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ACADEMIC VOCABULARY FOCUS: substitute
 On April 3, 1995, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman
on the Supreme Court, became the first woman to substitute for a
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. She sat in for Chief Justice
William H. Rehnquist who was out of town.
Word
substitute
Part of Speech Meaning
verb
to serve in the
place of; replace;
use as an
alternative
noun
a person or thing
acting in the place
of another
Word History
substitute comes from
the Latin substituere,
meaning “put in place
of another”
Other Forms
substitution (noun)
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Choose one meaning of this word
and draw/insert a picture of it.
substitute
Name other words that mean
about the same thing.
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Name other words that have
the opposite meaning.
Write a sentence or question
that includes this word.
Figurative Language
In everyday conversation, we often use the word sub instead of substitute. And, these words
can be nouns or verbs. Our teacher is sick, so we have a sub. [noun] He asked me to sub for
him at the club meeting. [verb] Think of other sentences using sub as a noun and a verb.
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~ Buddha (c. 563 BCE or c.480 BCE- c. 483 BCE or c. 400 BCE) is the founder of Buddhism.
Analyze his statement and share your impressions. Do you agree or disagree with him? Why?