Friday, September 4, 2015

*VOCABULARY*

Vocabulary building is important for both reading comprehension and writing. 

Use the following two words in one sentence (note the parts of speech).

dissident (noun) and dissent (verb).

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5 comments:

jasminefo said...

The dissident displayed his dissent to the proposed legislation, by signing a petition.

Henry- Oluwafemi Agbaje said...

Although the political dissident was part of the dispute, there was no evident dissent during the public vote.

jocelynp said...

The young dissident attempted to provoke the teacher by mocking and glaring at her throughout the lesson; however, her dissent was ignored, and the class continued unaffected.

Unknown said...


The dissident continued to make his voice heard. (noun)

If the law had remained, the people would have dissented.

Michael said...

Once again, really Well done, everyone! I'm impressed!

Jasmine, you don't need to insert a comma before the preposition unless its absence would be a source of confusion.

Janet, in this exercise, the challenge is to use both words in a single sentence.