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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