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

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Sing Along!

6. Let’s Review! Nice and kind are: Happy and sad are: Bye and buy are:
synonyms
Happy and sad are:
antonyms
Bye and buy are:
homonyms
Quiet and loud are:
Two and to are:
Fast and quick are:

7. 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!

8. Jeopardy
Synonyms
Antonyms
Homonyms
100
200
300
400
500

9. Synonyms-100 Points
What is a synonym for the word “nice”?

10. Synonyms-200 Points
What is a synonym for the word “cheerful”?

11. Synonyms-300 Points
What is a synonym for the word “walk”?

12. Synonyms-400 Points
What is a synonym for the word “impolite”?

13. Synonyms-500 Points
What is a synonym for the word “honest”?

14. Antonyms-100 Points
What is an antonym for the word “up”?

15. Antonyms-200 Points
What is an antonym for the word “dark”?

16. Antonyms-300 Points
What is an antonym for the word “right”?

17. Antonyms-400 Points
What is an antonym for the word “old”?

18. Antonyms-500 Points
What is an antonym for the word “talkative”?

19. Homonyms-100 Points
Describe the definitions of the words “I” and “eye”.

20. Homonyms-200 Points
Describe the definitions of the words “meet” and “meat”.

21. Homonyms-300 Points
Describe the definitions of the words “mail” and “male”.

22. Homonyms-400 Points
Describe the definitions of the words “hair” and “hare”.

23. Homonyms-500 Points
Describe the definitions of the words “Sunday” and “sundae”.