Thursday, August 18, 2016

*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).

To further improve your vocabulary, remember to check out the Word of the Day
The site also has word games and puzzles.

http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/


You can also test your skills while contributing to the World Food Programme here:
http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1498

4 comments:

ZHENX155 said...

The decision made by the parliament was dissented by those dissidents.

GeorgeOEngl155 said...

The North Korean dissident, Thae Yong-ho, who defected from North Korea, dissented from the views of those supporting Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un.

Daryl Schaeffer said...

The republican dissident, dissents against culturally inclusive views.

Michael said...

Excellent answers, George and Daryl!

Zheng, "dissent" is not a transitive verb, so you cannot use it with a direct object.