Academic Vocabulary Sentences (first 13 words)

Don’t be shy at the meeting. _____ yourself so everyone will hear your idea.

• assert

• devise

• modify

• constitute

What ______ a good plan for a bank robbery? Do we need an escape route?

• asserts

• devises

• modifies

• constitutes

We can ____ the recipe by using oil instead of butter.

• assert

• devise

• modify

• constitute

The kids _______ a plan to get extra Halloween candy by going back out in new costumes.

• asserted

• devised

• modified

• constituted

If it gets smoky, my ________ is that they will close the school.

• assumption

• cause

• effect

• criteria

The jack-o-lanterns were judged on the following ________: originality, humor, and precision.

• assumption

• cause

• effect

• criteria

During the Omicron surge, mask refusal was a leading _____ of COVID spreading.

• assumption

• cause

• effect

• criteria

Termites eat wood, and damage to homes is one ______ of an infestation.

• assumption

• cause

• effect

• criteria

Please revise your paragraph to make it more ________.

• indisputable

• coherent

• disputable

• incoherent

The 6th grader claims to be stronger than Ms. Dolloso, but that is ________.

• indisputable

• coherent

• disputable

• incoherent