Words Matter: Additional Exercises

Here's another set of exercises you can do to further deepen your understanding of the words introduced in Words Matter.

Specifically, the exercises give you experience with additional forms of these words

Note also that exercise 2 has been especially popular with students of English as a second language (ESL).


Chapter 2:
From Beginning to End
Exercise 1 Exercise 2
Chapter 3:
More Beginnings and Endings
Exercise 1 Exercise 2
Chapter 4:
All Well and Good
Exercise 1 Exercise 2
Chapter 5:
Light and Dark
Exercise 1 Exercise 2
Chapter 6:
High and Low
Exercise 1 Exercise 2
Chapter 7:
Getting Mad, Making Up
Exercise 1 Exercise 2
Chapter 8:
Words on Wit and Humor
Exercise 1 Exercise 2
Chapter 9:
Speaking of Appearances
Exercise 1 Exercise 2
Chapter 10:
In a Manner of Speaking
Exercise 1 Exercise 2
Chapter 11:
Focusing on Language
and Literature
Exercise 1 Exercise 2
Chapter 12:
Character Comments
Exercise 1 Exercise 2
Chapter 13:
More Character Comments
Exercise 1 Exercise 2
Chapter 14:
Bad Behavior
Exercise 1 Exercise 2
Chapter 15:
The Language of Praise and Blame
Exercise 1 Exercise 2
Chapter 16:
More on Praise and Blame
Exercise 1 Exercise 2
Chapter 17:
Food Chat
Exercise 1 Exercise 2
Chapter 18:
Following the Rules
Exercise 1 Exercise 2
Chapter 19:
Moral and Immoral
Exercise 1 Exercise 2
Chapter 20:
Getting Emotional
Exercise 1 Exercise 2
Chapter 21:
In Sickness and in Health
Exercise 1 Exercise 2
Chapter 22:
Living With the Animals
Exercise 1 Exercise 2
Chapter 23:
Clearing the Way
Exercise 1 Exercise 2
Chapter 24:
Analyzing Arguments
Exercise 1 Exercise 2
Chapter 25:
Building Vocabulary
Exercise 1 Exercise 2

Last update of this page: August 26, 2004

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