Name:
A. Antonyms
An antonym is a
word that has
the opposite
meaning to
another word.
For example: old –
young (antonym)
Choose the most suitable antonym word or phrase for each underlined word
below by circling your choice:
1. Rangers disable traps that poachers set to catch their prey.
a. remove
c. clean
b. enable
d. help
2. Every 15 minutes another elephant is killed for his ivory
tusks to make trinkets nobody needs
a. people
c. somebody
b. children
d. no-one
3. Hundreds of millions of sharks are killed each year for
expensive dishes, such as shark fin soup.
a. important
c. exotic
b. affordable
d. unhealthy
4. It is suspected that some populations of
pangolin (also called a scaly anteater) will decline by
at least 50 percent in the next 21 years.
a. believed
c. reported
b. shouted
d. respected
5. The government should ban all illegal wildlife trade.
a. stop
c. allow
b. prohibit
d. discontinue
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GRADE 5
Grade 5 English Home Language Term 1 Week 5-6: Language structures: Antonyms, future tense
Antonyms and the simple future tense
GRADE 5
• The future tense expresses an action that
has not yet happened
• This tense is formed with «will” or “shall”.
• On occasion the word ‘be’’ is included in the
future tense.
For example: “I walk to school every day – I will
walk to school every day.
Rewrite the following sentences by changing them into the future tense.
1. The dogs ate all the pellets.
2. Poachers sell millions of wild animals and animal body
parts.
3. People make trinkets and clothing from the animals’
body parts.
4. He stole the parrot when no one was looking.
5. Tourists ride elephants on a safari.
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Grade 5 English Home Language Term 1 Week 5-6: Language structures: Antonyms, future tense
B. The future tense