Lexicology

Enemy/Foe, Damp/Wet, Apparent/Obvious are examples of:

• Homonyms

• Antonyms

• Synonyms

• Perfect Synonyms

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Pick an antonym for 'abundant'

• plenty

• abandoned

• scarce

• enough

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Pick the antonyms that are examples of contradictory contrast:

• fast-slow

• master-servant

• enter-leave

• alive-dead

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

'teacher/student' are:

• antonyms of contradictory contrast

• gradable antonyms

• converses

• directional oppositions

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Which pair of antonyms is NOT an example of directional opposition?

• long/short

• rise/fall

• enter/leave

• come/go

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

'Fine weather' / 'I feel fine' - In these phrases 'fine' is an example of:

• homophones

• homographs

• polysemy

• meronymy

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

'fine weather' / 'I had to pay a fine' - In these phrases 'fine' is an example of:

• homophones

• homographs

• meronymy

• hyponymy

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Polysemy refers to:

• words that have multiple related meanings

• words that are spelled the same, but have no related meanings

• words that are pronounced the same way

• words that are spelled and pronounced differently, but have the same meaning

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Head - 1) Part of the body 2) Person in charge of an organisation. - This is an example of:

• homonymy

• hypernymy

• hyponymy

• polysemy

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Find the 'homophone'

• minute / minute

• waste / waist

• error / mistake

• tear / tear

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1G

CCSS.L.K.4A