ESOL Vocabulary Building 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is a synonym?
- A word with a similar meaning (Correct answer)
- A word with opposite meaning
- A word that sounds the same but differs in meaning
- A borrowed word
Correct answer: A word with a similar meaning
Synonyms have the same or nearly the same meaning, like 'happy' and 'joyful'.
Question 2: What does the prefix 'un-' mean?
- Not or the opposite of (Correct answer)
- Again
- Before
- After
Correct answer: Not or the opposite of
'Un-' indicates negation: 'unhappy' means not happy, 'unable' means not able.
Question 3: Which word is a homophone of 'their'?
- There (Correct answer)
- Thier
- Tare
- Tier
Correct answer: There
'There' and 'their' sound identical but have different spellings and meanings.
Question 4: What is a collocation?
- Words that frequently occur together naturally, like 'make a decision' (Correct answer)
- A grammar rule
- A regional dialect
- A formal style
Correct answer: Words that frequently occur together naturally, like 'make a decision'
Collocations are natural word combinations that native speakers commonly use together.
Question 5: What does the suffix '-tion' indicate?
- It turns a verb into a noun, as 'educate' becomes 'education' (Correct answer)
- It makes an adjective
- It shows past tense
- It shows plural
Correct answer: It turns a verb into a noun, as 'educate' becomes 'education'
'-tion' converts verbs into nouns representing the action or result.
Question 6: What is an idiom?
- A phrase whose meaning cannot be understood from individual words (Correct answer)
- A borrowed word
- A grammatically incorrect expression
- Formal vocabulary
Correct answer: A phrase whose meaning cannot be understood from individual words
Idioms are fixed expressions with meanings different from their literal component words.
ESOL Vocabulary Building 1
What is a synonym?