Vocabulary Building Practice
Now that we remember how to use a dictionary and suffixes to improve vocabulary skills, let's put this knowledge into practice.
Building Vocabulary: Let's Practice
The activities below give you the chance to see how well you understand the usefulness of dictionaries and thesauri for building vocabulary. You'll also have a chance to practice working with suffixes. If you have a difficult time working with a dictionary/thesaurus and suffixes, you may return to review the information presented in the Let's Study section and then try these practice activities again.
Activity 1
Think of three words that you have heard or read but don't know what they mean. Try to look them up in a dictionary or thesaurus. Come up with a synonym (a word that means the same) and an antonym (a word that means the opposite). Fill in the chart below. We've done one to get you started.
| New Word | Synonym | Antonym |
|---|---|---|
| extraordinary | unusual | ordinary |
| |
Source: TV411, https://www.tv411.org/sites/default/files/Vocab05_New-Words.pdf
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