Synonyms and Antonyms
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Synonyms and Antonyms
Please could anyone recommend any tips for building up speed and accuracy on synonyms and antonyms. My DS2 is struggling with this and I wondered if there was any books which were solely aimed at this topic.
Any advice greatly appreciated!!
Any advice greatly appreciated!!
Re: Synonyms and Antonyms
We used set of 13 vocab books from AE Tuition and 3 Schonnel books and found them quite useful not only for word learning but also for Cloze familiarisation/practice.
You can also look at the following online resources for learning new words and building speed.
Freerice.com
Learnthat.org
As you have rightly pointed out speed is the key for Antonyms/synonyms and children are expected to answer anywhere between 50 to 80 words in roughly 15 minutes.
You can also look at the following online resources for learning new words and building speed.
Freerice.com
Learnthat.org
As you have rightly pointed out speed is the key for Antonyms/synonyms and children are expected to answer anywhere between 50 to 80 words in roughly 15 minutes.
Re: Synonyms and Antonyms
Hi nard
I tried using this 8 letter game off woodlands junior school
http://www.eastoftheweb.com/cgi-bin/top ... game=eight
We also used free rice.
Both helped with vocabulary and synonyms & 8 letter game also seemed to help with close style fill in the blank words with only a few letters present.
Hope that helps.
I tried using this 8 letter game off woodlands junior school
http://www.eastoftheweb.com/cgi-bin/top ... game=eight
We also used free rice.
Both helped with vocabulary and synonyms & 8 letter game also seemed to help with close style fill in the blank words with only a few letters present.
Hope that helps.
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Re: Synonyms and Antonyms
There is a useful little book by Christine R. Draper: 'Synonyms and Antonyms. Vocabulary for the CEM style 11 plus'. It's a work book with word-banks and exercises, you could use it both for building up vocabulary and practising speed.
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http://www.scholastic.com/wordgirl/synonym_toast.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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What a brilliant game - and harder than it looks!yoyo123 wrote:http://www.scholastic.com/wordgirl/synonym_toast.htm
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we had our son drill. i posted a little python script I wrote here
http://www.elevenplusexams.co.uk/forum/ ... =3&t=44835" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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I managed 13800 after getting used to it. Is there any way to vary the difficulty. The words don't vary too much, but I like the speed bit. Y4 DD2 managed with a bit of help 8500 after a few goes, but if you don't know a word then you don't know it.
Strange one this, I liked it for speed and for showing a bit about the range of DD2 vocab. Once you have learned a few its will be useless pretty quickly
Strange one this, I liked it for speed and for showing a bit about the range of DD2 vocab. Once you have learned a few its will be useless pretty quickly