The document provides instructions for decoding word meanings using synonyms and antonyms. It explains that synonyms are words that have similar meanings and can help understand a word by considering context clues. Antonyms are the opposite words and can also help in decoding meanings. An example conversation is given where one person helps explain the process of using synonyms and context clues to determine a word's meaning to another person struggling with an assignment.

1. Decoding Meaning with
Synonyms and antonyms
Presented by :
Miguel Andrew D. Soledad

2. Before we start, let’s
read the conversation
between Lance and
Crylle

3. Hi Crylle, What’s
up? You seems not
to be fine now.
What is your
problem?

4. Hi, Lance. I am fine
but I got an
assignment and it
seems to be hard.
Here, take a look.

6. Can you help
me out to this
assignment?

7. Oh, that is so easy.
Watch carefully so
that you will know
what to do.

8. First, you should look for the word you want to
decipher.
Ex : look
Second, think of a word that is familiar or
lighter in meaning. It is usually easily found in
a sentence.
Ex : look - see

9. Through this, you will know its
meaning. You can also know it through
context clues.
Ex : I’m looking forward to meet
you next time.
Ex : I think that our family has a
get together next month.

10. Meet has the same meaning with get
together. It is explained through using
synonyms.
In short, synonyms are words that
have the same or similar meaning.
They are useful when describing
something to avoid repeating a word
used earlier.

11. In short, synonyms are can be
used to get the meaning of a
word by using context clues.
Also, you can use antonyms in
decoding words through finding
the opposite meaning of a word.

12. Wow! That’s
awesome!
Thanks for the
help, Lance.

13. You’re welcome.
Just call me if you
need any help. Oh,
my mom is calling
me. Good bye,
Crylle!

14. Okay, Good bye,
Lance. See you
next time!

16. “Prayer of St. Francis”
Make me a channel of peace
Where there is hatred, let me bring your love
Where there is injury your pardon, Lord
And where there’s doubt true faith in you
Make me a channel of your peace
Where there’s despair in life, let me bring hope
Where there is darkness only light
And where there’s sadness, ever joy
(Refrain)
Oh, Master, grant that I may never seek
So much to be consoled as to understand
To be understood as to understand
To be loved as to love with all my soul
Make me a channel of your peace
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned
In giving to all men that we receive
And in dying that we are born to eternal life.

17. Find all the antonyms
in the lyrics. List down
in the table below.

18. Words Synonyms Antonyms
Note : You can add rows if you wish to add.

19. Encircle all the synonyms of
the given word.
1. happy - glad, sad, joy, gay
2. small - big, little, tiny,
microscopic
3. rich - ample, wealthy, poor,
plenty
4. big - large, huge, bulky, grand
5. fear - brave, panic, fright, scare

20. Write the opposite words on the blanks to
describe the following. Choose from the
word in the box.
a turtle is _______; a rabbit is _________
hair is _______; cotton is _________
fire is ________; ice is ________
Father is a _______; Mother is a _________
stone is ________; feather is ________
man fast heavy hot
light
slow woman black white
cold