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Exercise 11 – A Letter from abroad: Find synonyms.
It is your first letter home to your parents. You want to illustrate it with suitable
expressions, which show them that you are taking your language studies in the USA
very seriously.
Use the THESAURUS dictionary to find synonyms for the underlined words.
Dear Mum and Dad,
I arrived in L.A. last week.
The weather is unexpectedly cold for the season.
Many very famous people live here.
L.A. does not have any old buildings.
But it has remarkable skyscrapers.
Many people are very fat.
But everybody is very helpful.
Yesterday I played baseball, the players were very rough. __________________________
But the girls at my new school really rooted for us.
I'll write again soon.
Love, from Michael
Exercise 12 - Would you like to be friends with such a person?
a) Find synonyms for the expression.
b) Find positive opposite words in the THESAURUS dictionary.
He/she is ...
Expression Synonyms
cowardly
dull
podgy
hoity-toity
half-baked
foolish
weary
callous
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