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Multiple Meanings

Choose the word that has a similar meaning to the words in both sets
of brackets. Underline your answer.

Look at this example:

(serious solemn) (burial tomb) coffin gloomy grave

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Hint: The answer might be pronounced differently for the two different meanings.
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1. (sugary syrupy) (lovely kind) candy nice sweet

2. (drama show) (romp frolic) play musical actor

3. (snug cramped) (mean stingy) unfair tight poor

4. (summit peak) (lid cap) mountain hat top

5. (overturn spill) (bother worry) roll upset ask

6. (chilly icy) (unfriendly aloof) cold mean freezing /6

7. (plain natural) (easy clear) straight simple hard

8. (now current) (gift offering) ask present past

9. (class set) (application questionnaire) type school form

10. (nice tender) (type sort) group keep kind

11. (game contest) (pairing partnership) match sport union

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12. (autograph initial) (poster notice) banner write sign

13. (instant moment) (runner-up next) day race second

14. (important major) (guide code) key idea primary

15. (group orchestra) (ring circle) band music join

16. (rubbish garbage) (deny decline) trash refuse bin

17. (argue fight) (paddle sail) row swim bicker

18. (pig boar) (seed plant) piglet grow sow /6

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Closest Meaning

Find the word that means the same, or nearly the same, as the word
on the left. Underline your answer.

Look at this example:

talk joke hum chat listen

1. angry cross excited scared glare

2. kind smile laugh nice quiet

3. buy sell aim lend purchase

4. ugly hideous sour surly scary

5. allow refuse permit tidy given

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6. whisper talk laugh murmur silence

7. funny laugh annoying amusing sweet

8. litter clean garbage dust bin

9. precious valuable poor worthy lovely

10. honest forgetful sorry truthful real

11. rain snow storm downpour tornado

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12. same different identical related even

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13. wish hope fear imagine like Hint: The word you choose
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doesn’t have to mean exactly

14. graph draw shape chart numbers
the same as the word on the
15. cunning nasty vicious irritable sly left — it just has to be the
most similar of all the options.
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16. friendly amiable dream wishful dour

17. tidy clean cluttered neat slovenly

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18. forgive release pardon censure apologise

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Closest Meaning

Complete the word on the right so that it means the same, or nearly
the same, as the word on the left.

Look at this example:

glad h a p p y

1. large v t | |
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Hint: Some words can mean

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2. hot o i n g more than one thing — e.g.
‘close’ means ‘shut’ and ‘nearby’.
3. cry w e If you’re stuck, think about
other meanings of the word.
f i s

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5. fall p u g
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6. fake f s e

7. cold c i y
8. plump c u b y
9. good s p b
10. love d o r
11. tell i r m
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12. weird s a e

13. question q y
14. bad d d l
15. pretty i r
16. angry u r i
17. short b f
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18. brave d i

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Opposite Meaning

Find the word that means the opposite, or nearly the opposite, of the
word on the left. Underline your answer.

Look at this example:

dark night light cold dusk

1. upstairs cellar downstairs hall landing

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2. clean neat chaotic filthy trim Hint: If you’re not sure

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what a word means, look
3. young crooked mean modern old

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4. beautiful boring repulsive harsh enticing

5. full bloated slim large empty

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6. wide narrow high tapering broad

7. love ignore sad loathe lonely

8. deep buried shallow stream beneath

9. shiny dull old soft glazed

10. stretch chop slice roll squash

11. poor famous lonely wealthy greedy

12. sell borrow deal pay buy /6

13. minor much major large part

14. cheap costly rich bargain excessive

15. enemy guest foe friend mentor

16. busy silent quiet peace crowded

17. taut undone snug free slack

18. bumpy flat rugged stretched regular /6

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Opposite Meaning

Complete the word on the right so that it means the opposite,

or nearly the opposite, of the word on the left.

Look at this example:

right w r o n g

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Hint: If you can’t spot the

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d e s e d

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2. alive
word straight away, look
3. slow i k for common letter patterns
like ‘qu’ at the start of a
4. shout w i e r word or ‘ck’ at the end.
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5. shy b o
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6. take d t e

7. quiet o y
8. problem s u o n
9. different t a n d
10. rare c o n
11. question r p o d
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12. past f u

13. clear c d y
14. rude p i e
15. shorten e t d
16. close d a n t
17. straight r v d
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Odd One Out

Three of the words in each list are linked. Underline the word that is
not related to these three.

Look at this example:

Tom Kate Jenny Lucy

1. numbers five eleven seven

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2. freezing warm chilly cold

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have to be the opposite of the
3. like hate love admire other three — it just has to lack
the link the other words have.

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5. house bungalow office flat

6. woodland glacier rainforest orchard /6

7. rose daffodil lily oak

8. cooker oven fridge microwave

9. football slide cricket rugby

10. violin harp recorder guitar

11. scarf shorts coat mittens

12. happy glad pleased chuckle /6

13. shoes socks gloves slippers

14. roast diced boiled baked

15. sketch portrait song drawing

16. wool leather cotton plastic

17. sing rehearsal recite dance

18. exit leave come go /6

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