Year of The Rat Vocabulary

Year of The Rat Vocabulary

by Maria Torres

​heritage

​A person's heritage is the beliefs and traditions passed down from the people who lived before him or her.

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​Each country has certain foods that reflect its heritage.

Open Ended

Use the word heritage in your own sentence. 

​ancient / anciano

​If something is ancient, it is very very old

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​The pyramid known as El Castillo is located in the ancient city of Chichen Itza, Mexico.

Open Ended

Use the word ancient in your own sentence. 

​resolutions /resolución

​Resolutions are promises to do or not do something.

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​One of my resolutions is to eat a vegetable every day.

Open Ended

Use the word resolutions in your own sentence. 

​doubts

​If you have doubts, you aren't sure about something.

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​Ava has doubts about how well she did on the test.

Open Ended

Use the word doubts in your own sentence. 

​relying

​When you are relying on someone, you are trusting or depending on that person.

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​The people of the community are relying on the police officers to make their neighborhood a safe place to live.

Open Ended

Use the word relying in your own sentence. 

​clumsy

​If an action is clumsy, it happens in a careless way.

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​Lincoln was clumsy when he knocked over his cup of coffee on his desk.

Open Ended

Use the word clumsy in your own sentence. 

​awkward

​In an awkward situation, things feel tense and uncomfortable.

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​When Amar walked into his new school on the first day, he felt nervous and awkward.

Open Ended

Use the word awkward in your own sentence. 

​Practice

​Your turn to practice using the words correctly.

Multiple Choice

The baby monkey is ___ on its mother for food. 

• clumsy

• relying

• resolutions

• doubts

• awkward

Multiple Choice

Imelda's New Year's ___ were to run three times a week and eat healthier. 

• resolutions

• awkward

• clumsy

• relying

• heritage

Multiple Choice

It felt a little ___ the first time I cut my hair short, but I got used to it pretty quickly. 

• doubts

• relying

• clumsy

• awkward

• ancient

Multiple Choice

My dog is rather ___, bumping into things whenever he runs around the yard. 

• doubts

• relying

• clumsy

• awkward

• ancient

Multiple Choice

Flora had serious ___ the squirrel was even normal.

• doubts

• relying

• clumsy

• awkward

• ancient

Multiple Choice

Though Antonio was proud of his Italian ___, he really had never visited the country. 

• doubts

• relying

• clumsy

• heritage

• ancient

Multiple Choice

It is said that in ___ China, doctors were paid when their patients were well.  

• doubts

• relying

• clumsy

• heritage

• ancient