Brain Brainful Brainless Both are used.
Help Helpful Helpless Both are used.
Home Homeful Homeless Both are used.
Hope Hopeful Hopeless Both are used.
End Endful Endless Both are used.
Thought Thoughtful Thoughtless Both are used.
Time Timeful Timeless Both are used.
Penny Penniful Penniless Both are used.
Event Eventful Eventless Both are used.
Power Powerful Powerless Both are used.
Newspaper Headlines
1)
- If someone is ousted from their job,... they
are forced out. they
leave voluntarily.
2)
- A pledge is... a
threat. a promise. an obligation.
3)
- If a document is leaked,... it is
sent officially to the press. it
is sent unofficially to the press.
4)
- If something looms,... it
is good news. it
is bad news.
5)
- If the governement gets flak for a policy,... they
are praised. they are criticised.
6)
- An economic boom is a
rapid increase. a
rapid decrease.
7)
- If something bolsters an argument,... it
helps it. it
destroys it.
8)
- If something is alleged to have happened,... it
happened. it
didn't happen. we don't know whether
it happened or not.
9)
- If a company goes on a spending spree,... it
tries to cut costs. it
spends a lot of money.
10)
- An economic slump is good
news. bad
news.
11)
- If expenditure is slashed,... a
lot more money is spent. a
lot less money is spent.
12)
- If prices soar,... they
fall. they
increase.
Word Origins
act, ag: do, act, drive Latin,
agere: to drive, lead, act, do active
(adjective): moving about
am,
ami: love, like Latin,
amare: to love amorous
(adjective): loving
anim:
mind, life, spirit, anger Latin,
animus: spirit animal
(noun): a living creature
annu,
enni: yearly Latin,
annuus: yearly annual
(adjective): yearly
auc,
aug, aut: to originate, to increase Latin,
augere: to originate, increase
augment (verb): to
increase, to add to
aud,
audit, aur: hear Latin,
audire: to hear audible
(adjective): can be heard
1)Does
this kind of weather ____ you? affect effect
2)What
will ____ the main course? complement compliment
3)They
wanted everybody to ____ their work. complement compliment
4)They're
not very ____ so don't give them too much information.discrete discreet
5)He's
an ____ doctor eminent imminent
6)He
managed to think of an _____ solution. ingenious ingenuous
7)Rain
is ____. eminent imminent
8)Do
you ____ visa payments here? accept except
9)The
building has been ____ since the company went bankrupt. disused misused
10)The
charity was accused of having ____ its funds. disused misused
11)It's
a three-____ house. story storey
12)The
book is so slow that it's ____. illegible unreadable
13)A
____ gives people advice if they have emotional or other
problems.councillor counsellor
14)Her
handwriting's so bad that it's completely ____. illegible iliterate
15)Did
you hear the weather ____ for tomorrow? forecast prediction
16)The
price of bus tickets has ____ sharply this year. risen raised
17)The police checked every detail carefully; it was an
____ investigation.
exhausting exhaustive
18)Walking all the way up the hill was ____ so we sat down
to rest for a bit.
exhausting exhaustive
19)The
minister read the ____ of the speech and made a few changes. draught draft
20)Pubs
sell ____ beer as well as bottles and cans. draught draft
What
do you mean by SCUBA diving? "Self
Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus".
To Put
To
put away - Put your toys away
To
put down - Here’s my address put it down before
you forget it.
To
put forward - He intends to put forward a new
theory.
To
put on - Put on your coat. It’s cold. / I am
putting a new play on.
To
put up with - You will have to put up with it.
To
put up at - I would like to put up at this hotel
for the night
To
put out - He put his hand out in welcome. / Call
in the firemen to put the fire out.
To
put off - Never put off till tomorrow what you
can do today
I
am a five letter word 12345 12345
- as a whole, am a grain ! 2345
- energy
345
- u do this daily 45
– proposition 5
- favourite drink !
can
u find me ? Wheat
I
am 7 Letters word- 1234567. U can
eat Me 123 is
vehicle. 2345was a pop group 456
is a piece of luggage. 567
changes every year. What am
I ? cabbage
A
rich man wants ------------- A
poor man has --------------- u
die if u eat -----------one
word has to fit in all the three blanks - Nothing
what
is wrong when pronounced right and right when pronounced wrong ??
it
is WRONG, right?
Bay
of Bengal is in which state ?????
Bay
of Bengal is in LIQUID state!
___________________________________
0 facebook:
Post a Comment