A thesaurus provides synonyms, antonyms, meanings, and parts of speech for words. It can be used to replace underlined words in sentences with synonyms from parentheses. An assignment asks to write five descriptive words and give the synonyms and antonyms of each.
2. A thesaurus is a book that gives
the synonyms and antonyms of a word.
Aside from synonym and antonym, a
thesaurus also given the meaning and part of
speech of a word. It also tells what part of
speech a word is.
3. Replace the underline word with synonyms inside the
parenthesis.
1. My aged grandmother can hardly stand on her own feet (young,
old)
2. The clever boy can explain his drawing instantly. (smart, dull)
3. Mothers’ gold bracelet is costly. (cheap, expensive)
4. I want the house to be clean all the time. (tidy, messy)
5. The initial letter of her name Minerva is M. (last, first)
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