Course paper english lexicology

Exercise 8. Choose a synonym from the box to replace a word in each sentence. Circle the word in the sentence and write the replacement word onthe line.

go	present	area	used	consider
correct	remove	horrible	dinky	pause

1. She was cutting the meat up into little bits. __________

2. Please keep the doors closed while the train is moving. __________
3. Some of the houses around here are very old. __________
4. The place was full of screaming children. __________
5. His ideas have now been proved right. __________
6. The children proudly showed me their presents. __________
7. The referee stopped the fight. __________
8. Someone is taken a pen from my desk. __________
9. There were ugly scenes as rival gangs started attacking each other. _____
10. He didn’t think anyone would believe him. __________