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100 Great English Oxymorons - Free Infographic

100 Great English Oxymorons – Free Infographic

100 Great English Oxymorons – Free Infographic

An oxymoron is a phrase or expression that contradicts itself, for example, liquid gas and pretty ugly. It is literally a contradiction in terms. The word oxymoron is itself an oxymoron, meaning ‘sharp-dull’ or ‘keen-stupid’ from the Greek.

This free infographic features 100 common English oxymorons that we use in everyday written and spoken English. Why not learn them and try to use them in your daily life.

This infographic is free, so please feel free to share it widely! The information is taken from Big Grammar Book Intermediate Book 1, which you can download for free here. There is also a printable worksheet below (with answers) that practices using oxymorons.

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100 Great English Oxymorons - Free Infographic

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Activity:

Direct download: https://purlandtraining.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/match-english-oxymorons-exercise.pdf

Answers:

100 Great English Oxymorons - Free Infographic

100 Great English Oxymorons – Free Infographic (Answers)

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150 Words which are both Verbs and Nouns

150 Words which are both Verbs and Nouns

150 Words which are both Verbs and Nouns:

150 Words which are both Verbs and Nouns

150 Words which are both Verbs and Nouns

Find this and many more helpful exercises in the free Big Grammar Book Intermediate Book 1 – Download Now!

150 Words which are both Verbs and Nouns:

act
address
aim
answer
attack
balance
bear
benefit
blame
block
blow
broadcast
brush
buy
care
cause
claim
comfort
contrast
control
cook
copy
crack
crash
curl
curve
cut
cycle
design
dislike
display
doubt
drink
email
end
escape
estimate
exchange
excuse
experience
face
fight
film
finish
fish
flood
flow
fold
form
function
guess
guide
heat
help
hold
hope
humour
hurry
increase
influence
insult
interest
joke
judge
jump
kick
kiss
knock
land
laugh
lift
light
limit
link
look
love
march
mark
match
mind
name
need
notice
object
order
paint
place
plane
plant
play
post
process
promise
protest
question
race
rain
record
repair
reply
report
request
rescue
respect
result
return
ring
risk
roll
row
rule
sand
search
shape
shelter
shock
shop
show
sign
signal
silence
sketch
smile
smoke
sound
stamp
start
state
step
sting
stop
struggle
study
suit
supply
support
surprise
taste
test
trade
train
transport
trick
trust
turn
twist
type
use
value
visit