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Becoming Familiar With Synonyms and Antonyms
4th grade Lesson
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What is a synonym? Words that have the same meaning but are completely different words. Which example shows synonyms? Happy/Sad Tidy/Neat Memory/recollection
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YOU ARE CORRECT! Tidy/Neat are synonyms because they are different words but have the same meaning! Memory and recollection are also examples of a synonym because they mean the same thing!
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INCORRECT These two words are actually examples of an antonym
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What is an Antonym? Two words that are the complete opposite of each other. Which of the following groups of words are an example on an antonym? Pleasant/Obnoxious Beautiful/Pretty
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You are CORRECT! Pleasant and obnoxious are opposite words! Can you think of other antonyms?
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Sorry, those are examples of a synonym
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Let’s try something a little bit harder…
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What’s the difference? Homonyms- words that are spelled the same but have more than one meaning. Homographs-words that are spelled the same, have different meanings and are pronounced differently. Homophones- words that sound the same but have different meanings and different spellings.
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Homonyms… Which of the following groups of words are considered homonyms? band/band Accept/except
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Well done! You are correct!
Can you think of any other homonyms? What about bug and bug? For example, My little brother really bugs me or I hate bugs!
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Sorry, that is incorrect
The choice you picked Is actually an example of a homophone.
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