ESOL Vocabulary Building

Question 1

What is a synonym?

Accepted Answer

A word with a similar meaning

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A word with opposite meaning

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A word that sounds the same but differs in meaning

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A borrowed word

Question 2

What does the prefix 'un-' mean?

Accepted Answer

Not or the opposite of

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Again

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Before

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After

Question 3

Which word is a homophone of 'their'?

Accepted Answer

There

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Thier

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Tare

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Tier

Question 4

What is a collocation?

Accepted Answer

Words that frequently occur together naturally, like 'make a decision'

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A grammar rule

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A regional dialect

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A formal style

Question 5

What does the suffix '-tion' indicate?

Accepted Answer

It turns a verb into a noun, as 'educate' becomes 'education'

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It makes an adjective

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It shows past tense

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It shows plural

Question 6

What is an idiom?

Accepted Answer

A phrase whose meaning cannot be understood from individual words

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A borrowed word

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A grammatically incorrect expression

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Formal vocabulary