Name
Date
Guess My Word
The professor is playing Guess My Word with Wendy and William.
The kids think the professor is amazing because when he looks at the
words on one side of a card, he can easily guess the word on the other
side. But like all the professor’s magic, there’s a trick to the feat. Use
the professor’s “tricks” to write a magic word on the back of each card.
Step 1: Read each pair of words below.
Step 2: The top word is a synonym for the professor’s word.
Step 3: The bottom word is an antonym.
Step 4: Choose a word from the professor’s word bank that relates
to the word pair and then write the word in the space provided.
answer
sad
hide
enough
Word Bank
angry
begin
climb
immense
occupy considerate
leave
plentiful
1. sympathetic
thoughtless
valuable
combine
brilliant
famous
2. enraged
pleased
__________
4. renowned
unknown
3. unhappy
joyful
__________
5. ascend
descend
__________
7. precious
worthless
6. dwell
vacate
__________
8. respond
question
__________
10. depart
arrive
__________
__________
9. sufficient
inadequate
__________
11. enormous
tiny
__________
__________
12. luminous
subdued
__________
__________
Bonus Box: Write an antonym and a synonym for each of the remaining
words in the word bank. Use a dictionary or thesaurus to help you.
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Answer Key
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considerate
angry
sad
famous
climb
occupy
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8.
9.
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11.
12.
valuable
answer
enough
leave
immense
brilliant
Bonus Box: Answers may vary. Possible answers are listed.
hide—synonyms: conceal, screen; antonym: reveal
begin—synonyms: commence, start; antonyms: end, stop
plentiful—synonyms: ample, abundant; antonyms: scanty, meager, scarce
combine—synonyms: join, connect; antonyms: disjoin, separate
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Word Analysis: synonyms and antonyms