Worksheet No. 2: Word Engine

Direction: You may have encountered some unfamiliar words in the short story, MyFather Goes to Court by Carlos Bulosan. Let us unveil their meanings through semanticwebbing. Inside the circle, write words or phrases associated with the words at thecenter. The parts of speech to which the words belong are provided for your clues. Also,they are also used in sentences to give you context clues. You may add more circles, ifneeded. After writing all the words associated with it, combine them all and arrive onedefinition in a form of sentence. Find a partner and do the activity, after which, let uscheck your work.

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Item No. 1

The aroma of food permeated throughout the house, causing my mouth to water.

AROMA(noun)

S _ _ L _O D _ _

S C _ _ T

Scent

Odor

Smell

Item No.2

He was condemned to ten years in prison.

Item No. 3

I refer to surgery, and to the discovery of the causes and improvement in thetreatment of contagious and epidemic diseases

CONDEMN(verb)

CONTAGIOUS(adjective)

D_ C _ A __

J _ D _ _P _ N _ S _

I _ F _ _ T __ _ S

P _ I _ _ N _U _ T R _ _ _ M

_ T _ _ _ _ E

Judge

Declare

Punish

Transmittable

Infectious

Poisonous

Item No.4

She makes me roar in joy when she knows the spot.

Item No. 5

He struts around the town like he owns the place.

ROAR(verb)

STRUT(verb)

S _ _ _ T C _ Y Y _ _ L

P A _ _ _ _S _ _ _ O _F

P _ _ Y

Play

Parade

ShowOff

Yell

Shout

Cry

Item No. 6

Jeff does kind things for people but he seldom talks about it.

SELDOM(adverb)

S C _ R _U _ O _T_ _

R A _ _ L _

Rarely

Uncommon

Scarce

Item No. 7

More women than men go to the doctor. Perhaps men are more robust or worry less.

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ROBUST(adjective)

P _ O_ P _ R

_ _ S

H E _ L _ _ Y

V _ T _ L

GRATUITOUS(adjective)

W _ _ L _ N _V_ _ _ N T _R _

SPO_ T _ N_ _ U _

Healthy

Vital

Prosperous

Spontaneous

Willing

Voluntary

Theres too much crime and gratuitous violence on TV.

Item No. 9

He told them he was old and feeble and was not able to walk so far.

FEEBLE(adjective)

W _ A _T _ I _

S _ C _ L _

Weak

Thin

Sickly

Item No. 10

Thirty thousand spectators watched the final game.

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SPECTATORS(noun)

W _ T _ H_R _

A U _ _ _ NC _ O _ S _ R _ E

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Audience

Watcher

Observer

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