Exercises

Posts in Think and Speak tagged ‘Exercises’

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Verbs of Light

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

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© E Gammie, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

Extreme Adjectives

These rather strong adjectives need some careful handling; see if you are up to the task.

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© Richard Croft, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

Adjectives

Compose your own sentences to bring out the meaning of these adjectives.

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© By Matt Prosser. CC BY-SA 3.0.

Verb or Noun

Use each word in this list in a sentence, and say whether you have used it as a noun or as a verb.

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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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Homophones

Show you can distinguish these similar-sounding words.

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