Grade 5-6: Vocabulary Lesson for Monday, Week 8

This week's theme is: Food

Word List 8

1. edible: can be eaten
2. aroma: an odor or smell
3. banquet: a formal dinner for many people
4. beverage: a liquid for drinking, but not water
5. bland: having little taste, dull
6. preserve: to prevent food from spoiling
7. artificial: made by man , not natural

Monday Activities

1. Write the words and definitions in your vocabulary notebook.
2. Create your own sentence using each word and write this in your vocabulary notebook. We have provided samples below to get you started.
3. Word Scrambler - Click on the link and create your own word scrambler with your vocabulary words. Type in the number of words you wish to scramble and press the "next" button. You will see a sheet that has the answers for you. Press next again and print out the page. Complete it and put it in your notebook.

Other Help

If you need more information on your words, click on the link to use a on-line dictionary.

Use the daily activities to help you remember words that you learn each week. It is much easier to remember what the words mean if you do something with them and use them frequently in talking with your parents, family and friends.

Sample sentences:

The cake she baked was hardly edible.
Some experiments in the kitchen turn out not to be edible.

The pie had a pleasing aroma.
The aroma of cookies filled the house.

We have a banquet to honor my mother.
I did not like the food at the banquet.

A cold beverage helps keep me cool on a hot day.
You should not drink any caffeinated beverage 2 hours before going to sleep.

The vegetables were very bland.
I would rather have bland food than spicy food.

You can preserve food by keeping it cool in a refrigerator.
Many cookies have ingredients in them to preserve the freshness.

A lot of beverages have artificial flavoring.
Some cereals have artificial colors added in to make the product more attractive for children.

 
 

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