Question 26 of 46intermediate✨ CreateEssay5 marks

Create a list of at least five other verbs that begin with 'over' and frame sentences of your own.

Correct Answer

Here are five verbs beginning with 'over' and their sentences:

1. Overcome - The team worked together to overcome all obstacles in their path.

2. Overlook - The manager decided to overlook the minor mistake since it was the employee's first offence.

3. Overtake - The faster runner managed to overtake his competitor in the final lap.

4. Overestimate - Do not overestimate your abilities; always prepare thoroughly for any challenge.

5. Overhear - I happened to overhear their conversation about the surprise party.

Other possible verbs with the 'over-' prefix include: overwork, oversleep, overeat, overreact, overcharge, overcook, overload, override, and oversee.

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Explanation

This creative exercise extends students' vocabulary by encouraging them to find more verbs with the 'over-' prefix and use them in original sentences. Other possible verbs include: overwork, oversleep, overeat, overreact, overcharge, overcook, overload, override, oversee, and overlook.

Solution Steps

  1. Identify verbs that begin with the prefix 'over-'

  2. Frame original sentences using each verb correctly

  3. Overcome means to successfully deal with or defeat a problem

  4. Overlook means to deliberately ignore or forgive a mistake

  5. Overtake means to catch up with and pass someone or something

  6. Overestimate means to assess something as greater than it actually is

  7. Overhear means to hear something accidentally without the speaker's knowledge

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