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Exploring the world of euphemism through this collection of 15 insightful worksheets offers students an opportunity to develop essential skills in polite communication, linguistic awareness, literary analysis, cultural sensitivity, and creative language use.
This worksheet will help students to learn about euphemism and how it is a more polite way of saying things in English. They will have to choose the correct eup…
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Euphemism is an indirect expression used alternatively for some harsh words, realities, or facts, which if used directly, would cause a problem or controversy. Most people use euphemisms to avoid being rude. Euphemism is usually observed in literary works.
20 Οκτ 2020 · Country: Poland. School subject: English as a Second Language (ESL) (1061958) Main content: Euphemisms (1175179) From worksheet author: Match the meanings, complete the sentences.
Examples of Euphemisms. Kicked the bucket or passed away rather than died. Correctional facility rather than jail. Big-boned rather than overweight. Put to sleep rather than euthanized. Ethnic cleansing rather than genocide. Birds and bees rather than sex. As these examples prove, euphemisms are used in literature and in everyday life.
A little worksheet on language and culture that always promotes discussion and a few laughs along the way. Good for cultural comparison too and what is behind the euphemism. It goes well with the nine minute US video for which there is a link at the bottom. Be warned - some might find it offensive. The first two minutes make the point strongly enough. I usually ask students to work iin pairs ...
