Matching Exercise

Match the study term or technique with the definition. You may use some terms more than once.


1				an adverb meaning "marked by form or ceremony."


2				a verb meaning "to come to a new country to settle."


3				a verb meaning "to say what is not true."


4				a contraction for "it is or it has." The dark clouds indicate it's about to rain.


5				a noun meaning "something said that is not true."


6				a possessive pronoun meaning "the one or ones that belong to it."


7				an adverb or adjective meaning "coming after the usual or proper time."


8				an adverb meaning "at an earlier time; in the past."


9				a noun meaning "something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality."


10				an adjective meaning "being the second of two mentioned things." Also, an adjective meaning "near to the end." The use of the Internet became very popular during the latter part of the 1990s.


11				a verb meaning "to put down so as to rest on, in, or against something."


12				an adjective meaning "not many," refers to number.


13				an adverb meaning "not so much, so many." Less is often used to refer to things that cannot be counted.


14				a verb meaning "to rest or recline; to exist in a horizontal position."

Answer choices for questions 1 through 14