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Finding Word Patterns From Context

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Directions: Read the example sentence below and find the common word that is used with the adjective and add it to the chart. Then decide what you think is an opposite word for the adjective by reading the context of the word in the sentence. adjacent His mother sleeps in the adjacent bedroom to his own. The salt from the empty Aral see is carried to an adjacent area. The freshman dorm rooms are adjacent to the sophomore ones. The team plays soccer in a field adjacent to the school. Diverse Many of the classes in PIE are made up of students from diverse cultures. The coral reefs are one of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. Universities hope to have culturally diverse populations. There are diverse student populations on campus.

Global Many countries in the world now see the need to address global climate change. Factories and automobiles contribute to carbon dioxide in the global atmosphere. The global population has passed beyond 6 billion people. Global warming is perhaps one of the major environmental issues facing us today.

Adjectives adjacent

Opposites

Collocates

local global diverse

warming, change

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B. Below are some example concordance lines for the word encounter. Read the lines and answer the questions. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) They're going to students Don't be surprised if you When we You may Such students may encounter encounter encounter encounter encounter encounter problems in China some difficulties trying to achieve academic success resistance at first; this is a tough topic. people from other societies or cultures opposition when providing resources to GLBTQ different challenges particular to learning

Notice that there are a number of different nouns that often come after encounter: problems, difficulties, resistance, people, opposition, challenges. 1. What do these nouns have in common?

2. Write 2 sentences using the word encounter. a. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ b. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ C. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) Read the concordance sentences containing the word evidence and answer the questions below. Archaeologists are uncovering evidence that people survived she had found evidence of life of a three-billion-year-old meteorites I don't see evidence of wrongdoing by government officials The research yields evidence that women are socialized to be concerned they were not allowed to give evidence in court he had found evidence of corruption in his government 1. List the verbs that occur before evidence. 2. What do these verbs (#1) have in common?

3. List the words or phrases that occur after evidence. 4. Write two example sentences using the word evidence with one of the words that usually goes with it. a. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ b. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ D. Read the concordance sentences containing the word source and answer the questions below. 1) it means there's a hidden source of energy we didn't know about

CALL LP 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) his online newsletter is an important "white gold " has long been an important my dating life has always been a after realizing that sharks were a have scared away tourists, an important source source source source source

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1. List the verbs that occur before source.

2. List the adjectives that occur before source.

3. List the preposition that occurs after source.

4. List the nouns that occur after source.

5. How are these nouns (#3) similar?

6. Write two example sentences using the word source with one of the preposition and noun that usually goes with it. a. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ b. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________

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