Synonyms/Antonyms

Students’ Learning Outcomes

· Recognize and use words similar and opposite in meaning

Information for Teachers

· Similar means having same meanings.

They are also called synonyms.

· Opposite words are also called Antonyms.in grade 111, we use direct opposite e.g. big/small, old/new, dirty/clean etc.

· Opposite are often adjectives as they describe (words) e. g. old book, small cat etc.

Material / Resources

Board, chalk/marker, worksheet, charts, textbook.

Worm up Activity

· Ask the students randomly to tell anything about the following:

· Big in the class / anything small in the class.

· Clean in the class / anything dirty in the class.

· Dull / black / white / colorful in the class.

· New in the class / anything old in the class.

· After this activity, tell the students that they will learn some similar and opposite words.

Development

Activity 1

· Write the following words on the board.

· Old, long, difficult, big, hard, tall, heavy, new, small, beautiful, cold, short.

· Ask the students to work in groups and tell the words and their opposite from the given list of words.

· Once the students have done with the opposite, discuss similar meanings of the words with them. Let the students guess.

· Help when required.

· Ask the students to note down the similar and opposite meaning words in their notebooks side by side.

Activity 2

· Write the following activity on the board.

· Find the word next to it that is the synonym.

1. Bad; awful, silly

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2. Pretty; beautiful, ugly

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3. Thin; fat, lean

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4. Big; large, small

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5. Talk; speak, silent

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6. Wet; dry, soaked

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7. Quick; slow, fast

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8. Glad; happy, sad

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· Draw three columns on the writing board and ask the students to draw the same in their notebooks e. g.

Words	Similar meaning words	Opposite meaning words
big	large	small

· Ask the students to guess the meanings of difficult words in pairs.

· Ask them randomly about the meanings of the difficult words.

· Ask them to write similar meaning words and opposite meaning words in respective columns.

· Tell them to note the words and meanings side by side on their notebooks.

· Once they understand all the meanings, ask them to put them in the columns accordingly.

· Take rounds to monitor and help the students, where required.

Sum up / Conclusion

· Conclude the lesson by asking the students:

What are synonyms? Given example:

What are antonyms? Given example:

Assessment

· Assess students’ performance through activity 1 and 2.

· Take a round and ask students about their scores.

· Involve the students in solving problems given in exercise at the end of unit/chapter.

Follow up

· Ask the students to consult a dictionary to find out opposite or similar meaning words of the following:

Old long difficult

Big hard tall

Heavy fast small

Beautiful cold short