Practice identifying, matching, and using synonyms, which are words that mean the same or almost the same thing.
Read each problem carefully. Choose or write a synonym for the underlined word. Show your thinking in the space provided.
Practice finding words with the same or almost the same meaning
Language Arts - Grade 2-3
- 1
Circle the synonym for happy: sad, glad, tired.
- 2
Write a synonym for big.
- 3
Choose the word that means the same as fast: quick, slow, late.
- 4
Replace the word small with a synonym in this sentence: The small puppy slept in the basket.
- 5
Match each word to its synonym: start, shut, below. Synonyms: close, under, begin.
- 6
Circle the synonym for angry: mad, silly, quiet.
- 7
Write a synonym for little and use it in a sentence.
- 8
Choose the synonym for clean: neat, dirty, broken.
- 9
Read the sentence: The road was quiet. Which word could replace quiet: silent, noisy, bright?
- 10
Write a synonym for jump.
- 11
Choose the pair of synonyms: cold and chilly, cold and hot, cold and sweet.
- 12
Replace the word nice with a stronger synonym in this sentence: My teacher gave me a nice smile.
- 13
Match each word to its synonym: house, gift, stone. Synonyms: present, rock, home.
- 14
Circle the synonym for look: see, hide, run.
- 15
Write a sentence using a synonym for smart.