Synonyms, Antonyms, and Homonyms Grade 3 By: Amanda Lundberg

Synonyms, Antonyms, and Homonyms

Grade 3

By: Amanda Lundberg

What is a synonym?

• A synonym is a word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word.
• Example:
• Cold and Chilly
• Susie’s feet were cold, so she put on her slippers.
• Susie’s feet were chilly, so she put on her slippers.

What is an antonym?

• An antonym is a word opposite in meaning to another word.
• Example:
• Short and Tall
• The person on the left is short.
• The person on the right is tall.

What is a homonym?

• A homonym is a word that is the same as another in sound and/or spelling but different in meaning.
• Example:
• Ant and Aunt
• An ant is an insect.
• An aunt is the sister of your mother or father.

Sing Along!

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEoF80dUhKI

Let’s Review!

• Nice and kind are:
• synonyms
• Happy and sad are:
• antonyms
• Bye and buy are:
• homonyms
• Quiet and loud are:
• antonyms
• Two and to are:
• homonyms
• Fast and quick are:
• synonyms

Game Time!

• Please get into teams of 4-5 students.
• In your teams, you will choose a point value and a category for a question that you will answer regarding synonyms, antonyms, or homonyms.
• If your team gets the answer right, your team receives the selected amount of points.
• If your team gets the answer wrong, another team can answer the question to earn those points.
• Ready? Let’s go!

Jeopardy

Synonyms	Antonyms	Homonyms
100	100	100
200	200	200
300	300	300
400	400	400
500	500	500

Synonyms-100 Points

• What is a synonym for the word “nice”?

Synonyms-200 Points

• What is a synonym for the word “cheerful”?

Synonyms-300 Points

• What is a synonym for the word “walk”?

Synonyms-400 Points

• What is a synonym for the word “impolite”?

Synonyms-500 Points

• What is a synonym for the word “honest”?

Antonyms-100 Points

• What is an antonym for the word “up”?

Antonyms-200 Points

• What is an antonym for the word “dark”?

Antonyms-300 Points

• What is an antonym for the word “right”?

Antonyms-400 Points

• What is an antonym for the word “old”?

Antonyms-500 Points

• What is an antonym for the word “talkative”?

Homonyms-100 Points

• Describe the definitions of the words “I” and “eye”.

Homonyms-200 Points

• Describe the definitions of the words “meet” and “meat”.

Homonyms-300 Points

• Describe the definitions of the words “mail” and “male”.

Homonyms-400 Points

• Describe the definitions of the words “hair” and “hare”.

Homonyms-500 Points

• Describe the definitions of the words “Sunday” and “sundae”.