Synonyms, Antonyms and Homonyms

1. Synonyms, Antonyms
and Homonyms
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2. Synonyms: Words that have the
same or almost the same
meaning.
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• easy
• feed
• big
• grumble
• start
• ill
• crazy
• simple
• eat
• large
• complain
• begin
• sick
• silly

3. Exercise
Read this sentence.
The car collided into the large tree.
Which word is a synonym for the underlined
word.
A big
B crashed
C bush
D drove
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4. Read this sentence.
The humorous joke made us laugh.
Which word is a synonym for humorous as used
in the line above?
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A person
B comedian
C funny
D happy
Exercise

5. Antonyms: Words that have opposite
meanings.
give
loud
thick
full
enemy
father
add
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take
quiet
thin
empty
friend
mother
subtract

6. Read this sentence.
It was hard for Ann to stay calm on her birthday.
Which word is an antonym for the word calm as
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it
Is used in the sentence?
A sad
B present
C happy
D excited
Exercise

7. Exercise
Which two words are ANTONYMS?
A pull, carry
B sad, depressed
C up, curly
D wet, dry
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8. Homophones: two or more words that have the same
pronunciation, but different spellings and different
meanings
• ate
• see
• cent
• hour
• no
• write
• son
• eight
• sea
• sent
• our
• know
• right
• sun
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9. Exercise
Read this sentence.
Would you like a glass of apple juice?
Which of the following words from the sentence could be
spelled differently and have a different meaning?
(A)Would
(B) glass
(C)apple
(D)juice
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10. Exercise
If I get good grades, Mom will _____ a
_____ phone for my birthday.
Which pair of words makes the sentence correct?
(A) by, cell
(B) buy, sell
(C) buy, cell
(D) by, sell
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