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Hello! I'm Tanya from Russia. I study English and now I'm working on my term paper. I'll be very grateful if someone could help me as a consultant.
I need the explanation of the the difference between verds bound, spring,jump and leap..
There are some sentences in English with the synonyms like above ones...I need
somebody to tell me which one is using in English or not..and why .. if you can
explain..
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Grade each of the sentences below according to the
following scale:
1
Unacceptable
2 Marginally acceptable
3 Not preferred
4 Acceptable, not
preferred
5 Acceptable, preferred
He could leap over seven
meters.
He could jump over seven meters.
He could spring over seven
meters.
He could bound over seven meters.
He leapt up from his chair.
He jumped up from his
chair.
He sprang up from his chair.
He bounded up from his
chair.
The dog began leaping about.
The dog began jumping
about.
The dog began springing about.
The dog began bounding
about.
His heart was leaping within him.
His heart was jumping within
him.
His heart was springing within him.
His heart was bounding within
him.
Big rocks were bounding down the side of the hill.
Big rocks were
jumping down the side of the hill.
Big rocks were springing down the side of
the hill.
Big rocks were leaping down the side of the hill.
The ball
struck the wall and bounded back to me.
The ball struck the wall and jumped
back to me.
The ball struck the wall and sprang back to me.
The ball
struck the wall and leapt back to me.
I jump farther than you on flat
ground.
I bound farther than you on flat ground.
I leap farther than you
on flat ground.
I spring farther than you on flat ground.
The ball
jumped up and out and hung on the wind.
The ball bounded up and out and hung
on the wind.
The ball sprang up and out and hung on the wind.
The ball
leapt up and out and hung on the wind.
They leapt over the fence.
They
jumped over the fence.
They bounded over the fence.
They sprang over the
fence.
I spring out of bed, naked as I am, and I just start to tear
him.
I jump out of bed, naked as I am, and I just start to tear him
I leap
out of bed, naked as I am, and I just start to tear him
I bound out of bed,
naked as I am, and I just start to tear him
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0% GOOD (1 votes) 
November 2011 