Si vous voulez mettre vos élèves dans l'embarras ( ! ! ) , il suffit de leur demander de vous donner 5 synonymes des adjectifs les plus classiques , comme GOOD , INTERESTING , SMALL ou IMPORTANT par exemple ...

Afin d'éviter de commettre cette mauvaise action , voilà un exercice pour dédramatiser et les sensibiliser aux sens voisins d'un mot comme un adjectif !

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a. With today ‘ s more ............................. contraception ,women can plan both their family lives and their careers .

b. He has just won 2 ...........................................tickets to fly to Dublin !

c. It is now admitted that using computers has a .................................effect on children’s learning .

d. It is ...........................................to consider memory as the oldest mental skill , from which all others derive

e. Dress neat and attractively is an outfit ........................................for the job !

f. My car is quite .......................... ; I am not worried at all !

g. This idea is ...............................in the sense that it is both realistic and practical and likely to be effective .

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a. The year's only really ........................................ legislation was the reform of Social Security . (New York Times)

b. A .................................. official is either general or colonel.

c. When they became engaged , he made a ...................................promise to her that he would give up her cigarettes for good .

d. Most 11 - year - olds are not encouraged to develop reading skills ; a small but ...................................... number are illiterate .

e. Political stability , meanwhile , will be a ........................................ concern .

f. He was a .............................man .( ne pas utiliser serious )

g. He had administrators under him but took the ......................................decisions by himself . ( ne pas utiliser high - level )

h. The special effects of these films are particularly........................................

i. Nitrogen is of.......................................... importance to life on earth .

j. He is highly ...................................for his novels and plays as well as for the translation into and from English .

k. Doctors said his condition was .........................................but stable .

l. It might be ...............................to consider your attitude to this insurance policy .

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a. La Réunion is the most ......................................... place I have ever been to : I was under the spell of the island !

b. It was a very ............................................. idea in the sense that it incited people to go further and further !

c. Biologists have long been puzzled by hibernation ; actually they find it quite ........................

d. The children staged an........................................puppet show .

e. This problem occupies all my spare time : it is quite ....................................

f. Thanks to many ingredients , it was an ................................................ adventure story.

g. With such delicious dishes , the meal was really .....................................

h. These are products which are cheaper , more .................................... and more reliable than those of his competitors .

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a. The reasons our schools cannot afford better teachers is because people here are ................................

b. The crop represents a .............................fraction of US production : it is just a very very small part of it .

c. Very little will probably come out of the strike ; senior managers are convinced that it will have a ........................................ effect !

d. A ...................................company is one in which the shareholders are legally responsible for only a part of the money that it may owe if it goes bankrupt .

e. They had forbidden the sale of cigarettes to...............................boys and girls .

f. If you describe something as ...................................... , you mean that it is not as good as it should be , and therefore cannot be considered acceptable .

g. Seemingly ....................................details can sometimes contain interesting clues .

h. In 1949 , Bonn was just a small , ..................................city !