Synonyms Thesaurus Use WALT use a thesaurus to

Synonyms & Thesaurus Use WALT: use a thesaurus to generate synonyms to make our writing more interesting. WILF: • Understand the term synonym • Use a thesaurus to find synonyms • Ensure that words make sense in context

What is a synonym? A synonym is a word that has a similar meaning to another. Example. ■ good fine okay Similar means almost the same but with a small difference. Can you describe the difference between the words?

How can we use synonyms? ■ Synonyms can be used instead of common words (high frequency words) ■ Common words lack power in our writing. They can make our writing boring. ■ By choosing more unusual words a text can become interesting.

Using a thesaurus ■ A thesaurus is a book which lists words alphabetically in a similar way to a dictionary. ■ Beside each word entry is a list of synonyms.

TASK 1: Can you match up the synonym pairs? In your Writing book, write each word with it’s correct synonym. You may need to look up words in a dictionary/ thesaurus to help you. strange tug always difficult tiny softly large dull fast pull small hard hungry giant odd quick blunt forever gently ravenous

TASK 2: You need to use a thesaurus to replace the word ‘bad’ in each space in the following paragraph. Re-write the paragraph in your Writing book with the new words you have found. REMEMBER – you can’t just pick any word. The sentence still needs to make sense. Late one night I heard a bad noise - what could it be? Was is some bad creature doing a bad deed? As I went to investigate I could smell something bad, and I wondered what bad thing could have happened. All the bad things I could think of filled my mind, and as a I crept round the corner I saw a bad sight… It was a _______ !

TASK said 3: Use a thesaurus to look up the following words. Create a list of synonyms in your Writing book which could be used instead of the following words. hungry funny pretty mistake try collect end rough