WorksheetsTYPES OF WORDS AND WORD PLAY
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 8mins
What are content words?
Words that belong to the main classes of parts of speech.
Words that do not have a clear lexical meaning.
Words that express relationships between other words.
What are function words?
Words that do not have a clear lexical meaning.
Words that describe objects or actions.
Words that are part of a closed class.
What is a portmanteau?
A word formed by the fusion of parts of two or more words.
An abbreviation where each letter is pronounced separately.
A word that describes an object or action.
What is alliteration?
Repetition of vowel sounds
Repetition of consonant sounds
Repetition of the same initial sound in words
Use of words with double meaning
What is a double meaning?
A phrase with a single meaning
A phrase with two interpretations
A rhyme technique
A form of poetry
What is assonance?
Coincidence of consonant sounds
Coincidence of vowel sounds
Use of contradictory words
A form of wordplay
What is an oxymoron?
A phrase that combines two contradictory words
A technique of rhyme
A form of poetry
A phrase with a single meaning
Refers to something known or specific:
(a)
Show relationship in time and space
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Phrase whose meaning cannot be understood from the individual words alone.
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Which of the following words are content words?
Book
Pretty
Always
Before
You
Which of the following words are function words?
Myself
Potato
Beautiful
Because
Must
