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FINDING SYNONYMS & ANTONYMS
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Synonymsand
Antonyms!
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FIRST, WE BEGIN WITH A WORD.
LET’S TRY THE WORD
“evening”
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WHAT DO I DO IF I DON’T KNOW WHAT THAT WORD MEANS?
• LOOK UP the word “evening” in the dictionary.
• For example, the word “evening” means late afternoon or early night.
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Now that we know what the word
“evening” means, let’s find a SYNONYM
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BUT FIRST WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT A SYNONYM IS
A SYNONYM is a word whose meaning is the same or almost the same to that of another word in the same language.
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WHAT ARE SYNONYMS?
Words that have the SAME or NEARLY THE SAME meaning
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Can you think of a word that means the same thing or almost the same thing as evening?
TEST YOU KNOWLEDGE
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If you chose the word “night”, you are very close, but that’s not quite it.
TEST YOU KNOWLEDGE
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ANOTHER RESOURCEto find a synonyms for evening
THE THESAURUS!
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A thesaurus is a book of synonyms, which makes it a perfect resource for finding synonyms!
THE THESAURUS
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Look up the word “evening” in your
thesaurus.
What do you find?
THE THESAURUS
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WHO FOUND THE WORD:
Dusk? Nightfall? Close of day? Sundown? Sunset? Eve? Twilight?
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No, not this Twilight...
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This twilight...
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“EVENING” is the time of day right around sunset, before it gets completely dark outside.
We sometimes refer to this time as “DUSK”.
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LET’S PRACTICE FINDING SYNONYMS!
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PLEASE FIND SYNONYMS FOR THE FOLLOWING WORDS:
• Start• Rock• Pretty• Road• City• Finish• Small• Lead
You have 8 minutes.
Go!
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EXAMPLE(S):
• large and big • tiny and small• happy and content • sad and miserable• funny and humorous • weird and strange
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IF THEY HAVE THE SAME MEANING, THEN WHY USE THEM?
• using the same word over and over again is dull
• these help make the sentence more interesting
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WHAT IS A SYNONYM?
A SYNONYM is a word that has the same or almost the same meaning
as another word.
EXAMPLES:big- large
cold-chilly
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WHAT IS A SYNONYM FOR MAD?
• happy• angry
• smart
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THE ANSWER IS…
angry
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WHAT ARE ANTONYMS?
Words that mean the OPPOSITE of each other.
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WHY USE THEM?
They help describe things better...
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EXAMPLE(S):
• cold and hot• smart and stupid• easy and hard• fast and slow• day and night• right and left
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EXERCISE:
WHAT IS THE ANTONYM OF:
•clean•complicated•ugly
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WERE YOU PAYING ATTENTION?
LET’S FIND OUT
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SUN - MOON
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HAPPY – SAD
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LEFT - RIGHT
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What is an antonym?
An antonym is a word that means the opposite of another word.
EXAMPLES: happy-sad
hot-cold
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What is an antonym for big?
• little• giant• cold
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THE ANSWER IS…
little
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Now it’s YOUR turn!
1. Read the following sentences.
2. Replace the underlined word with either a synonym or antonym of that
word.
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Sentence 1:
The student was silent during class.
What is a synonym for silent?
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Sentence 2:
The room was very bright.
What is an antonym for bright?
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Sentence 3:
The frog jumped into the pond.
What is a synonym for jumped?
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Sentence 4:
The towel was very wet.
What is an antonym for wet?
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Now you know all about synonyms and antonyms!
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Fun Synonym and Antonym Games
Synonym Sam’s Lab
Antonym Jeopardy
Word Frog+
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REFERENCES
Hazem, S. (2013). Synonyms and Antonyms. Available from: http://www.slideshare.net/heytherehowareyou/synonyms-and-antonyms-24585411 (Accessed 7 March 2014).
Jacobsen, M. (2011). Finding Synonyms. Available from: http://www.slideshare.net/mjay921/synonyms-power-point (Accssed 7 March 2014).
Kmcmillen92. (2012). Synonyms and Antonyms. Available from: http://www.slideshare.net/kmcmillen92/synonym-and-antonym-powerpoint (Accessed 7 March 2014).