Exercises Said

Exercises on Expressive words #

 

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Use each of the above words in the following sentences:

**1. The Prime Minister will __________________ a new holiday next year.

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**2. Do not ________________ to know what my motives are.

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**3. His _____________ message was not obvious to most of the audience.

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**4. Do not ______________ my character with false allegations.

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**5.  His address to the school _______________ that we were lazy and careless.

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**6. I did not appreciate the _________________ in the speech about our relationship.

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**7.  From what was said, I _________________ that the class was not to attend.

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**8. The _________ in his speech suggested that I was too friendly to fellow students.

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**9. The ______________of that word appeals to different emotions in people.

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**10. The message of the principal was too _____________ for year nine to understand.

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**11. His teaching style was too _____________ and left no room for differing views.

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**12. She tried to ______________ emotions of compassion, caring and love.

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**13. After a few minutes she finally ____________ what was being discussed.

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**14. My directions to you were clear and __________________ .

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**15. You should ______________ younger students to develop good habits.

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**16. She _______________ satisfaction from doing a thorough job.

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**17. The ________________meaning of a word is its dictionary or objective meaning.

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**18. You ____________ information that has not been verified.

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**19. He _________________ that the trial had not been fair or just.

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**20. The _____________ structure of  his argument was clear and sequential.

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**21. The ____________ manner of speech left ambiguity and doubt in the audience.

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**22. The coloured and metaphoric language was too ____________ for scientists.

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**23. The ________________ of that word leaves too much to the imagination.

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24. From the information it is possible to ________________that he is guilty.

Answers:

**1. The Prime Minister will _Proclaim  a new holiday next year.

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**2. Do not Presume to know what my motives are.

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**3. His covert/implied message was not obvious to most of the audience.

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**4. Do not impute my character with false allegations.

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**5.  His address to the school implied that we were lazy and careless.

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**6. I did not appreciate the innuendo in the speech about our relationship.

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**7.  From what was said, I inferred that the class was not to attend.

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**8. The nuance in his speech suggested that I was too friendly to fellow students.
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9. The connotation of that word appeals to different emotions in people.

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**10. The message of the principal was too subtle for year nine to understand.

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**11. His teaching style was too didactic  and left no room for differing views.

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**12. She tried to evoke emotions of compassion, caring and love.

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**13. After a few minutes she finally twigged what was being discussed.

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**14. My directions to you were clear and explicit .

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**15. You should exhort younger students to develop good habits.

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**16. She derived satisfaction from doing a thorough job.

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**17. The referential meaning of a word is its dictionary or objective meaning.

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**18. You assumed/surmise information that has not been verified.

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**19. He protested that the trial had not been fair or just.

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**20. The linear structure of  his argument was clear and sequential.

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**21. The covert manner of speech left ambiguity and doubt in the audience.

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**22. The coloured and metaphoric language was too emotive for scientists.

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**23. The nuances of that word leaves too much to the imagination.

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24. From the information it is possible to surmise/assume that he is guilty.