SYNONYMS

• define synonym

• identify synonyms

• choose appropriate synonyms for composition

• Give examples of synonyms

Read the following words 

beautiful big wide pretty

clean neat tall light

A synonym is a word or phrase which has the same or similar meaning as another word or phrase in the same language. For example, the words end, finish, and conclude are synonymous with each other because they share the same meaning. 

Examples 

Big - Huge beautiful - pretty

Smart - Intelligent Scared - Afraid

Small - Tiny alike - same

Begin - Start Like - want

Encircle the correct answer

1.  The sofa is too BIG for the living room.
   
   Pretty
   Large
   
   

2. Mice are really TINY animals.

Small
Nice

3. I HATE spiders, they are horrible.

Loathe
Kill

4. This lesson isn't very HARD!

Exhausting
Difficult

5. I hate watching FRIGHTENING movies.

Harsh
Scary

6. Please find a CHAIR.

Seat
Bed

7. I'm really POORLY, I haven't been out of the flat for days.

Lost
Ill

8. I CHOSE the fish, it looked delicious.

Picked
Ate

9. Please move to the CENTRE of the classroom.

Edge
Middle

10. I felt really SAD when I realised we didn’t say goodbye.

Unhappy
Angry