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= Homophones! =



What are homophones? Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings.

__Directions:__ Choose a pair of homophones from the box (or any that aren't listed) in a sentence below.

hi bee hair build hey blue ring sale hour knot dear || red high be hare billed hay blue wring sail our not deer ||
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Sentences: We love to play guitar hero on the wii after all of our homework is done.

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= Synonyms! =

What are synonyms? Words that mean the same thing.

Example: little, tiny, small

__Directions:__ Come up with two synonyms and list them below. Then use one in a sentence.

quiet, demure The demure girl suddenly broke in to song, amazing her classmates.

= Antonyms! =

What are antonyms? Words that mean the opposite.

Example: hot/cold, tall/short, big/little

__Directions:__ Come up with with a pair of words that are antonyms and list them below. Then use one in a sentence.

tired, energized She knew that she was not going to be energized for her eight o'clock meeting in the morning.

= Compound words! =

What are compound words? When two words are joined to form a new word.

Examples: baseball, strawberry, headache

__Directions:__ Let's make a class list below and list as many compound words as we can come up with.

Class List: rollerskate

= Prefix! = What are prefixes? A letter or group of letters attached to the beginning of a word that partly indicates its meaning.

Examples: __re__take, __mis__communication,

= Suffix! = A letter or group of letters added to the end of a word or stem, serving to form a new word or functioning as an inflectional ending.

Examples: port__able__, leg__ible__, den__tist__,