1. Study

The word nice is often used to mean the same as these words as well as many others: good, kind, pretty, agreeable, expensive, pleasant.

See if some other word does not express the meaning better than the word nice in these sentences.

1. She seems to be a - -- - girl.

2. Rover makes a-----companion.

3. That is a-----flower.

4. My neighbor is a-----man.

5. This is-----cake.

2. Exercises

1. Use these words in sentences: good neighbor kind nurse.

expensive hat pleasant day.

agreeable exercise It is much better to use some other word instead of nice that means just what you wish to say.

2. Write these expressions choosing a better word than nice for each one.

a nice child nice candy a nice picnic.

nice weather a nice house a nice road.

3. Review: Awful, Very

Find the meaning of the word awful in the dictionary. We should never use awful or awfully when the word very expresses our meaning better.

Decide which word to use in copying these sentences:

1. The approaching cyclone was------------sight.

2. Susie has a-----pretty hat.

3. Isn't this pie-----good?

4. There was-----------wreck on the railroad.

5. Mr. Smith is------------tall man.

6. My knife is----- sharp.

7. Leprosy is-----------disease.

8. Aren't you-----cold?

9. No, I am-----warm.

10. This is------------pleasant day.

11. Quinine tastes-----bitter.

12. We had-----------good time at Ned's party.