Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms are words that have similar meanings

for example:

huge - gigantic

small - tiny

bright - shiny

tasty - delicious

Antonyms are words that have opposite meanings

Examples

warm - cool

strong - weak

serious - silly

sharp - blunt

• 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

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?

Workbook Unit 6

Ex 10 Vocabulary - Synonyms and Antonyms

Complete exercises 7 and 8

on page 52 pf your student book