Mr and Mrs Selfie get to grips with antonyms and synonyms.
Antonyms and Synonyms…
Two words are antonyms if their meanings are opposite. Like ‘slow’ and ‘fast’.
Two words are synonyms if their meanings are the same or similar, like ‘pretty’ and ‘lovely’.
Another example would be two words like ‘distracted’ and ‘unfocused’, or ‘vain’ and ‘self-obsessed’. Their meanings are similar. They are synonyms, so you can use one instead of the other, or both together.
They apply to all types of words. For example, ‘road’ and ‘motorway’, ‘rapid’ and ‘fast’, ‘travel’ and ‘move’. They are all synonyms.
Antonyms are words with opposite meaning. Antonyms could be words like ‘safe’ and ‘dangerous’, or ‘carefully’ and ‘carelessly’, for example.
If we replace ‘carefully’ in the sentence, ‘They drive carefully’ with its antonym or opposite, it becomes ‘They drive carelessly’.
So that’s it for antonyms and synonyms.
Two words are antonyms if their meanings are opposite. And two words are synonyms if their meanings are the same or similar.
Do you know what the thesaurus had for breakfast?
Synonym rolls.
Video summary
Part of a series of animated films following a cast of characters’ adventures and mishaps as they get to grips with grammatical terms.
In this film, Mr and Mrs Selfie’s afternoon drive takes an unexpected turn as they learn about antonyms and synonyms.
This clip is from the series Grammar for 11-14 year olds.
Teacher Notes
Make use of a simple matching activity to build understanding of antonyms and synonyms.
Find synonyms and antonyms for Dickensian adjectives or any other appropriate text.
This clip is suitable for teaching English at Key Stage 3 or Third Level.
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