This week we are again looking at synonyms

This week, we are again looking at synonyms and antonyms. Can you remember what they are? synonym A synonym is a word that has the same (or nearly the same) meaning as another word. An antonym is a wordantonym that has the opposite meaning than another word.

This week, we are looking at synonyms and antonyms relating to travelling instead of using ‘walked’ or ‘ran’. Synonyms for ‘walked’ Synonyms for ‘ran’ ambled sprinted tottered raced strolled darted staggered dashed sauntered galloped Can you order the words on a scale from slowest to fastest?

We are going to play Mystery Squares. Get your whiteboards at the ready! How many points can you collect? Use ‘raced’ in a past tense sentence. 1 Act out one of the spelling words for a partner. 20 Use two of your spelling words in one multi-clause sentence. Use the word ‘strolled’ in a sentence that also has a parenthesis of extra additional information. Make three smaller words using the letters from ‘sauntered’. 5 Use the word ‘tottered’ in an active sentence. Write a dictionary definition for the word ‘staggered’. Write two synonyms for ‘raced’. Write a past perfect sentence that uses the word ‘dashed’. Use the word ‘darted’ in a sentence with a fronted adverbial. 10 ? ? points 15 7 2 4 ? points 3 9 6 8 ? points Write a direct speech sentence that uses the word ‘galloped’. Use the word ‘ambled’ in a sentence that starts with a subordinating conjunction.

Here are your spelling words for this week. Work hard to practise these ‘walked’ and ‘ran’ synonyms and antonyms. ambled tottered strolled staggered sauntered sprinted raced darted dashed galloped