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Becoming Familiar With Synonyms and Antonyms 4 th grade Lesson

Becoming Familiar With Synonyms and Antonyms 4 th grade Lesson

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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/bandAccept/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.