Language Arts Grade Five

Unit Seven, Lesson Four: Antonyms


  1. work
  2. shark
  3. spark
  4. dark
  5. bark
  6. cork
  7. salt
  8. metal
  9. sodium
  10. chloride
  1. potassium
  2. fertilizer
  3. irrigation
  4. crops
  5. cattle
  6. harvest
  7. alfalfa
  8. storage
  9. sheep
  10. grazing
Antonyms

One word can sometimes have several antonyms. For example, consider the antonyms for the word mean:


  friendly, nice, courteous, polite, kind

Here are some antonym pairs used in sentences:

	She said yes and he said no.

	The dog barked loudly and the cat meowed softly.

	My friend was mean and your enemy was nice.

	Her father is tall and his mother is short.

	My aunt yelled and my uncle whispered.

	In the summer in the desert it is often hot and seldom cold.


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