LESSON
3
name _____________________________________________ date ____________
Synonyms
slosh
overcast
furious
task
orbit
frayed
mammoth
assist
lurk
bothersome
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A synonym is a word that means
the same or almost the same as
another word.
A. Write your best idea for a synonym for each word. Then check your
ideas in a dictionary or thesaurus.
1. slosh
___________________
2. assist ___________________
3. frayed
___________________
4. task ___________________
5. overcast
___________________
6. lurk ___________________
7. mammoth ___________________
8. orbit ___________________
B. Read each vocabulary word. Circle two other words that mean the
same thing.
1. furious
2. bothersome
upset
content
mad
helpful
annoying
difficult
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When you splash, you slosh.
A worn cuff is a frayed one.
A cloudy day is overcast.
A bothersome noise is squeaky chalk!
Something very large is mammoth.
If you are really angry, you are furious.
When you help people, you assist them. / A task is a job.
When you lurk, you wait. / If you circle Earth, you orbit it.
LESSON
3
name _____________________________________________ date ____________
Synonyms
slosh
overcast
furious
task
orbit
frayed
mammoth
assist
lurk
bothersome
A. Use what you know. Write the best word to complete each sentence.
1. Taking out the garbage was John’s daily _______________________ .
2. The spaceship will _______________________ one more time before landing.
3. His coat was old and _________________ at the collar.
4. Let’s _______________________ through the puddles.
5. It is _______________________ when you tap your fingers like that.
6. The sky was dark and _______________________ without the sun.
7. The dent in her car made Alice _______________________ .
240 Vocabular y Words Kids Need to Know: Grade 3 © 2012 by Linda Ward Beech, Scholastic Teaching Resources
8. The tall building seemed _______________________ to the small boy.
9. My cat will _______________________ at her dish until I feed her.
B. Read the words in each row. Then write a vocabulary word that is
a synonym.
1. huge, large, enormous _______________________
2. work, assignment, job
_______________________
3. slop, splash, stir
_______________________
4. help, aid, support
_______________________
Writing to Learn
Write a weather report. Use at least two of the vocabulary words.
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LESSON
3
name _____________________________________________ date ____________
Synonyms
Complete the puzzle. Find the synonym for each word.
Synonyms Across
angry
worn
job
cloudy
annoying
help
1.
3.
6.
7.
wait
circle
splash
large
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
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2.
4.
5.
8.
9.
10.
Synonyms Down
Answers
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Lesson 3, page 12: A. 1-8:
Answers will vary. B. 1. upset, mad
2. annoying, difficult page 13:
A. 1. task 2. orbit 3. frayed 4. slosh
5. bothersome 6. overcast 7. furious
8. mammoth 9. lurk B. 1. mammoth 2. task 3. slosh 4. assist
page 14: Across: 2. furious
4. frayed 5. task 8. overcast 9. bothersome 10. assist; Down:
1. lurk 3. orbit 6. slosh 7. mammoth
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