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CLT Vocabulary: Time and Change

Words for sequence, duration, and change, each in a short sentence.

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Front table

The library puts the latest newspaper on the front table.

  1. 1.As used in the text, what does the word "latest" most nearly mean?

Posted hours

The clinic's present hours are listed on the door.

  1. 2.As used in the text, what does the word "present" most nearly mean?

Return stamp

The library stamps a date on each book when it is returned.

  1. 3.As used in the text, what does the word "date" most nearly mean?

Fall months

The fall term at school runs from September to December.

  1. 4.As used in the text, what does the word "term" most nearly mean?

Hot days

A hot spell kept the clinic crowded for three days.

  1. 5.As used in the text, what does the word "spell" most nearly mean?

Night duty

Her night shift at the clinic ends when the morning nurse arrives.

  1. 6.As used in the text, what does the word "shift" most nearly mean?

Quiz rounds

The library quiz moved to round two after lunch.

  1. 7.As used in the text, what does the word "round" most nearly mean?

School year

The school year is a cycle of classes, exams, and a long break.

  1. 8.As used in the text, what does the word "cycle" most nearly mean?

Quiet hour

The passage of an hour felt long in the quiet library.

  1. 9.As used in the text, what does the word "passage" most nearly mean?

One afternoon

In the course of one afternoon, the clinic saw every scheduled patient.

  1. 10.As used in the text, what does the word "course" most nearly mean?

Two weeks later

After a lapse of two weeks, the library book was returned.

  1. 11.As used in the text, what does the word "lapse" most nearly mean?

The bell

The school bell ended the quiet in an instant.

  1. 12.As used in the text, what does the word "instant" most nearly mean?

Hall quiet

The nurse asked for a moment of quiet in the clinic hall.

  1. 13.As used in the text, what does the word "moment" most nearly mean?

Printing tools

The library case holds tools from an earlier age of printing.

  1. 14.As used in the text, what does the word "age" most nearly mean?

Library years

The years after the school library opened were a bright epoch for the neighborhood.

  1. 15.As used in the text, what does the word "epoch" most nearly mean?

New computers

The school replaced that generation of computers after five years.

  1. 16.As used in the text, what does the word "generation" most nearly mean?

Old maple

The maple in the schoolyard is past its prime and now drops limbs.

  1. 17.As used in the text, what does the word "prime" most nearly mean?

New year

The dawn of the new school year brought fresh schedules to every hall.

  1. 18.As used in the text, what does the word "dawn" most nearly mean?

Streetlights

Students left the library at twilight, when the streetlights came on.

  1. 19.As used in the text, what does the word "twilight" most nearly mean?

Flu season

The clinic stocked extra masks on the eve of flu season.

  1. 20.As used in the text, what does the word "eve" most nearly mean?

Longer hours

The advent of longer clinic hours let neighbors come after work.

  1. 21.As used in the text, what does the word "advent" most nearly mean?

After the storm

In the wake of the storm, the school opened a day late.

  1. 22.As used in the text, what does the word "wake" most nearly mean?

Fall sale

The sequel to the library's spring fair is a fall book sale.

  1. 23.As used in the text, what does the word "sequel" most nearly mean?

School garden

The school garden changes with each season, from the cold months to the warm months.

  1. 24.As used in the text, what does the word "season" most nearly mean?

Shore lesson

Science students recorded the tide every hour and watched the water rise and fall on schedule.

  1. 25.As used in the text, what does the word "tide" most nearly mean?

Painting month

The library renovation is in the painting phase this month.

  1. 26.As used in the text, what does the word "phase" most nearly mean?

Reading plan

Reading aloud is an early stage of the school's literacy plan.

  1. 27.As used in the text, what does the word "stage" most nearly mean?

Walk-in time

The clinic keeps a short window for walk-in visits each morning.

  1. 28.As used in the text, what does the word "window" most nearly mean?

Noon visit

The counselor kept a noon slot open for the new student.

  1. 29.As used in the text, what does the word "slot" most nearly mean?

Reading hour

The start of the reading hour is at nine every morning.

  1. 30.As used in the text, what does the word "start" most nearly mean?

Two visits

A ten-minute interval separates the two clinic visits.

  1. 31.As used in the text, what does the word "interval" most nearly mean?

Between classes

Students read outside during recess between morning classes.

  1. 32.As used in the text, what does the word "recess" most nearly mean?

After shelving

The librarian sat down for a break after the morning shelving.

  1. 33.As used in the text, what does the word "break" most nearly mean?

Before the play

A pause of several minutes came before the school play went on.

  1. 34.As used in the text, what does the word "pause" most nearly mean?

Club returns

The reading club started again after a hiatus of three months.

  1. 35.As used in the text, what does the word "hiatus" most nearly mean?

Between activities

Homework was a quiet interlude between practice and dinner.

  1. 36.As used in the text, what does the word "interlude" most nearly mean?

Fees paused

The school set a moratorium on new club fees until spring.

  1. 37.As used in the text, what does the word "moratorium" most nearly mean?

