No-Prep Needed – Printable Activities with Synonyms and Antonyms

As educators, we all want our students to be successful learners, and one of the most important factors in achieving this goal is a strong vocabulary. Explicit vocabulary instruction – teaching words and their meanings directly – has significantly benefited children, including improved reading comprehension, better academic performance, and even enhanced social skills.

One way of boosting those vocabulary skills is to introduce and explicitly teach your students a variety of synonyms and antonyms. This printable activity is a great way to build in additional practice using synonyms and antonyms.

Teaching Synonyms Just Got Easier – Printable Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheets

This worksheet to practice identifying and using synonyms in context requires students to

• Read a sentence.

• Replace a word in the sentence with a synonym.
• Identify and write antonyms for specific words.

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This resource was created by Lisamarie Del Valle, a Teach Starter Collaborator