Think and Speak

Exercises in oral and written expression, based on old school textbooks

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Homonyms

Compose sentences to prove that each of these words has at least two quite different meanings.

Each of the words below has more than one possible meaning. Compose your own sentences to show what those different meanings are.

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Homophones

Show you can distinguish these similar-sounding words.

In each group below, you will find words that sound the same, but differ in spelling and also in meaning. Compose your own sentences to bring out the differences between them.

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Confusables

Compose sentences to bring out the similarities and differences between these words.

In each group below, you will find words that are similar to one another, but not exactly the same. Compose your own sentences to bring out the similarities and differences between them, whether in meaning, grammar or use.

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Spinners

Turn out as many sentences as you can that use all three of the words given.

For each group of words, compose a sentence that uses all three. You can use any form of the word: for example, cat → cats, go → went, or quick → quickly, though neigh → neighbour is stretching it a bit.

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