife
6. human
7. thus
8. lesson
9. September
10. doctor