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LET´S WORK ON THIS INTERESTING READING, THE SYNONYM´S EXERCISE AND REGULAR VERBS .



JOSUE JAIMES C

1930: FIRST FIFA WORLD CUP IS HELD IN URUGUAY

1930: FIRST FIFA WORLD CUP IS HELD IN URUGUAY

In 1930, the first FIFA World Cup Football (soccer) Championship was held in Uruguay, with the final match being played in the country's capital, Montevideo, between the host nation Uruguay and their South American neighbours Argentina. Uruguay trailed 2-1 at half-time, but scored 3 goals in the second half to win 4-2 and become the first World Champions. The FIFA World Cup is now held every 4 years and is one of the world's most popular sporting events, with the final match regularly watched by over 2 billion television viewers.

SYNONYMS

Synonym Similarity of adj beautiful 3 senses of beautiful

Sense
1 beautiful (vs. ugly) => beauteous => bonny, bonnie, comely, fair => dishy => exquisite => fine-looking, good-looking, better-looking, handsome, well-favored, well-favoured => glorious, resplendent, splendid, splendiferous => gorgeous => lovely => picturesque => pretty => pretty-pretty => pulchritudinous => ravishing => scenic => stunning => fair, sightly

Here are the two synonyms used in sentences:
The wall was made of rocks.
The wall was made of stones.

Synonyms Practice
Directions: Read each sentence. Circle the letter of the answer that has almost the same meaning as the underlined word in the sentence.

1. That is a giant ant!
A. ogre
B. huge
C. pretty
5. The cat stole the food from the dog .A. ate B. took C. shoved
2. Please throw me the ball. A. toss B. bat C. slam
6. Many children enjoy homework! A. like B. want C. need
3. Santa has a sleigh pulled by eight tiny reindeer .A. car B. cart C. sled
7. When I touched the car it felt very warm. A. rough B. hot C. hard

REGULAR VERBS

Regular Verbs List
There are thousands of regular verbs in English. This is a list of some regular verbs. Note that there are some spelling variations in American English (for example, "practise" becomes "practice" in American English).
accept
add
admire
admit
advise
afford
agree
alert
allow
amuse
analyse
announce
annoy
answer
apologise
appear
applaud
appreciate
approve
argue
arrange
arrest
arrive
ask
attach
attack
attempt
attend
attract
avoid
back
bake
balance
ban
bang
bare
bat
bathe
battle
beam
beg
behave
belong
bleach
bless
blind
blink
blot
blush
boast
boil
bolt
bomb
book
bore
borrow
bounce
bow
box
brake
brake
branch
breathe
bruise
brush
bubble
bump
burn
bury
buzz
calculate
call
camp
care
carry
carve
cause
challenge
change
charge
chase
cheat
check
cheer
chew
choke
chop
claim
clap
clean
clear
clip
close
coach
coil
collect
colour
comb
command
communicate
compare
compete
complain
complete
concentrate
concern
confess
confuse
connect
consider
consist
contain
continue
copy
correct
cough
count
cover
crack
crash
crawl
cross
crush
cry
cure
curl
curve
cycle
dam
damage
dance
dare
decay
deceive
decide
decorate
delay
delight
deliver
depend
describe
desert
deserve
destroy
detect
develop
disagree
disappear
disapprove
disarm
discover
dislike
divide
double
doubt
drag
drain
dream
dress
drip
drop
drown
drum
dry
dust