Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms are words that have similar meanings

Gigantic

Small

bright

tasty

Huge

Tiny

shiny

delicious

Antonyms are words that have different meanings

Weak

Silly

cool

blunt

strong

Serious

warm

Sharp

• messy
  
• rich
• annoyed
• clever
• fed up
• tiny
• pleased

write the correct synonym on your mini white board

• easy
• noisy
• miserable
• polite
• naughty
• exciting
• clever
• clean

write the correct antonym on your mini white board

What are synonyms?

1. Rhyming words
2. words with opposite meaning
3. words with similar meaning

What are antonyms?

1. words that rhyme
2. words with opposite meaning
3. words with similar meaning

Which is a synonym of "strong"?

1. weak
2. tiny
3. mighty

Which is an antonym of "full"?

1. large
2. open
3. empty

Look at page 52 SB

Do exercises 1 up to and including exercise 5

Use your notebook!

Exercise 6: 

We can agree with people by using not very + an antonym

Example: Tom's so messy!

Yes, Teenagers aren't very tidy ,are they?

Complete exercises 7 and 8

on page 52 pf your student book

Workbook Unit 6

Ex 10 Vocabulary - Synonyms and Antonyms

Homework