Vocabulary Development: Women Leaders Unit 5

Phillis Wheatley

Word List

Nouns Verbs Others dough go on/went on ahead fame choose/chose along general honor/-ed indeed genius knead/-ing for mercy leaf/ed through benighted miracle race/racing soul spin wharf support weave wonder/-ing Women Leaders Unit 5 Phillis Wheatley Sentence Practice

Directions: From the list on the previous page, fill in the blanks with the word that has the same meaning as the underlined word(s) in the sentence. Pay attention to the part- of-speech of the word.

1. She had been sitting on the Boston pier (n. ______) along with many other black people.

2. They could see nothing in the future (adv. ______) but more suffering.

3. They were slaves to be treated in any way that their masters decided. (v. ______)

4. And then, for the little girl, the wonderful thing that you did not expect to happen (n. ______) occurred.

5. The Wheatleys named her Phillis, because (conj. ______) they could not understand her name.

6. She held the book in her hands and turned (v. ______) the pages.

7. And, truly (adv. ______), before long, Phillis was learning her ABCs.

8. Together (adv. ______) with Mary, she helped Mrs. Wheatley.

9. She learned to cook and make thread. (v. ______)

10.Then, she learned to make cloth. (v. ______)

11.She was making fast progress (v. ______ahead) in her studies.

12.I think Phillis is a very intelligent person. (n. ______)

13.Mrs. Wheatley was pressing (v. ______) a mixture of flour and water for bread.

14.Mrs. Wheatley was pressing a mixture of flour and water for bread. (n. ______)

15.It was great kindness (n. ______) that brought me from my land.

16.They taught my ignorant, uneducated (adj. ______) self to understand. 17.They taught my ignorant, uneducated self [person] (n. ______) to understand.

18.Everyone was thinking (v. ______) about the black girl.

19.Phillis continued (v. ______) to write more poems.

20.Everywhere, people admired and praised (v. ______) Phillis.

21.Phillis met and talked with America’s top leader in the army (n. ______), George Washington.

22.She had to work very hard as a teacher to provide a home, food, and clothing for (v. ______) them and their children.

23.The honor and recognition from people (n. ______) that Phillis had won lived on.