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Synonym Worksheets

Synonym Worksheets
Synonyms and Antonyms Series - The Complete Guide - Save Time! View Now... Simile Exercises - Simile Synthesis - Sentence Rewriting View Now... Synonym Worksheets Synonyms are words that have similar or the same meanings. The Synonym Drop We pick words out of sentences and ask you to determine the correct word to drop in its place. Synonym Replacement We ask you to change words in a reading passage. Sentences With Synonyms We tell you which words to change, we just give you a word bank to work with. Pulling Synonyms Together You choose between two possible words to match the meaning of the words. Walk the Plank, Synonyms! Means The Same Find two words in each row that have a similar meaning. The Synonym Retake Change the words that we point out in the sentences. Snatch a Synonym This is a really good review. Synonym Password This is in your basics testing format. Synonym and Antonym Match This includes antonyms with it. Elementary Level Synonym Worksheet This is a basic matching activity. Related:  vocabularyVocabularyVocabulary

18 English words that mean very different things in Britain and America As the old adage famously goes: you say tom-MAY-toes, and I say tom-MAH-toes. We should probably call the whole thing off, right? Ever since the might of the British Empire was expelled from the United States, ordinary folk from both sides of the pond have chuckled at each other's use of the English language and pronunciation. Here are several important examples you need to remember - simply to make sure no one gives you a weird look when you're off on your holidays. 1. UK: A woollen pullover worn in the winter US: Someone who commits suicide by leaping from a building or bridge 2. UK: An eraser for a pencil US: A condom 3. UK: Something a baby wears (noun) US: Frizzy or hairy (adjective) 4. UK: The floor above the ground floor US: The ground floor of a building UK: Flaps attached to a race horse's face to restrict its vision US: Indicators on a car 6. UK: Another word for jewellery box US: Another word for coffin 7. UK: Informal party wear, dressing up as a well-known character 8. 9. US: An old man

A Quiz: 25 Common Idioms that you Really Need to Know I know the feeling. I have been there. You have studied English really hard this year. Just by sheer luck, at a party, you are introduced to a British person and you feel it’s your opportunity to shine. “Did he just say something about the skin of my teeth?” Yes. In this quiz you’ll find some very common idioms used by native speakers. Blog de Cristina is also on facebook. Tool used: Riddle Do you know what these idioms mean ? If something is on your bucket list You need to buy it quickly You want to do it before you die It is something you do when it is raining If you cut corners You do something in the easiest or most inexpensive way You are in a strong position when you are competing with someone else You stop doing something before you have finished If you bite off more than you can chew You eat everything on a plate, thus depriving anyone else of having any You take on a task that is way too big You drink very heavily If you hit the sack you go to bed you go to the gym you quit your job If you rock

Doing It Differently: Tips for Teaching Vocabulary Every Monday my seventh grade English teacher would have us copy a list of 25 words she'd written on the board. We'd then look up the dictionary definitions and copy those down. For homework, we'd re-write each word seven times. Good, now you know it. Copying definitions from the dictionary we would probably all agree is not an effective way to learn vocabulary. The truth is, and the research shows, students need multiple and various exposures to a word before they fully understand that word and can apply it. Selecting Words Ah, so many words, so little time. My first year teaching, before my tenth graders began reading Lord of the Flies, I went through every chapter and made lists of all the vocabulary words I thought they'd have trouble with, so that I could pre-teach them. When I looked at those long lists, I began to freak out. Then, here's what to do after the students pick their own words: Read through them all and use the results as a formative assessment. Ranking Words The Rationale

Vocabulary placement test - intermediate students Have you tried our vocabulary placement test for elementary students, and it was too easy for you? Have you scored close to 2000? Then this is the vocabulary test you should take. There are 60 questions and the score at the end tells you how many words from the 3,000 words you know. If you want to do the test on the full screen, click the button below. If you want to know the total number of English words that you know among the 5,000 most frequent words in English take the Vocabulary test for elementary students and then add the score to the score from the test above. Remember, THE MORE ENGLISH WORDS YOU KNOW THE BETTER YOUR ENGLISH IS!!!! Please, if you spot a mistake, or you come up with a better definition, please leave a comment.

Vocabulary Games, English Vocabulary Word Games Humanising Language Teaching Magazine for teachers and teacher trainers Daniela Tomatis, Italy Daniela Tomatis is a teacher at Scuola Media Villanova Mondovì, Cuneo, in the north of Italy. She is interested in vocabulary teaching and memory techniques. She enjoys trying new activities. E-mail: dan.ro@tiscalinet.it Menu IntroductionStarting point – Emo cardsSuggested activitiesWorking aloneWorking in groupsWorking in pairsWorking with the whole classReferences Introduction Teaching a word does not cause its automatic learning by the students. Starting point – Emo cards Whenever we find a new verb during the lessons, Ss are asked to make small cards of the verbs in order not to forget them and to help them pass from the recognition stage to the production one. Students can choose how to draw their verbs, kinds of picture, stickmen, - also images which work as reminders for the keywords, when they memorize the verbs using this technique. Suggested activities Students learn best by making sense of their own vocabulary and internalising it. Working alone References

10 Illustrated English Idioms That Will Make Your Life Easier For many people learning English for the first time it can be daunting and complex language to master. Lots of silent letters, complex spellings and odd expressions which often go over the heads of most non-English speakers. To make learning English a little easier, Irish illustrator Roisin Hahessy has created some wonderfully simple yet funny pictures to help make things a little clearer. She's also a part-time English teacher in Brazil so she uses the series to aid her students as well. Now whenever you hear any of these English idioms, thanks to Hahessy at least now you'll have a better idea of where the conversation is heading! Via Roisin Hahessy

SynonymsVocabulary Games and Resources For example “big” (an adjective), “slowly” (an adverb) and “talk” (a verb) all have synonyms, while “sock” (a noun) does not. Synonyms are fun to learn using matching and pick-it games. Kids like learning synonyms thanks to online synonym games as well as online kids dictionaries. There are many synonym resources for teachers available for creating synonym lesson plans, synonym worksheets and synonym classroom activities. Also online, a kids’ thesaurus is a useful way to create synonym lists as is a kids’ dictionary. Synonym games for elementary school students are very popular with third, fourth and fifth graders, while the Basal Reader Synonym Match is an ideal middle school synonym game. ESL students also greatly benefit from using fun online synonym games as these help them master the nuances of English vocabulary.

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