VOCABULARY

Introducing notions
Synonym = a word with the same or a similar meaning as another word in the same language. Example: large = big, happiness = joy, combine = unite Antonym = a word having the opposite meaning of another word. Example: big small, someone no one, trust distrust, to accept to reject Homonym = a word with the same spelling and pronunciation but with a different meaning from another word. Example: where (designates a place) vs. wear (to put on accessories, clothes and other items) hill (a unit of relief) vs. heal (to cure an illness) vs. heel (the back part of the foot) whole (the entire part of an object) vs. hole (an opening in or through something, a gap) horse (an animal) vs. hoarse (rough, harsh, usually referred to someone's voice)

Activities 1. Give synonyms for the following words from the text:
fowl, supper, pond, prison, saucepan, manner, locks

2. Provide with the homonym pair of the word:

meet week by worm leave their than sit wood eat knight sin

3. Replace the following expressions with a one-word synonym:

Pay respect to someone To bring something to a state of perfection To hold out

4. Decide which word in each of these groups is significantly different from the others.
What does it mean?

House cottage castle prison

Compliments respects injuries considerations

Manner way context method

Home shelter office place

5. Match the following words and phrases to the appropriate definitions:

to hoist shelter pond winding deaf manuscript

something that is very mazy a document usually written by hand a place where you feel safe and comfortable to raise an object high a small lake a person that doesnt hear

6. Provide antonyms for the following words:

to prohibit to initiate to believe majority audacious generally

7. Form sentences with the pairs of homonyms from below:

Wear eye suit deed hour know feat dole coarse bare base

8. Match the words to their antonyms:

quick developed artificial allow gain normal narrow broad none harsh ivory ebony modern unite foe appreciate adore abundance BIBLIOGRAPHY

natural loss banality

quality

please

sacred

mystery

mild

tedious

leisure

annoy

isolate

various

poverty

flaw

intensive

constant

queer

nice

ally

extensive

despise

mock

mount

slow

flexible

unpleasant

intact

profane harmed stiff obligation

prohibit

interesting

antique

dismount

Definitions from Word Power Dictionary, Readers Digest, 2005 Text from pages 68-69, Upstream, Upper Intermediate, Englez, Limba 1, clasa a X-a, Express Publishing, Bob Obee, Virginia Evans, 2005