31 January 2013

**VOCABULARY, Jan. 31st, 2013**



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

disproportionate      (adjective)     +       antipathy      (noun)

11 comments:

Zeinab140 said...

The media warns of the growing antipathy in USA politics because there is disproportionate burden of taxation on poor families that are feeling nobody care about them.

Yosua. said...

YOSUA ENGL140.

Most families show a disproportionate antipathy to the new President.

Unknown said...

The nuses had began to display signs of antipathy towards their jobs, due to their precieved powerlessness over the disproportinate number and complexity of the patients they were responsible for during their shifts.

Veronica Baig said...

ZEINAB: OK--but can you find the subject-verb agreement error?
YOSUA:Good sentence:-)
PEGGY: The vocab is excellent--your spelling is not--I'm the only one allowed to make typos;-)

Sara said...

He has such a disproportionate antipathy against procedures that it is hard to get him organized.

RufusENGL143 said...

RufusENGL143

The antipathy between the team and the owner is disproportionate to the salary offer by the club owner.

Alexey said...

Alexey ENGL140

Some people feel antipathy to the politicians who support new law to allow 'disproportionate force' against criminals.

Veronica Baig said...

SARA: Good--interesting sentence!
RUFUS: Great sentence:-)
ALEXEY: OK--now can you find the missing article?

Alexey said...

Alexey ENGL140

Some people feel antipathy to the politicians who support the new law to allow 'disproportionate force' against criminals.

Unknown said...


The nurses had began to display signs of antipathy towards their jobs, due to their perceived powerlessness over the disproportionate number and complexity of the patients they were responsible for during their shifts.

Veronica Baig said...

ALEXEY:Good!
PEGGY: Yes, but note the verb form should be "had begun";-)