1st Year
|Worksheet 14
Synonyms
A synonym is a word which has almost the same meaning as another word.
Synonyms can be any part of speech (such as nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs or prepositions), as long as both members of the pair are the same part of speech. Here are more examples of English synonyms:
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 verb o
"buy" and "purchase" adjective o
"sick" and "ill" adverb o
"quickly" and "speedily" preposition o
"on" and "upon"
Exercise 1 Look carefully at the following list of words and try to match each one up with its synonym. Draw a line to connect each synonym and then write the word in the space provided. The first one has been done for you. difficult clever
neat distraught
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______ cheeky speak friendly upset tidy amiable rude smart stupid courageous
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1st Year
|Worksheet 14
enthusiastic talk = _________________
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