Gigi and the Wishing Ring Vocabulary

​Gigi and the Wishing Ring

By Maria Torres

An eminent person is famous and important.

Example:
Abraham Lincoln was an eminent person who believed that people should be treated fairly.

Question:
What person have you studied in school that you think is an eminent person?

​eminent

Open Ended

Use the word eminent in your own sentence.

__is an eminent person because __.

Multiple Choice

Which word means a person that is famous and important?

• eminent

• peasant

• stately

• deceive

A peasant is someone who is very poor and may work as a farmer.

Example:
The girl that played a peasant in the movie washed clothes by the river.

Question:
What types of jobs did a peasant have?

​peasant

Open Ended

Use the word peasant in your own sentence.

The ___ that played a peasant in the movie ___.

Multiple Choice

Which word means someone who is very poor and may work as a farmer?

• eminent

• peasant

• stately

• deceive

When something is stately, it is awesome or grand.

Example:
This is a stately building.

Question:
Where have you seen these stately things?

​stately

Open Ended

Use the word stately in your own sentence.

When I went to ___, I saw a stately ___.

Multiple Choice

Which word means something that is awesome or grand?

• eminent

• peasant

• stately

• deceive

Match

Match the word to the correct sentence.

• The ___ was forced to work long hours under the hot sun.

• Dr. Montemayor is an ___ professor who teaches all over the world.

• We would never cut down the ___ elm tree in our backyard.

peasant

eminent

stately

• peasant

• eminent

• stately

If you deceive others, you tell a lie or make them believe something that is not true.

Example:
My friend tried to deceive his father, but his father did not believe the lie.

Question:
Has there been a time that someone tried to deceive you?

​deceive

Open Ended

Use the word deceive in your own sentence.

__tried to deceive me when they __.

Multiple Choice

Which word means to tell a lie or try to make someone believe something that is not true?

• merciful

• peasant

• superior

• deceive

Someone who is superior at something is more skilled than others.

Example:
Marta won the first place award, which is superior to the other contest awards.

Question: Can you think of a person in real life or a character in a book or movie that has superior skills?

​superior

Open Ended

Use the word superior in your own sentence.

__has superior skills in __.

Multiple Choice

Which word means someone who has more skill than others?

• merciful

• peasant

• superior

• deceive

Someone who is merciful is kind and forgiving.

Example:
If I do something wrong, my father is merciful and always accepts my apology.

Question: When have you been merciful?

​merciful

Open Ended

Use the word merciful in your own sentence.

I was merciful when ___.

Multiple Choice

Which word means someone who is kind and forgiving?

• merciful

• peasant

• superior

• deceive

Match

Match the sentence to the correct word.

• Jon's ___ showed him how to use the new equipment and made it look easy.

• My ___ aunt never stays angry for long.

• Martha tried to ___ us into thinking she was sick yesterday.

superior

merciful

deceive

• superior

• merciful

• deceive