English Unit 4 Test

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A book that contains many antonyms and homonyms is Roget's International Thesaurus.

False

Only a thesaurus can be used to find a synonym for a word.

False

The words silent and talkative are synonyms.

False

A straight, horizontal line placed over a vowel to show long sound or pronunciation is called a macron.

True

An accent mark shows the part of the word that receives special emphasis or force when the word is pronounced.

True

Words that are opposite in meaning are called antonyms.

True

adjust

adapt

respect

admire

acknowledge

admit

The words difficult and easy are _____.

antonyms

The words generous and stingy are _____.

antonyms

The words opaque and transparent are _____.

antonyms

A synonym for the word dry is what word?

arid

Select the two ways a dictionary helps you to pronounce a word.

by the diacritical marks by the respelling of the word

If we have a better understanding of words, we can _____ better with each other.

communicate

A shortened form of a word such as didn't for did not is a what?

contraction

persuade

convince

The _____ of the ship was changed when the commander received a report of submarines in the area.

course

The words altar and alter are _____.

homonyms

The words bow and bough are _____.

homonyms

The words our and hour are _____.

homonyms

The words some and sum are _____.

homonyms

Words that are pronounced the same but have different meanings are what?

homonyms

tardy

late

forgiveness

mercy

allow

permit

slender

slim

English that is spoken or written by educated and mature people is what kind of English?

standard

The words declare and announce are _____.

synonyms

The words grief and sorrow are _____.

synonyms

The words large and big are _____.

synonyms

shy

timid

faith

trust


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