Section 5: Words in Context
Directions: Fill in each blank with a word from the word bank. Use context clues when
choosing your answers. You may need to change the form of the word to make it fit in
the passage.
Text messaging has become.
to business executives, the need to text is almost.
once seemed to be a high-priced, unnecessary
consider cell phones essential and
they may base their arguments on the need for safety, the
be true. Cell phone use more often_
friend.
This modern.
from the age old practice of talking to one another
on the phone raises some concerns regarding students' written communication skills.
Will students' written sentences become less.
and difficult to
understand? Will the
in students' spelling skills tend to decline more
than rise? Early research seems to
these concerns.
A final concern is the documented use of text messaging for less than
reasons. Unfortunately, some students are texting test questions and
answers to one another. In addition, texting may also contribute to the spreading of
rumors and bullying. Hopefully, there are some yet undiscovered benefits of text
messaging that will
these negative results since it is obviously here to
stay.
analogous
deviation
ubiquitous
coherent
ethical
validate
; everyone is doing it! From teens
to breathing. What
most teens now
in their demand to own one. While
seems to
with the desire to text or talk to a
coincide
fluctuation
commodity
offset
converse
persist