Dark classrooms

The suspension of evening classes lasted until the lights were fixed.

  1. 38.As used in the text, what does the word "suspension" most nearly mean?

Cool morning

The cool morning was a reprieve from the heat at the clinic.

  1. 39.As used in the text, what does the word "reprieve" most nearly mean?

After the hill

The library couch gave the walkers a respite after the long hill.

  1. 40.As used in the text, what does the word "respite" most nearly mean?

Ten minutes

The schedule leaves a margin of ten minutes between the bus and the first bell.

  1. 41.As used in the text, what does the word "margin" most nearly mean?

Quick checkup

The nurse finished the checkup in the space of ten minutes.

  1. 42.As used in the text, what does the word "space" most nearly mean?

Lobby wait

Please wait in the clinic lobby for a while.

  1. 43.As used in the text, what does the word "while" most nearly mean?

Afternoon reading

Quiet reading filled a long stretch of each afternoon at the library.

  1. 44.As used in the text, what does the word "stretch" most nearly mean?

Desk duty

The volunteer finished a two-hour stint at the clinic desk.

  1. 45.As used in the text, what does the word "stint" most nearly mean?

Night assignment

The nurse began a tour of night duty at the neighborhood clinic.

  1. 46.As used in the text, what does the word "tour" most nearly mean?

Until opening

The custodian stood the watch from dusk until the school doors opened.

  1. 47.As used in the text, what does the word "watch" most nearly mean?

During the storm

In the hour of the storm, the clinic stayed open for neighbors.

  1. 48.As used in the text, what does the word "hour" most nearly mean?

Pool hours

The neighborhood pool is open during the day, from sunrise until sunset.

  1. 49.As used in the text, what does the word "day" most nearly mean?

Daily report

The school office files a diurnal report once every day, covering all twenty-four hours.

  1. 50.As used in the text, what does the word "diurnal" most nearly mean?

Book fair

The neighborhood book fair is an annual event and returns once each year.

  1. 51.As used in the text, what does the word "annual" most nearly mean?

Paint plan

The school repaints the library on a biennial plan, waiting two years between coats.

  1. 52.As used in the text, what does the word "biennial" most nearly mean?

Schoolyard oak

The oak is a perennial feature of the schoolyard and has stood there for decades.

  1. 53.As used in the text, what does the word "perennial" most nearly mean?

Old photos

The school photos from that era show the library as a single room.

  1. 54.As used in the text, what does the word "era" most nearly mean?

Map centuries

The history class studied one millennium of neighborhood maps, from the year 1000 to 2000.

  1. 55.As used in the text, what does the word "millennium" most nearly mean?

Ten years

The clinic has served the neighborhood for a decade, from 2016 through 2025.

  1. 56.As used in the text, what does the word "decade" most nearly mean?

History shelf

The history shelf covers a full century, from 1900 to 1999.

  1. 57.As used in the text, what does the word "century" most nearly mean?

Within a minute

Students received immediate help, and the tutor started before a minute had passed.

  1. 58.As used in the text, what does the word "immediate" most nearly mean?

Quick replies

The library desk sent prompt replies before the students walked away.

  1. 59.As used in the text, what does the word "prompt" most nearly mean?

Same minute

The punctual bus reaches the school stop at the same minute each morning.

  1. 60.As used in the text, what does the word "punctual" most nearly mean?

After the start

A tardy student entered the library after the lesson had started.

  1. 61.As used in the text, what does the word "tardy" most nearly mean?

After the bell

The late bus reached the school after the first bell.

  1. 62.As used in the text, what does the word "late" most nearly mean?

Old posters

The library hung vintage posters from the school's first decade.

  1. 63.As used in the text, what does the word "vintage" most nearly mean?

Two microscopes

Students compared an antique microscope with the new one in science class.

  1. 64.As used in the text, what does the word "antique" most nearly mean?

Carved desk

The school keeps a relic of its first classroom, a desk carved in 1912.

  1. 65.As used in the text, what does the word "relic" most nearly mean?

Chalk rail

A narrow chalk rail is the only vestige of the old library blackboard.

  1. 66.As used in the text, what does the word "vestige" most nearly mean?

Shell in class

The science class dated a fossil shell to a time long before the town existed.

  1. 67.As used in the text, what does the word "fossil" most nearly mean?

Unseen bird

The library book describes a bird that is extinct and has not been seen for a century.

  1. 68.As used in the text, what does the word "extinct" most nearly mean?

Silent bell

The defunct bell in the school tower has not rung since 1998.

  1. 69.As used in the text, what does the word "defunct" most nearly mean?

Card catalog

Students ignore the obsolete card catalog and search the library on computers.

  1. 70.As used in the text, what does the word "obsolete" most nearly mean?

Winter club

The garden club is dormant through the winter and meets again each spring.

  1. 71.As used in the text, what does the word "dormant" most nearly mean?

Old diary

The diary is contemporary with the old schoolhouse, written in the year it was built.

  1. 72.As used in the text, what does the word "contemporary" most nearly mean?

