Thursday, January 3, 2013

VOCABULARY, Jan. 3rd, 2013

Vocabulary building is important for both reading comprehension and writing. Use the following two words (note the part of speech) in one sentence.

complement      (verb)      +       substantive      (adjective)

11 comments:

Sarah A said...

Over the holidays, her substantive gift complements his gift.

Beatrice L said...

His substantive evidence at the trial
complemented his attorney's questioning.

Veronica Baig said...

SARAH: Good sentence:-)
BEATRICE: Very nicely done!

Stephanie said...

The professor complemented the student for the substantive amount of research he had done before writing his paper.

Jennifer H said...

Dave's comment about my outfit shows his substantive taste in fashion.

Veronica Baig said...

STEPHANIE: You have a problem with word confusion--check "complement."
JENNIFER:You have the one word--where's the other??

ShelleyM155 said...

Sarah has a substantive amount of novels by Steve Berry that she recently purchached,which complement her collection of mystery novels.

Jennifer H said...

Dave's complement about my outfit shows his substantive taste in fashion.

Veronica Baig said...

SHELLEY:good, interesting sentence:-)
JENNIFER: You're still confused by that word check complement/compliment;-)

JanieC said...

The substantive examples complemented her writing content.

Veronica Baig said...

JANIE: Good sentence!