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III. VOCABULARY EXPANSION: Oral Exercises
The ending "-ward" is added to many words to give the meaning of "in the
direction." Ex. upward, downword, northward, etc. Use words ending in "-
ward" to complete the following sentences as shown in the examples.
EXAMPLES:
Sentence: If you want to see the sun rise, look
Say: "If you want to see the sun rise, look eastward."
Sentence: Hot air moves ______ .
Say: . "Hot air moves upward."
SENTENCES:
a. If you travel ____________________ long enough, you will reach the north pole.
b. I heard a plane, but when I looked ___________________ it was so high I couldn't see it.
c. The air around a high spirals ________________________ away from the center.
d. When the air is cooled, it sinks _____________________________________ .
e. If you want to see the sun go down, look ________________________________.
f. Your chair is too far back from the desk, move it___________________________ .
g. If you travel from the north pole to the equator, you are moving _____________________.
h. The air around a low spirals __________________ to the center.
i. Airplanes only fly forward, they can't fly ____________________________________ .
j. If your right hand is to the east, and your left hand to the west, you are facing
_______________ .
k. Put the key in the door and turn it ______________________ the right.
i. 'If the hands on your watch move counterclockwise, your watch is running
__________________ .
m. The heated air at the equator rises and moves aloft __________________________ .
and __________________ toward the poles.
n. In the northern hemisphere the Coriolis force causes the air moving to the pole to
flow____________________________ .
o. If you don't want to see where you are going, you can close your eyes, or you can
walk__________________________ .

