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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.)
- Category: ADJECTIVE Word: “funny”
Sample sentence: “Schindler’s List” is not a funny movie at all.
Synonym: Antonym:
- Category: VERB Word: “kill”
Sample sentence: The CEO has just killed the internship program in our company.
Synonym: Antonym:
- 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.
- Chris walked by the bank on a daily basis.
- Pat ate the salad undressed.
- Tim saw Joe with a telescope.
- Luckily, my son made the school varsity team and won a medal in the first swim meet.
- John bought a new boat, and he named it “Knot So Fast.”
- For your own good, please have your colon checked.
- Driver: “I should make a left here, correct?” Passenger: “Right.”
- A: Is the diamond real? B: Oh yeah, it’s real alright.
- They finally opened up the bank near the river, and I think it is great.