Enhancing Vocabulary Through Synonyms Practice

Explore the world of synonyms and learn how they can elevate your writing by practicing creating lists of synonyms for various words. Delve into understanding nuances between synonyms and discover how to use them effectively to enhance your sentences. Engage in interactive exercises to improve your vocabulary and language skills.

• Synonyms
• Vocabulary
• Writing
• Language skills
• Practice

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2. Synonyms A synonym is a word similar in meaning to another word. Writers often use a synonym to make a sentence more effective. For example: After waiting for the bus for over an hour, Mandi felt annoyed, frustrated and infuriated! Why do you think the writer here eventually chose the word infuriated? How is it different from annoyed or frustrated?

3. Synonyms List We are going to practise creating a list of synonyms. How many synonyms can you jot down for the word sad? Here are some words that could have been used: unhappy miserable upset depressed morose gloomy heart-broken

4. Synonyms List We are going to practise forming our own list of synonyms. On the next few slides, you will see a selection of words. When you read a word, write down words that have the same meaning. Jot down as many as you can.

5. happy

6. frightened

7. cold

8. hot

9. hard

10. smile

11. fun

12. anger

13. said

14. help

15. sick

16. home

17. like

18. small

19. Using Synonyms We are going to practise using synonyms to improve a sentence. For example: Liam felt scared during the horror movie. Write down synonyms for the word scared then rewrite the above sentence. You could have written: Liam felt petrified during the horror movie. Liam felt terrified during the horror movie. Liam felt horrified during the horror movie.

20. Using Synonyms Shamir won the race. Write down synonyms for the word won then rewrite the above sentence.

21. Using Synonyms Vascal was worried about the upcoming Maths test. Jot down any synonyms of worried then rewrite the above sentence.