Before the doors

The early bus drops students at school before the doors are unlocked.

  1. 73.As used in the text, what does the word "early" most nearly mean?

Four o'clock

The chess club and the choir hold concurrent practices, both starting at four.

  1. 74.As used in the text, what does the word "concurrent" most nearly mean?

Two bells

The two school bells are synchronous and sound the hour together.

  1. 75.As used in the text, what does the word "synchronous" most nearly mean?

Staggered classes

The two library classes are asynchronous, and one starts an hour later.

  1. 76.As used in the text, what does the word "asynchronous" most nearly mean?

Noon sounds

The fire drill and the lunch bell were coincident, both sounding at noon.

  1. 77.As used in the text, what does the word "coincident" most nearly mean?

Small room

The former library was one small room before this building opened.

  1. 78.As used in the text, what does the word "former" most nearly mean?

Globe and atlas

The library owns a globe and an atlas, and the latter sits on the front desk.

  1. 79.As used in the text, what does the word "latter" most nearly mean?

Before the team

A prior visit to the clinic is required before a student may join the team.

  1. 80.As used in the text, what does the word "prior" most nearly mean?

Week before

The previous nurse trained the new nurse during the week before departure.

  1. 81.As used in the text, what does the word "previous" most nearly mean?

First newsletter

The library's maiden newsletter went out on the first day of school.

  1. 82.As used in the text, what does the word "maiden" most nearly mean?

Earlier page

Read the earlier page before starting today's library lesson.

  1. 83.As used in the text, what does the word "earlier" most nearly mean?

Day before

A short quiz is the antecedent of the unit test and is given the day before.

  1. 84.As used in the text, what does the word "antecedent" most nearly mean?

Next month

The short-story unit is a precursor of the full-book unit that begins next month.

  1. 85.As used in the text, what does the word "precursor" most nearly mean?

Maple buds

Early buds on the schoolyard maples are a harbinger of spring.

  1. 86.As used in the text, what does the word "harbinger" most nearly mean?

First frost

The first frost is a herald of colder mornings on the walk to school.

  1. 87.As used in the text, what does the word "herald" most nearly mean?

Week before the fair

A preliminary meeting is held the week before the school fair.

  1. 88.As used in the text, what does the word "preliminary" most nearly mean?

Friday

Friday is the ultimate school day of the week.

  1. 89.As used in the text, what does the word "ultimate" most nearly mean?

Last chapter

The final chapter of the history text covers the most recent years.

  1. 90.As used in the text, what does the word "final" most nearly mean?

Last page

The terminal page of the sign-in book is the last page students sign each year.

  1. 91.As used in the text, what does the word "terminal" most nearly mean?

First Monday

The initial meeting of the book club is on the first Monday of the year.

  1. 92.As used in the text, what does the word "initial" most nearly mean?

First issue

The inaugural issue of the school paper appeared on the first day of class.

  1. 93.As used in the text, what does the word "inaugural" most nearly mean?

Rainy months

The onset of the rainy months moved the class picnic into the gym.

  1. 94.As used in the text, what does the word "onset" most nearly mean?

Started in 1978

The root of the school fair is a small sale that started in 1978.

  1. 95.As used in the text, what does the word "root" most nearly mean?

Rented room

The genesis of the clinic was a single rented room that opened in 1952.

  1. 96.As used in the text, what does the word "genesis" most nearly mean?

Saturday clinic

The emergence of the Saturday clinic took two years, from the first vote to opening day.

  1. 97.As used in the text, what does the word "emergence" most nearly mean?

First meeting

The nascent tutoring group held its first meeting this week.

  1. 98.As used in the text, what does the word "nascent" most nearly mean?

New bell

The novel bell pattern, heard for the first time today, marks the start of classes.

  1. 99.As used in the text, what does the word "novel" most nearly mean?

Single page

The school paper was embryonic in September, a single page on its first morning.

  1. 100.As used in the text, what does the word "embryonic" most nearly mean?

First period

The germinal hours of the school day are the first period, when the day has just started.

  1. 101.As used in the text, what does the word "germinal" most nearly mean?

First day

The inchoate bell schedule went into use this morning, on its first day.

  1. 102.As used in the text, what does the word "inchoate" most nearly mean?

First patients

The fledgling clinic saw its first patients in March.

  1. 103.As used in the text, what does the word "fledgling" most nearly mean?

One month

The reading club's meteoric growth took it from five students to fifty in a single month.

  1. 104.As used in the text, what does the word "meteoric" most nearly mean?

New classes

The burgeoning after-school program added one new class each month.

  1. 105.As used in the text, what does the word "burgeoning" most nearly mean?

Fewer members

The stamp club is on the wane, with fewer members every month.

  1. 106.As used in the text, what does the word "wane" most nearly mean?

Donated books

By accretion, a few donated books each month, the library filled a new shelf by spring.

  1. 107.As used in the text, what does the word "accretion" most nearly mean?

Fewer visits

The decline in library visits continued for several years.

  1. 108.As used in the text, what does the word "decline" most nearly mean?