Rewards Lesson 14

Rewards Lesson 14

Strenuous

Substantial

-ous

Strenuous (adjective)

• A strenuous activity or action involves a lot of energy or effort.

• Synonyms - demanding, exhausting

Multiple Choice

What part of speech is the word strenuous?

• noun

• verb

• adjective

Multiple Choice

A _________ activity or action involves a lot of energy or effort.

• substantial

• strenuous

• exaggerates

• immortal

Examples

Many people say that strenuous

exercise is any activity that burns

more than 350 calories per hour.

Walking through a park during a

snowstorm can be a strenuous

activity.

Other kinds of exercise, such

as dancing, running, swimming,

and playing tennis, can also be

strenuous.

Mic Check

This kitten is exhausted. It’s had

a very strenuous day. What

strenuous activities might the

kitten have been doing?

Begin by saying:

The kitten might have been doing

strenuous activities such as . . .

Open Ended

Write a complete sentence that uses the word strenuous. You could use the example of the kitty's strenuous activities.

The kitten might have been doing

strenuous activities such as . . .

Strenuous Word Family

• Strenuous (adjective)

• Strenuously (adjective)

• Even though Samuel is used to

  exercise, playing basketball and

  riding a bike uphill are strenuous

  for him. He really sweats when

  he strenuously lifts boxes or

  shovels snow.

Multiple Select

Which words are in the same family as strenuous?

• Difficult

• strenuous

• exhausting

• strenuously

Substantial (adjective)

• Substantial means large in amount or degree.

• Synonyms - large, considerable

Multiple Choice

What part of speech is the word substantial?

• Noun

• Verb

• Adjective

Multiple Choice

___________ means large in amount or degree.

• strenuous

• immortal

• substantial

• exaggerates

Substantial Examples

The storm caused major damage. The damage from the storm was substantial.

The oak tree branches were huge. The oak tree branches were substantial.

The landowner owns many properties. The number of properties is substantial.

Mic Check

People say this house is

substantial. Why might someone

say this house is substantial?

Begin by saying:

Someone might say this house is

substantial because

Open Ended

Write a sentence that uses the word substantial. You could use the idea of why the picture of the house was substantial.

Someone might say this house is

substantial because

Substantial word family

• Substantial (adjective)

• Substantially (adverb)

• One egg, two pieces of toast,

  ham, mushrooms, beans, and

  a sausage is a substantial

  breakfast. In fact, it is

  substantially more than many

  people eat in the morning or

  even in a whole day.

Multiple Select

Which words are in the same family as substantial

• substantial

• impressive

• large

• substantially

-ous

The suffix -ous, indicates that a word is an adjective.

-ous means full of

Examples: famous, joyous, hazardous

Multiple Choice

An adjective that would mean full of poison, it could cause you to get sick and die.

• poisonous

• substantial

• absorbant

Multiple Choice

An adjective that means full of danger, it could harm you or something you own.

• structure

• preliminary

• dangerous

Multiple Choice

An adjective that means NOT full of glamour, no more interesting than ordinary people or things.

• decision

• adventure

• unglamorous

Review

• external

• absurd

• strenuous

• distinct

• substantial

• administers

Multiple Choice

where bark appears on a tree (think location)

• external

• absurd

• strenuous

• distinct

• substantial

Multiple Choice

you can taste individual flavors in the salad (each flavor stands out)

• external

• absurd

• strenuous

• distinct

• administers

Multiple Choice

Something is clearly ridiculous, such as twelve clowns climbing out of a tiny car

• external

• absurd

• strenuous

• distinct

• substantial

Multiple Choice

a large number of trees, what word can we use instead of large?

A ___________ number of trees

• external

• absurd

• strenuous

• distinct

• substantial

Multiple Choice

someone takes responsibility for running a company

• external

• absurd

• stenuous

• distinct

• administers

Multiple Choice

climbing ten flights of stairs takes a great deal of effort

• external

• absurd

• stenuous

• distinct

• administers