Vocabulary: Synonyms, Antonyms & Homonyms – Basic 1 English Lesson Note (Second Term)

Synonyms – words that mean the SAME thing:

• big = large
• happy = glad
• small = little

Antonyms – words that mean the OPPOSITE:

• big ↔ small
• hot ↔ cold
• up ↔ down

Homonyms – words that SOUND the same but mean different things:

• buy (get with money) / bye (goodbye)
• see (with eyes) / sea (water)

Exercise 3: Match the synonyms:

• big → little
• happy → large
• small → glad

Exercise 4: Find the antonyms:

1. The opposite of hot is _____.
2. The opposite of up is _____.
3. The opposite of big is _____.

Exercise 5: Circle the homonyms that sound the same:

1. buy – bye – boy
2. see – sea – say