Vocabulary exercises

1. List 41
conflict
convert
possess
procedure
renew
Conflict—noun; fight, struggle, battle,
(con/flict)
Con/flict – verb
Con/flic/ted - adjective
 In war there is conflict between the two sides.
 There might be conflict between two people or two ideas.
 What types of conflict of have you experienced?
Antonym – peace, agreement, harmony
Convert—verb; to change, alter, modify
(con/vert)
Con/ver/sion—noun
 A sofa bed converts from a sofa into a bed.
 A person might convert to another religion.
 How could you convert a person’s opinion on something?
Antonym – stay, not change, not modify
Possess—verb; to have, acquire, control
(pos/sess)
Pos/se/ssion—noun
 I possess a car.
 I possess the ability to teach others.
 What quality do you possess?
Antonym – release, surrender, give away
Procedure—noun; steps, method
(pro/ce/dure)
Pro/ce/dur/al—adj
Pro/ce/dur/al/ly—adv
 When children are in kindergarten, they learn the procedure for
tying shoes.
 The procedure for getting a GED can be different for everyone.
 What is a procedure that you know?
Antonym – inaction, ignorance, idleness, inactivity
Renew—verb; to build up again, repair, extend, modernize, remodel
(re/new)

2. Re/new/al—noun
 You have to renew your library books if you don’t want a late
charge.
 During a drought, rain is needed to renew the water level.
 What is something else you can renew?
Antonym – destroy, stop, damage, break
List 41
conflict
convert
possess
procedure
renew
Definitions
1. ____________________ to fill up again; replace; start up again
2. ____________________ a quarrel or fight; disagreement
3. ____________________ to make something change completely;
transform
4. ____________________ to own; have
5. ____________________ a method; the way in which something
is done
Fill in the Blank
6. Whenever two people are fight with words or weapons, they are
having a ____________________,
7. If you are always patient, we can say that you
____________________ a lot of patience.
8. A ____________________ is a process that often involves a
series of steps.

3. 9. The beach artist ____________________ed a pile of sand into a
statue of a giant turtle.
10. To ____________________ my supply of clean towels, I’ll
have to do laundry tonight.
Complete the Sentence
11. The roommates have a conflict over housecleaning. They
a. agree on how clean the room should be.
b. hire someone else to clean the room.
c. disagree over how clean the room should be.
12. A quality that Tony possesses is a good sense of humor.
Tony
a. finds it hard to see the funny side of things.
b. is easily able to laugh at things.
c. gets angry when people laugh at him.
13. The store’s supply of milk was renewed today. The store
a. is out of milk.
b. no longer sells milk.
c. has a fresh supply of milk.
14. The procedure when you go to the doctor’s office involves
a. signing in with the check-in desk.
b. parking the car.
c. calling a friend.
15. Rita likes to convert old bread into dry breadcrumbs. She
a. eats old bread.
b. finds a new use for old bread.
c. throws away old bread.
Synonym or Antonym
16. conflict  agreement
a. synonym
b. antonym
17. convert  change
a. synonym
b. antonym

4. 18. possess  lose
a. synonym
b. antonym
19. procedure  instructions
a. synonym
b. antonym
20. renew  again
a. synonym
b. antonym
Yes/No/Why
a. How can political conflicts be settled?
b. Do you have trouble converting inches to centimeters?
What other measurements do you have trouble with?
c. If you possess extra money, what could or should you do
with it?
d. Is it necessary to follow the procedures for making cookies
according to the recipe? Why or why not?
e. Should people who forget to renew their library books have
their card taken away? Why or why not?