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Exercises are based on textbooks given to pupils in English schools from the 1920s to the 1960s.

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Verbs of Light

Show that you know the difference between glint, twinkle and flash.

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Verbs of Motion

Make up sentences to show the subtle shades of meaning in words such as slither, soar and stampede.

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Verbs of Seeing

Use your own sentences to distinguish glance from gaze, or peer from perceive.

28

Verbs of Speaking

Compose sentences to bring out the difference between whispering and whining.

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By Leaps and Bounds

Make up a scenario for each of these prepositional phrases, such as ‘beyond endurance’ or ‘for no reason at all’.

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Homonyms

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