President Abraham Lincoln often visited hospitals to talk with wounded soldiers during the Civil War. Once, doctors pointed out a young (a) soldier who was near death and Lincoln went over to his bedside. "Is there anything I can do for you now?" (b) asked the president. The soldier obviously didn't recognize Lincoln, and with some effort, he was able to whisper (c), "Would you please write a letter to my mother?" (d) The president carefully began to write down what the young man was able to say: "My dear (e) mother, I'm afraid I'm not going to recover. Don't grieve too much for me, please!”. The soldier was too weak to continue (f), so Lincoln signed the letter for him and added, "Written for your son by Abraham Lincoln.” The soldier (g) asked to see the note and was astonished (h) when he discovered who had written it.

1.    Give an antonym of (a)

2.    What speech act is performed in (b)?

3. What kind of deixis can be found in (c)?

4. What is a presupposition of (d)?

5. Give a homophone of (e)

6. What can be a paraphrase of (f)?

7. Give two words of the same semantic field of (g)

8. What is a synonym of (h)?