This enjoyable picture quiz on synonyms aims to expand the vocabulary, literacy and all-round English language skills of children in KS1. When reading, the National Curriculum would like children to extend their word bank and this quiz on synonyms is designed to aid that objective.
There are many words in the dictionary and often, we find ourselves using the same ones over and over again. To prevent this, you could use a thesaurus and look up synonyms. A synonym is a word that means the same thing, like the words ‘rich’ and ‘wealthy’.
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You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - What are synonyms and antonyms?
When looking for a synonym, you are looking for another word that is exactly or as close as possible to meaning the same thing.
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Hard and difficult both mean the same thing.
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A thesaurus is like a dictionary but instead of helping you understand what a word means, it gives you other words that mean the same thing.
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The largest animal on earth is the blue whale.
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The word cautious means careful.
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The centre of the earth is called the core.
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Some ants are as small as one to two millimetres long.
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Imagine if we called Superman, Excellentman - that would be a bit harder to say.
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The word vacant means empty. When people look for jobs, they look for 'job vacancies'.
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In some countries, people celebrate Halloween and dress up as ghosts.
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