Vocabulary Warm Up Macbeth Act I

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Exercise A: Fill in each blank below using the appropriate word from Word List A.

Word List A: ambition, assault, plight, rebel, revolt, swarm, traitor, vanished

Many tourists who visit England explore the historic Tower of London. The landmark is an eighteen-acre complex of buildings entirely surrounded by thick walls designed to protect against an enemy (1) ____________________. Today, the Tower serves as a museum where the crown jewels are stored. But for many hundreds of years, it was a prison and a place of execution, where people would come in a (2) ____________________ to witness the terrible (3) ____________________ of doomed prisoners. These public displays reminded nobles with political (4) ____________________ and common people tempted to (5) ____________________ that challenging the king could be fatal.

Anyone who spoke out against a ruling monarch was considered either a (6) ____________________ or a (7) ____________________ and risked being convicted of treason. Many of those who suffered that fate are buried in a chapel on the site. Still others lived and died there, but the records of their lives have (8) ____________________.

Exercise B: Revise each sentence so that the underlined vocabulary word from Word List B is used in a logical way. Be sure to keep the vocabulary word in your revision.

Word List B: banquet, foul, haste, heath, prediction, registered, valiant, withered

Example: The flowers withered because the florist put them in water.

The flowers withered because the florist forgot to put them in water.

1. The boy saw lots of trees but no shrubs on the heath.

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2. Work on the construction project was going too slowly, so the workers were asked not to make haste.

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3. All of the guests felt hungry after the twelve-course banquet.

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4. The car was registered, so the motor vehicles bureau has no record of the owner.

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5. The town built the stadium close to the swamp because the air nearby was so foul.

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6. The professor made a prediction about which students passed the test last year.

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7. A valiant lifeguard would hesitate to rescue a swimmer.

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