English Language Arts Grade 10 45 min

Explore words with new or contested usages

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Identify the neologism: "That new song is a total bop."

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Identify the semantic shift: "The villain in the movie was sick."

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Identify the functional shift: "Can you gift this to your brother?"

Sample Practice Questions

Easy
Which word is a neologism in the sentence: "Her outfit gave main character energy."?
0.outfit
1.energy
2.gave
3.main character
Easy
Which word shows a semantic shift in: "That concert was fire!"?
0.concert
1.was
2.That
3.fire
Easy
Which word shows a functional shift in: "We need to workshop this idea."
0.We
1.need
2.workshop
3.idea

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