Category Archives: English Language Arts

Here is a context clues worksheet on the noun fraud. When I found this straggler in the warehouse, I wondered why I wouldn’t have composed a companion document on, at the very least, fraudulent, if not the transitive verb defraud.

As it happens, I did write one on the former, but not the latter. Given the state of society and culture, defraud is a word students ought to have in their vocabulary. So, if you’re interested, be on the lookout for one in these pages.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Here is a context clues worksheet on the noun etiquette. You can see its French lineage. It means “the conduct or procedure required by good breeding or prescribed by authority to be observed in social or official life.”

Sheesh. I’m kind of surprised to see the locution “good breeding” used in connection with anything but race horses anymore. Also, is is just me, or does this word possess an onomatopoeic quality? I’ve always thought it was a dainty word that characterized, well, dainty behavior.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.