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AP English Language and Composition Unit 8C: Idiomatic Expressions and Phrasal Usage — practice questions — page 2

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Type the antonym (one word).Read the answer and worked solution →Match each adjective to its natural noun collocation.Read the answer and worked solution →Pop only synonyms of ENORMOUS.Read the answer and worked solution →Match each idiom to its meaning.Read the answer and worked solution →Pop only the phrasal verbs that mean 'to postpone'.Read the answer and worked solution →Match academic-style synonyms.Read the answer and worked solution →Type the antonym (one word).Read the answer and worked solution →Sort each verb as Academic or Conversational.Read the answer and worked solution →Pop only academic synonyms of UNDERSTAND.Read the answer and worked solution →Type the noun form (one word).Read the answer and worked solution →Type the synonym (one word).Read the answer and worked solution →Fill the right academic verb.Read the answer and worked solution →SSC CGL · SynonymsRead the answer and worked solution →SSC CGL · Idioms ↔ MeaningRead the answer and worked solution →SSC CGL · Antonym MatchRead the answer and worked solution →SSC CGL · Idioms — Quick T/FRead the answer and worked solution →GRE · Verbalability · Text Completion — Synonym PairsRead the answer and worked solution →GRE · Verbalability · Antonym PairsRead the answer and worked solution →GRE · Verbalability · Vocabulary — Odd One OutRead the answer and worked solution →GRE · Verbalability · Idiomatic Usage — T/FRead the answer and worked solution →IELTS · English · Academic Word List — Memory FlipRead the answer and worked solution →TOEFL · English · Vocabulary — Spot the ErrorRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the word that does NOT mean 'praise'Read the answer and worked solution →Sort: positive connotation or negative connotation?Read the answer and worked solution →Parts of speech — match the word to its partRead the answer and worked solution →Sort: present tense or past tense?Read the answer and worked solution →Match the word to its synonym (easy)Read the answer and worked solution →Match the word to its synonym (SSC CGL)Read the answer and worked solution →Match the word to its antonym (SSC CGL)Read the answer and worked solution →Match the word to its synonym (SSC Stenographer)Read the answer and worked solution →

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Type the antonym (one word).

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  1. Question
    Benevolent
    Choices
    1. concise
    2. foolish
    3. malevolent
    4. lavish
    Correct choice
    malevolent
  2. Question
    Frugal
    Choices
    1. concise
    2. foolish
    3. malevolent
    4. lavish
    Correct choice
    lavish
  3. Question
    Verbose
    Choices
    1. concise
    2. lavish
    3. foolish
    4. malevolent
    Correct choice
    concise
  4. Question
    Sagacious
    Choices
    1. lavish
    2. foolish
    3. concise
    4. malevolent
    Correct choice
    foolish
  5. Question
    Audacious
    Choices
    1. lavish
    2. concise
    3. timid
    4. malevolent
    Correct choice
    timid
Instructions
Pick the OPPOSITE of each word.
_Source: ETS GRE Official Verbal Reasoning Practice Questions_

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Match each adjective to its natural noun collocation.

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Matching pairs
  1. Left
    Heavy
    Right
    rain
  2. Left
    Strong
    Right
    wind
  3. Left
    Fast
    Right
    food
Instructions
Pair the adjective with the right noun.
_Source: Cambridge IELTS Common Mistakes — Collocations_

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Pop only synonyms of ENORMOUS.

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Other terms
  1. Tiny
  2. Minute
  3. Petite
  4. Diminutive
Matching terms
  1. Huge
  2. Massive
  3. Immense
  4. Gigantic
Instructions
Pop only synonyms.
_Source: Cambridge IELTS 'Vocabulary for IELTS Advanced'_

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