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Complete the following sentences with a word formed from the word in CAPITALS.

COMMUNICATE
BREATHE
AMUSE
INVENT
NEIGHBOUR
PRESS
PLEASE
POPULAR

1) Language is means of …………….
MY ANSWER: COMMUNICATION.

2) A dictionary is an example of a ……………. book
MY ANSWER: REFERANCE.

3) After running three miles, the boy was out of ……….
MY ANSWER: BREATH.

4) We enjoyed Mark’s company because he always had some ………… stories to tell us.
MY ANSWER: AMAZING.

5) The sewing machine was a very important …………..
MY ANSWER: INVENTION.

6) The boy played his guitar so loudly that he could be heard all over the ………….
MY ANSWER: NEIGHBOURHOOD.

7) He’s under a lot of ……….. at work.
MY ANSWER: PRESSURE.

8) The weather was very ……….., so we went on a picnic.
MY ANSWER: PLEASANT.

9) The Beatles enjoyed great …………….. in the 1960s.
MY ANSWER: POPULARITY.


Are they correct please? Thank you.

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Complete the following sentences with a word formed from the word in CAPITALS.

COMMUNICATE
BREATHE
AMUSE
INVENT
NEIGHBOUR
PRESS
PLEASE
POPULAR

1) Language is means of …………….
MY ANSWER: COMMUNICATION.

2) A dictionary is an example of a ……………. book
MY ANSWER: REFERANCE.

3) After running three miles, the boy was out of ……….
MY ANSWER: BREATH.

4) We enjoyed Mark’s company because he always had some ………… stories to tell us.
MY ANSWER: AMAZING.

5) The sewing machine was a very important …………..
MY ANSWER: INVENTION.

6) The boy played his guitar so loudly that he could be heard all over the ………….
MY ANSWER: NEIGHBOURHOOD.

7) He’s under a lot of ……….. at work.
MY ANSWER: PRESSURE.

8) The weather was very ……….., so we went on a picnic.
MY ANSWER: PLEASANT.

9) The Beatles enjoyed great …………….. in the 1960s.
MY ANSWER: POPULARITY.


Are they correct please? Thank you.
An exercise on Word formation.
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WEEEEEEEEEEE thank you
Hope I get that mark on my exam
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WEEEEEEEEEEE thank you
Hope I get that mark on my exam
Actually, not all of them are correct, and I can't tell you which, sorry, because we do not do or help with homework related assignments.

Members, please be reminded.
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Why can't you say "the weather is pleasant"?

I can anticipate something like "being pleasant is averb, not an adjective" but then, I could say on the same grounds that "pleasing" is as well, we understand it as an adjective because it doesn't have an object (the weather is pleasing her), just like we understand "the weather is pleasant " in the same way, because it has no object. I hope no teacher is seriously making this distinction.

A:The weather is nice.
B:It's not nice to me.
A:Oh, that's not what I mean!
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The poster nunudada is asking us to correct a take home exam. Please, read the forum rules. We do not help with, correct or do homework related assignments, especially tests and exams.

If you would like to discuss the difference between pleasant and pleasing, please start a new thread.

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