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AP English Language and Composition Unit 8B: Synonyms, Antonyms and Lexical Nuance — practice questions

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True or false: what a synonym isRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the word that does not belongRead the answer and worked solution →Flip and pair: headword with a synonymRead the answer and worked solution →Tap every word Fernald lists under ABANDONRead the answer and worked solution →Assertion and reasonRead the answer and worked solution →Two are true, one is notRead the answer and worked solution →Three of these are wrong. Find the one that holds.Read the answer and worked solution →Positive or negative in tone?Read the answer and worked solution →Reading a synonym entryRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the idea of a synonymRead the answer and worked solution →Order the steps: pick the best synonymRead the answer and worked solution →Which shade of meaning?Read the answer and worked solution →True or false: choosing between near wordsRead the answer and worked solution →More synonym groupsRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the intruderRead the answer and worked solution →She spoke for ____ hour without a break.Read the answer and worked solution →He sat beside ____ one-armed bandit at the arcade.Read the answer and worked solution →She keeps ____ MP3 player in her bag.Read the answer and worked solution →The room has ____ HEPA filter.Read the answer and worked solution →The hotel charged ____ $80 fee.Read the answer and worked solution →Meera placed ____ box on the shelf.Read the answer and worked solution →What was once a nuncle is now ____ uncle.Read the answer and worked solution →He was born on ____ 10th of May.Read the answer and worked solution →In newspaper headlines, articles are often ____.Read the answer and worked solution →The old form an is related to the word ____.Read the answer and worked solution →Before a vowel, my once became ____, as in mine eyes.Read the answer and worked solution →The words the and a(n) are the two most common ____.Read the answer and worked solution →The article a(n) is used only with singular, ____ nouns.Read the answer and worked solution →Mary walked to the party, ____ she was unable to walk home.Read the answer and worked solution →Don't push that button, ____ twelve tons of explosives will go off.Read the answer and worked solution →

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True or false: what a synonym is

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Questions
  1. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    A synonym is a word close in meaning to another.
  2. Statement is true
    No
    Statement
    Synonyms are always perfectly interchangeable.
  3. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    'Courageous' is listed as a synonym of brave.
  4. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    'Arduous' is listed as a synonym of difficult.
  5. Statement is true
    No
    Statement
    'Timid' is listed as a synonym of brave.
Fernald's whole book exists because synonyms are near, not identical. Source: English Synonyms and Antonyms, Fernald (1896), public domain.

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Spot the word that does not belong

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Questions
  1. Items
    1. fearless
    2. toilsome
    3. dauntless
    Odd item
    toilsome
  2. Items
    1. arduous
    2. laborious
    3. jocund
    Odd item
    jocund
  3. Items
    1. upright
    2. blithe
    3. merry
    Odd item
    upright
  4. Items
    1. candid
    2. gallant
    3. sincere
    Odd item
    gallant
One word in each group comes from a different entry. Source: English Synonyms and Antonyms, Fernald (1896), public domain.

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Flip and pair: headword with a synonym

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Matching pairs
  1. A
    BRAVE
    B
    gallant
  2. A
    DIFFICULT
    B
    onerous
  3. A
    HAPPY
    B
    blissful
  4. A
    HONEST
    B
    genuine
  5. A
    ABANDON
    B
    relinquish
Straight from the entries. Source: English Synonyms and Antonyms, Fernald (1896), public domain.

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