Language Arts Grade Five

Unit Six, Lesson Four: Synonyms


  1. bringing
  2. sitting
  3. writing
  4. running
  5. biting
  6. stinging
  7. biking
  8. national
  9. recreation
  10. hiking
  1. grade
  2. steep
  3. atom
  4. proton
  5. neutron
  6. electron
  7. nucleus
  8. charge
  9. positive
  10. negative
Synonyms

Words with the same meaning are synonyms of one another. You can use synonyms to add variety to your writing. Instead of using the same word over and over, you could use a synonym instead to make things more interesting. Here are some more synonyms.


  song melody tune ballad serenade

  sad unhappy depressed despondent gloomy miserable

  happy glad elated thrilled cheerful

  angry annoyed irritated mad agitated

You can use books which contain lists of synonyms or you might want to use one of the many computer programs than make it easy to look up synonyms.

Here is a sample quiz question involving synonyms.


  Select the synonym for yell

    a) whisper

    b) shout

    c) draw

    d) play

Obviously the answer is b (shout).


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