ENG 235 Week 4 Synonym and Antonym Worksheet

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ENG 235 Week 4 Synonym and Antonym Worksheet

Complete the University of Phoenix Material: Synonym and Antonym Worksheet.

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Synonym and Antonym Worksheet

 

Task 1: Synonym and Antonym

Write one synonym and one antonym that corresponds with the category of the given word.

 

For example:

 

Category: NOUN   Word: “Receiver”

Sample sentence:    The receiver claimed that the package arrived with damages.

Synonym: “Recipient”   Antonym: “Giver” (“Recipient” and “Giver” are both nouns.)

 

 

  1. Category: ADJECTIVE Word: “funny”

Sample sentence: “Schindler’s List” is not a funny movie at all.

 

Synonym:              Antonym:

 

 

  1. Category: VERB Word: “kill”

Sample sentence: The CEO has just killed the internship program in our company.

 

Synonym:              Antonym:

 

 

  1. Category: ADVERB Word: “skillfully”

Sample sentence: The pianist skillfully performed Chopin’s Etudes while the audience sat and listened by

the edge of their seats.

 

Synonym:              Antonym:

 

Task 2: Parts of Speech Exercise

 

After working on Task 1, write a 150- to 200-word summary of the following:

  • Identify other parts of speech that generally may have synonyms and antonyms.
  • Identify parts of speech that do not generally have synonyms and antonyms.
  • Conjecture some reasons to explain the differences between the two types of parts of speech.

 

<Write your summary here.>

 

 

Task 3: Identifying Ambiguity

 

Each of the following sentences are ambiguous. Explain what the ambiguity is, and determine if the ambiguity is semantic or otherwise.

 

  1. Chris walked by the bank on a daily basis.

 

  1. Pat ate the salad undressed.

 

  1. Tim saw Joe with a telescope.

 

  1. Luckily, my son made the school varsity team and won a medal in the first swim meet.

 

  1. John bought a new boat, and he named it “Knot So Fast.”

 

  1. For your own good, please have your colon checked.

 

  1. Driver: “I should make a left here, correct?” Passenger: “Right.”

 

  1. A: Is the diamond real? B: Oh yeah, it’s real alright.

 

  1. They finally opened up the bank near the river, and I think it is great.