Look Up Overused

Words
A. Look Up the underlined overused word in your
thesaurus to help you. For each example, there is more
than one possible answer.

Examples: a bad taste disgusting__

to walk heavily _tramp__

1) Find one word which you might use to describe:

a) bad weather ___________
b) a bad smell ___________
c) a nice person ___________
d) nice food ___________

2) Find one word or phrase which means:

a) to eat greedily ___________
b) to eat noisily ___________
c) to walk quietly ___________
d) to walk slowly ___________

B. Look Up the overused word say in your thesaurus to

help you.

Fill in the blank in each sentence with a synonym of said.

For each
example, there is more than one possible answer.
Remember to put
the word you choose into the past tense.

Example: “Land ahoy!” _shouted_ the lookout.

1) The cabin boy ____________ , “Man overboard!”

2) “How do you spell your name?” ____________ the
detective.

3) “Please let me go to the ball,” Cinderella

____________ .