The student's assignment was to correct sentences using the appropriate words from a given list. Words like 'vindictive', 'upright', 'nomadic', 'impeded', 'customary', and 'momentum' were correctly placed to fix the context of the sentences.
The student's task seems to be matching the correct vocabulary words with given sentences where they are used incorrectly. To fix the mistake in each sentence:
- Stoya has a real vindictive streak; I accidentally forgot her birthday last year and she has refused to talk to me ever since.
- Karen thinks Mr. Ruiz is dishonest, but he seems like an upright guy to me.
- The soccer team, disheartened after losing the big game, shuffled silently back onto the bus.
- The evil scientist created an army of hybrids that he could control from afar.
- Before civilizations formed, humans were nomadic people who roamed from place to place, hunting and gathering their food.
- My progress on the book report was somewhat impeded when I discovered that I had been reading the wrong book.
- My mother hates it when people track dirt in the house, so it's customary to leave your shoes at the door right when you come in.
- An airplane needs a lot of momentum to lift into the air, which is why they have to speed down a runway before takeoff.
Complete question:
Correct sentences using the appropriate words from a given list. Words like 'vindictive', 'upright', 'nomadic', 'impeded', 'customary', and 'momentum' were correctly placed to fix the context of the sentences.