Question

Which sentence uses the negative connotation of the word cheap? he always comes up with some cheap excuse to miss gym class. we liked going to the downtown pizza joint because it was pretty cheap. although the material was cheap, it was of surprisingly good quality. i would recommend traveling by bus because it’s quite cheap.

Answer 1

The first one. All of the other examples are talking about things price-wise, whereas a cheap excuse is a very bad excuse.

Answer 2

The correct answer is A. He always comes up with some cheap excuse to miss gym class

Explanation:

In language, the connotation of a word refers to the associations or ideas linked to a word and that is different to the denotative meaning or the definition of a word that can be found in a dictionary, also connotations can be negative or positive. In the case of the word "cheap," its denotative or literal meaning is inexpensive or that has a low price; on the other hand, this word is linked to other ideas such as being of little quality of being inferior that are negative connotations. This means the sentence that uses the negative connotation of this word is "He always comes up with some cheap excuse to miss gym class" because in this sentence the word poor describes something that is inferior or has a low quality (negative connotation) rather than just describing something that has a low price.