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Year 8 Vocabulary Lesson

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Year 8 Vocabulary Lesson

Use the context clues and word parts to investigate acquire, renowned and pervasive. Answer in full sentences where needed.

Club noticeboard

Kahu, Charlotte and Rawiri are preparing a display for their sailing club. Read their draft: “Our club hopes to acquire new safety equipment this season. It is renowned for welcoming beginners, and its friendly spirit is pervasive: you can feel it from the dock to the clubhouse. Charlotte will gather information about life jackets, while Rawiri checks which local businesses might help.”

1.Match each vocabulary word from the notice to its meaning.
  • acquire
  • renowned
  • pervasive
  • famous and respected
  • to obtain or gain
  • spreading widely through an area or group
2.Choose the best word to complete the sentence: The club is ______ for its patient sailing instructors.
  • acquire
  • renowned
  • pervasive
3.Select all the things a person could acquire.
  • a new skill
  • a second-hand kayak
  • knowledge about tides
  • the colour blue
4.In the notice, what does pervasive suggest about the club’s friendly spirit? Explain how the phrase “from the dock to the clubhouse” supports your answer.

Word detectives

Use the words carefully: notice their form, meaning and fit in a sentence.

5.Complete the word-part notes. The prefix per- can mean “throughout”; the root vadere (seen in Latin word origins) means “to go”; the suffix -ive helps form an adjective. What does pervasive literally suggest, and what does it mean in everyday use?
6.Fill the blank with acquire, renowned or pervasive: “The club hopes to more rescue equipment.”
7.Which sentence uses pervasive correctly?
  • Rawiri pervasive a life jacket before sailing.
  • A pervasive instructor won the race yesterday.
  • The smell of salt air was pervasive around the harbour.
  • Charlotte put the pervasive in the equipment shed.
8.Rewrite “The club is famous” using renowned. Keep the meaning as close as possible.
9.A new member says, “I want to acquire confidence on the water.” Explain what acquire means here, then give one other thing the member could acquire at the club.
10.Write two connected sentences about the sailing club. Use all three words—acquire, renowned and pervasive—accurately. Make the meaning of each word clear from context.

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