One word, two meanings
Two pairs of words mean different things. One word goes with both, usually because it has two meanings.
What the question looks like
(rest, pause) (snap, crack)
How Thena would solve it
Think of words for the first pair: a rest or a pause could be a stop or a break.
Try each with the second pair. To snap or crack is to break, not to stop.
rest, pause: stop, break
snap, crack: break
Break fits both pairs, so it’s the answer.
Answer: break
The usual mistakes
A word that fits one pair
Check it fits both pairs.
Thinking of one meaning only
A break is a rest, and to break is to snap: think of both.
Going by sound
Put the word with each pair and check it means the same.
Try ten
Ten one word, two meanings questions
A new set every time, marked when you finish.
Have paper and a pencil ready for working out.
Questions parents ask
How do you answer One word, two meanings questions?
Think of words for the first pair, then try each with the second pair. The answer fits both, usually because it has two meanings.
More in what words mean
- Closest in meaningThe word that means the same, not the opposite.
- Opposite meaningsThe word most nearly opposite, not the same.
- Two odd ones outThe two words that don’t go with the other three.
- Word analogies"A is to B as C is to?", said as a sentence.
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