Word Choice/Choix de mots
This word is a synonym for the word tired.
Sleepy, exhausted, etc.
Somnolent
How is the word hot related to the word cold? (Are they antonyms, synonyms, homophones, or homographs?)
They are antonyms.
Ce sont des antonymes, opposés l’un à l’autre
Come up with a sentence for each of the following words:
1. Bat (the animal)
2. Bat (for baseball)
Answers vary, but words should be used correctly in sentences.
Which word is an antonym for empty?
a. Full
b. Deserted
c. Hollow
a. Full
a. Complet
This word is an antonym for full.
Empty, hungry, etc.
Vide, affamé
How is the word chilly related to the word cold? (Are they antonyms, synonyms, homographs, or homophones?)
They are synonyms.
Ce sont des synonymes ; ils ont des significations similaires
What makes these two words homophones instead of homographs?
1. Night
2. Knight
Homographs are spelled the same.
Les homographes s’écrivent de la même manière
Which word is a synonym for the word small?
a. Long
b. Tiny
c. Big
b. Tiny
b. Minuscule
This word is a synonym for the word chef.
Cook, baker, etc.
Un cuisinier
How is the word sweet related to the word sour? (Are they synonyms, antonyms, homophones, or homographs?)
They are antonyms.
Ce sont des antonymes, opposés l’un à l’autre
Is the word red a homograph for this word?
1. Read
No, it is a homophone because they sound the same.
Non, c’est un homophone parce qu’ils sonnent de la même manière.
How are the words paws and pause related?
a. Homographs
b. Synonyms
c. Homophones
c. Homophones
c. Homophones
What word is a homophone for the word ate? Use that word in a sentence.
The correct word is eight. Sentences may vary.
Le mot correct est huit. Les peines peuvent varier.
How are the words night and knight related? (Are they antonyms, synonyms, homophones, or homographs?)
They are homophones.
Ce sont des homophones. Ils sonnent de la même manière en anglais
What are two different ways to use this word:
1. Close
Close as in closing a door, and close as in a person standing close to you
Fermez-vous comme si vous fermiez une porte, et fermez-vous comme si une personne se tenait près de vous
What word is a homograph of bow?
a. Boat
b. Tie
c. Bow
c. Bow
c. Nœud
What word is a homograph for the word read used here?
1. I read my favorite book yesterday.
Read, as in "I like to read new books."
Lisez, comme dans "J’aime lire de nouveaux livres."
How are bow in sentence 1 and bow in sentence 2 related?
1. I tied a bow in my hair.
2. I did a bow to the audience after I finished singing.
They are homographs.
Ce sont des homographes
What is the difference between a homophone and a homograph?
Homophones sound the same but are spelled differently. But homographs are spelled the same but sound different.
Les homophones se prononcent de la même manière, mais s’écrivent différemment. Mais les homographes sont orthographiés de la même manière mais sonnent différemment.
What word is a homophone for the word pear?
a. Fruit
b. Pair
c. Peer
b. Pair
b. Paire