Exercises

Verb and Noun

Show that each of these words can be used as a noun and also as a verb.

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A Barbary macaque, Gibraltar.
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Verb and Noun

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A Barbary macaque, Gibraltar.

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A Barbary macaque, Gibraltar. A macaque is an ape, not a monkey, but as it happens both words can be used as a noun and also as a verb. To ape is to mimic in an unthinking fashion; to monkey about with something is to tinker with it, to play with it or even try to mend it with potentially disastrous results.

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Introduction

Many words can serve as noun or verb depending on context: see if you can prove this with the examples below. Nouns go well with words such as the/a, or his/her; verbs go well after I/you/he etc..

The words in this puzzle are taken randomly from a list of 616 common words.

1 Light. 2 Traffic. 3 Mortgage. 4 Result. 5 Hand. 6 Honour. 7 Box. 8 Influence. 9 Race. 10 Mention.

Variations: 1.if possible, use your noun in the plural, e.g. cat → cats. 2.use your verb in a past form, e.g. go → went. 3.use your noun in a sentence with one of these words: any, enough, fewer, less, no, some.

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