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Words with Multiple Meanings

 

Read the meanings of the word.  Then read the sentence.  Put the letter of the meaning that is used in the sentence.

 

a.       bail – n. money paid for release from jail 

b.      bail – v. to throw water out

1.  _____  If we don’t bail the water, our boat will sink.

2. _____  The prisoner could not leave prison because no one was able to pay his bail.

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a.       band  - n.  a thin strip for binding

b.      band – v.  group of musicians

c.       band -  v.  to gather together

d.      band – n.  a ring of elastic

3 ._____  The soldiers knew they had to band together to defeat the enemy.

4. _____  The colorful band at the bottom of  your dress is absolutely beautiful.

5. _____  That band around your wrist is much too right.  Please take it off right now!

6. _____  I like to dance to the music of the band that plays at the club every Friday night.

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a.       batter – n.  liquid mixture used for cakes

b.      batter – n.  baseball player

7. _____  I was nervous when I was the third batter in the ninth inning and there were two outs already!

8. _____  My dog likes to lick the remaining batter in the bowl after I pour the rest into the baking pans.

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a.       grave – adj.  important, serious

b.      grave – n.  a place of burial

9.  _____ Whenever I go back to Pennsylvania, I visit the graves of my relatives.