RESOURCE PACK INDEX pages Words with similar meanings 1-3 Suffixes 46 Prefixes&stems 7-9 Verb tenses 10-11 Prepositions 12-17 Connecting words 18-19 Clause markers 19-22 Verb patterns 23-24 Miscellaneous 25-28snswer choices don't look alike but have related definitions. Usually, all four choices have similar definitions, but choices have opposite meanings. Sometimes the words involved are function words (words used primarily to t nple Item: Function Words with Simnilal did not have questions for fe lecturer. Dame ecs Minas rate) none CuPc Sree geet any in function words are closely related and often appear in the same items. Following is a list of some of these essions with sentences that illustrate their use and explanatory notes. jnough | don’t have enough money to buy that sweater now. Besides, | don't think it's big enough for me. It's too expensive to buy right now. p The suitcase was so heavy that | could barely lift it. It was such a heavy suitcase that | could barely lift it. Enough is used to indicate that there is the correct amount of something needed to accomplish a certain goal is used to indicate that there is more than the correct amount, $ois used before an adjective (so heavy). is used before an adjective and a noun (such a heavy suitcase). h enough and too are generally used with infnitives; so and such ate generally used with that clauses. est Most people enjoy music. st of the /Most of the people at the concert seemed to enjoy it. Imost Almost all the parking spaces were taken. ‘most This is the most exciting book | have read in a tong time. fost means “the majority.” It is used to speak of a large, generalized group (most people). lst of the is used to speak of a specific group (most of the people at the concer) jost means “nearly.” Almost all the parking spaces means nearly all of them. ‘most is used with the superlative form of some adjectives (the most exciting). 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