Lesson 9 Vocabulary

Match the following

• reporter

• a person who had a job or position before someone else; something that comes before something else

• predecessor

• a person who plays the piano

• colonist

• a medical doctor, especially a doctor who is not a surgeon

• physician

• a person who writes news stories for a newspaper, magazine, etc. or who tells people the news on radio or television

• pianist

• a person who lives in a colony; a person who helps to create a colony

Match the following

• saxophone

• a word that is pronounced the same as another word but is different in meaning and spelling

• phonics

• a method of teaching people to read and pronounce words by learning the sound of letters, letter groups, and syllables

• homophone

• a musical instrument that has a curved metal tube and is played by blowing into a mouthpiece and pressing keys with your finger

• symphony

• a long piece of music that is usually in four large, separate sections and is performed by an orchestra or band

• microphone

•  a device into which people speak or sing in order to record their voices or to make them sound louder

Choose the antonym for each vocabulary word below:

reporter

• subject

• interview

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predecessor

• successor

• purposeful

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physician

• parole

• patient

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pianist

• tone deaf

• musical

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colonist

• explorer

• settler

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homophone

• same

• homonym

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microphone

• amplifier

• statute

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phonics

• guided

• sounds