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Learning Notes This Vocabulary lesson pack contains eleven exercises on identifying and
writing synonyms and antonyms. Each worksheet can be used over a
period of consecutive days either as warm-up, practice or review.
Teaching Tip Have students use different colored highlighters to distinguish between
synonyms and antonyms. Have students use a thesaurus to look up
additional synonyms and antonyms for each exercise and a dictionary to
look up any unknown words. (Visual, Tactile)
Modifications
and/or Extensions To modify these exercises, read each set of four words given and have
students choose the two words that are either synonyms or antonyms.
Create teams and give points to the teams that answer correctly. Discuss
answers. To extend these exercises, have students create a comic strip,
poem or narrative that includes synonyms and antonyms. Instruct students
to highlight the synonyms and antonyms.
Recommended Exercises
Introductory: Exercises on Dictionary Skills, Definitions and Descriptive Adjectives
Follow-up: Exercises on Analogies, Homophones and Words with Multiple Meanings
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Relationships: Synonyms, Antonyms From the EPS book Wordly Wise 3000 Book 2
The following focus on identifying correct synonyms or antonyms
The Lessons included in this pack are as follows:
Relationships: Synonyms, Antonyms From the EPS book Wordly Wise 3000 Book 2
The following focus on identifying correct synonyms or antonyms
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● For each word in Column A, find a synonym in Column B. Write the number of the
synonym next to the word.
A B
frighten 1. earth
harm 2. scare
grateful 3. peacefulness
make 4. build
loyal 5. great
world 6. piece
powerful 7. damage
blackness 8. correct
wonderful 9. strong
● For each word in Column A, find an antonym in Column B. Write the number of the
antonym next to the word in Column A.
A B
day 1. release
damage 2. night
beautiful 3. thanklessness
harmful 4. ugly
helpful 5. fearlessly
happiness 6. loosen
speechless 7. fix
capture 8. harmless
difference 9. talkative
Directions: Fast and quick have the same meaning. Circle the pairs below that also have
the same meaning.
Set I Set II
1. fast—quick 1. thick—wide
2. bright—shiny 2. save—keep
3. bell—clock 3. buy—sell
4. sad—unhappy 4. hill—mountain
5. hide—seek 5. car—automobile
6. hungry—thirsty 6. rush—hurry
7. object—thing 7. shop—store
9. dog—cat 9. happy—glad
Directions: Can you think of another word with the same meaning? The first one is done
for you.
above
over ___________________________________________________________
build __________________________________________________________
angry __________________________________________________________
hold ___________________________________________________________
clean __________________________________________________________
Directions: The first word in each problem is underlined. Circle another word in the row
that has the same meaning as the underlined word.
Opposites
Opposites
Directions: In each row there is one word that is the opposite of the underlined word.
Find this opposite. Circle it.
Synonyms
A word that has the same or almost the same meaning as another is called a
synonym. Under and beneath are synonyms, for example.
Directions: Some of the following pairs of words are synonyms, and some are not. Label the pairs
of synonyms S and the pairs that are not synonyms NS.
Directions: Some of the following pairs of words are synonyms and some are antonyms. Label the
synonyms S and the antonyms A.
______ 1. hate—love
______ 2. frightened—scared
______ 3. squirm—wiggle
______ 4. energetic—tired
______ 5. timid—bold
______ 6. win—lose
______ 7. silly—foolish
______ 8. kind—cruel
1. Some of the following pairs of words are synonyms and some are not. Put a star
by each pair of synonyms.
weak—strong silence—stillness start—beginning
pants—trousers prank—trick extra—enough
boring—dull fast—rapid drag—pull
end—middle make—create clever—rapid
2. Circle any word in the following list that is a synonym for argue. You may need to
look up words you do not know in a dictionary.
quarrel ask select
disapprove begin reason
dislike haggle persuade
wrangle command indicate
squabble bicker dispute
explain introduce talk
3. Underline any word in the following list that is a synonym for fearful.
proud scary horrible
sturdy energetic eager
terrible frightening tense
honest strong famous
4. Give at least two synonyms for each word. Then check with the dictionary or with
your classmates to see how many synonyms you can find for each word.
tired __________________________________________________________________
boring ________________________________________________________________
lift ____________________________________________________________________
sad ___________________________________________________________________
Directions: Give a synonym and an antonym for each word. The first one is done for you.
1. small little
S: _______________________ A: large
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Directions: Give a synonym for each word. Give two synonyms if you can.