Exercises

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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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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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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