Formative: WW Lesson 4

Sage

• advice from my aunt put me on the right path.

• grows year-round if the soil is right.

• weather enabled us to be clad in shorts, T-shirts, and sandals.

• words should not be ignored.

It was amiss

• of me to forget your birthday.

• for everyone that we stay home and do nothing.

• to give me such a wonderful present on my birthday.

• of the students to treat the teacher disrespectfully.

I was despondent

• that my relatives helped me complete the extra work.

• when I realized the game was rained out.

• when I learned that my bus was canceled.

• and glowing with happiness.

Haunted

• by memories of when he fell on stage, Hamid never wanted to dance again.

• castles can be very popular with tourists.

• until it was almost extinct, the American bison is now making a comeback.

• cows in India are protected by state laws.

The superhero was impelled

• in over three hundred newspapers nationwide.

• from crashing into to the lake.

• to fight evil wherever she could.

• through the air by a secret force.

An interminable

• argument seemed to have been going on for days.

• flower died because it didn't have enough water.

• rule let the uniformed students wear whatever they wanted on Fridays.

• silence followed the announcement, as no one present had a word to say.

A profound

• creature rose from the water and opened its jaws.

• person has intense and deeply felt thoughts.

• loyalty to one's country might cause someone to join the military.

• pothole in the road almost broke the car's rear axle.

Reclusive

• people tend to live alone.

• families love getting together with others.

• billionaires avoid publicity, preferring to remain anonymous.

• writing has many loops and flourishes.

A place my voice would reverberate

If I met the president of the United States, I would entreat him or her to