3rd Grade Word Analysis

Synonyms

100

Which of the following is a synonym for big?

a. happy

b. small

c. large

c. large

200

Which of the following is a synonym for happy?

a. sad

b. joyful

c. exhausted

b. joyful

300

What are two synonyms for the word "angry"?

mad, furious, irate, annoyed, irritated, indignant

400

Select the pair of words below that are synonyms.

a. beautiful, gorgeous

b. proud, shameful

c. day, night

a. beautiful, gorgeous

500

Select the word pair below that are synonyms.

a. tall, short

b. sea, see

c. excited, thrilled

c. excited, thrilled

Antonyms

100

Words that are antonyms are ______________.

opposite

200

Select the antonym for the word "silly."

a. serious

b. funny

c. happy

a. serious

300

What is an antonym for the word "up"?

Down

400

Select the pair of words that are antonyms.

a. pretty, tired

b. tall, short

c. to, too, two

b. tall, short

500

Select the antonym pair from the words below:

a. their, there

b. massive, huge

c. excited, enraged

c. excited, enraged

Homophones

100

Homophones are words that have different means but __________ the same.

sound

200

Put sea and see in the correct order:

I went to the beach to ___________ the __________.

I went to the beach to see the sea.

300

Select the homophone pair from the list below.

a. happy, sad

b. bear, bare

c. angry, furious

b. bear, bare

400

Put the homophones hair and hare in the correct blanks.

The wild ________ had beautiful white ________.

The wild hare had beautiful white hair. 

500

Put the homophone pairs in the correct place.

they're, there, their

They went over _________ to the lost and found to find ________ missing hats. 

They went over there to the lost and found to find their missing hats. 

Syllables

100

How many syllables are in the word "pencil?"

2

pen/cil

200

How many syllables are in the world "butterfly?"

3

but/ter/fly

300

Which of the following words have 3 syllables?

a. sharpener

b. scissors

c. jacket

d. computer

a. sharpener

d. computer

400

Which of the following words is split correctly by syllable?

a. m/ap

b. cab/inet

c. de/sk

d. car/pet

d. car/pet

500

Which of the following is split correctly by syllable?

a. lad/der

b. pa/per

c. ma/rk/er

d. ch/air

a. lad/der

b. pa/per

Remix

100

Which is the correct spelling of the word below?

a. becos

b. becasue

c. because

c. because

200

Which of the following is the correct spelling of the word below?

a. chrash

b. trash

c. trach

b. trash

300

What are two synonyms for the word "small?"

tiny, itty bitty, teeny, miniscule

400

What is an antonym for the word "child"?

adult, grownup, parent

500

Use the homophones below in a sentence:

hear, here

Student responses

hear-something you hear

here-refers to a location