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JSC English First Paper | Unit: 4, Lesson: 7 | Check your reference | Synonyms and antonyms

A. Look at the questions and ask and answer.
What is a synonym ? What is an antonym ?
Do you know of any two words with the same or nearly the same meaning ? What about 'boring' and 'dull' ?
Do you know a word that means just the opposite of another word ?
What about 'obey' and 'disobey' ?

B. Read the text and do the following activities in pairs.
A synonym is a word that means the same or almost the same as another word. There may be more than one synonyms for some of the words. Big and large, 'begin' and 'start' are synonyms.
An antonym is a word that means the opposite of another word. 'Sorrow' and 'happiness', 'right' and 'wrong' are examples of antonyms.

C. Find the synonyms of the following words. Take help of the dictionary.
idle   text   annoyed result goal trip valuable return

D. Find the synonyms of the words in the dictionary page in Lesson 3.
fit   fitted fitting
Make sentences with the synonyms.

E. Find the antonyms of the words in the dictionary page in Lesson 3.
fit fitted
Make sentences with the antonyms.

F. From your dictionary find the antonyms of the following words.

profit   complete strong   hard different   sweet fair minor

G. Match a word in A with a synonym in B.

A
B
noise
harm
boring
sight
handy
irritate
mend
dull
damage
useful
jealous
row
annoy
envious
view
fix

H. Fill in the boxes with the synonyms of the word 'happy'.
Class viii , JSC English First Paper » JSC English First Paper  Unit 4, Lesson 7  Check your reference  Synonyms and antonyms
I. Match a word in A with its opposite in B

A
B
high
accept
lose
light
refuse
low
temporary
subtract
heavy
permanent
add
gain
minor
outdoor
indoor
major

J. Fill in the boxes with the opposites/ antonyms of the word 'happy'.
Class viii , JSC English First Paper » JSC English First Paper  Unit 4, Lesson 7  Check your reference  Synonyms and antonyms
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