Homophones, Synonyms and Antonyms…oh my!!

What are homophones?

• Homophones are words that sound the same, but have different spellings and meanings.

• Example:• A bear is a large furry animal.• She walked on the beach with bare

feet.

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You are not ______________ to vote until you are 18.

Question 1

allowed

aloud

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To be ______________ is to have lost interest in something.

Question 2

bored

board

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Can you _____________ that noise?

Question 3

here

hear

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I walked ___________ the door to the secret castle.

Question 4

threw

through

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Waiting in line for sold out tickets was a _________ of time.

Question 5

waist

waste

• Good!!

• Those were homophones.

• Now we can move onto synonyms!!

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Synonyms

• Synonyms are different words with identical or at least similar meanings.

• We must leave for the airport!• We must depart for the airport!

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Find the matching synonymfast hot wet start

begin mend quick fix

anger extra more warm

damp sleep wrath slumber

1. Fast = -------------

Click the synonym of “fast” on the word chart.

Find the matching synonymfast hot wet start

begin mend quick fix

anger extra more warm

damp sleep wrath slumber

2. hot = -------------

Find the matching synonymfast hot wet start

begin mend quick fix

anger extra more warm

damp sleep wrath slumber

3. wet = -------------

Find the matching synonymfast hot wet start

begin mend quick fix

anger extra more warm

damp sleep wrath slumber

4. start = -------------

Find the matching synonymfast hot wet start

begin mend quick fix

anger extra more warm

damp sleep wrath slumber

5. mend = -------------

Find the matching synonymfast hot wet start

begin mend quick fix

anger extra more warm

damp sleep wrath slumber

6. anger = -------------

Find the matching synonymfast hot wet start

begin mend quick fix

anger extra more warm

damp sleep wrath slumber

7. extra = -------------

Find the matching synonymfast hot wet start

begin mend quick fix

anger extra more warm

damp sleep wrath slumber

8. sleep = -------------

Great!! Now we know all about

homophones and synonyms!!Finally we have antonyms!!

Antonyms

• Antonyms are different words with opposite meanings.

• They went to dinner before the movie.

• They went to dinner after the movie.

Find the matching antonymlow close full kind

cruel difficult narrow thin

empty high fat open

smile easy frown wide

1. low = -------------

Find the matching antonymlow close full kind

cruel difficult narrow thin

empty high fat open

smile easy frown wide

2. close = -------------

Find the matching antonymlow close full kind

cruel difficult narrow thin

empty high fat open

smile easy frown wide

3. full = -------------

Find the matching antonymlow close full kind

cruel difficult narrow thin

empty high fat open

smile easy frown wide

4. kind = -------------

Find the matching antonymlow close full kind

cruel difficult narrow thin

empty high fat open

smile easy frown wide

5. difficult = -------------

Find the matching antonymlow close full kind

cruel difficult narrow thin

empty high fat open

smile easy frown wide

6. narrow= -------------

Find the matching antonymlow close full kind

cruel difficult narrow thin

empty high fat open

smile easy frown wide

7. Thin = -------------

Find the matching antonymlow close full kind

cruel difficult narrow thin

empty high fat open

smile easy frown wide

8. smile = -------------

Good! We learned all about homophones, synonyms, and antonyms!

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