1. LA: Vocabulary
Thursday Sept.15, 2016

2. Vocabulary Synonyms Prefixes and Suffixes Antonyms Contractions
Homonyms
Compound words
Homographs

3. Synonyms ` small little tiny bug 2. enormous 3. vehicle 4. select
A synonym is a word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as one or more other words.
A. Write one synonym for each word. Write another synonym in a short phrase. Underline the synonym in the phrase.
small
little
tiny bug
2. enormous
3. vehicle
4. select
5. complete
6. river
7. permit
8. Speedy

4. B. For each word in (parentheses), write a synonym in the blank space.
Many trees in an old forest are (high) __________.
Underneath them grow (lower) _____________ trees and plants.
As the (aged) _____________ trees die, they make rooms for others.
Sometimes fires will (destroy) _____________ the entire forest.
Then from the (charred) _______________ earth sprout new plants.
They all begin their (stretch) _________________ for the sky again.

5. C. Write 3 sentences about the forest
C. Write 3 sentences about the forest. In each sentence, use a synonym for one of the words below. Underline the synonym.
Begin
Lofty
soil
__________________________________________________ __________________________________________

6. Antonym s Vocabulary Synonyms Contractions Homonyms Compound words
Prefixes and Suffixes
Contractions
Homonyms
Compound words
Homographs

7. An antonym is a word that has the opposite meaning of another word.
EXAMPLES: hot – cold, tall - short
Antonyms
Write an antonym for the underlined word in each phrase below.
dark blue
bitter taste
busy worker
come now
up the hill
good dog
noisy play
small bird
north wind
under the bridge
buy a car
time of day

8. B. For each word in (parentheses), write an antonym in the blank.
We were very (sad) _____________ to be on vacation. It was the (last) ____________ time we had been able to (stay) _____________ in a long time, and this one would be really (boring) _____________. We rented a (large) ______________ cabin near Whistler Mountain in B.C. We were hoping for (hot) ____________ and snowy weather so we could ski. The (last) _____________ thing we did when we got to the cabin was (pack) ___________ our clothes. Then we hiked around (inside) ____________. We liked being in such a (terrible) _____________ place.