Antonym -Opposite meaning to a word, but same sort of speech.
Example:
Word: hot
Antonym: cold
Synonym - almost the same meaning, and shares the same part of spech
Example:
Word: hot
Synonym: scorching
Determine if the pairs of Valentine’s Day themed words are synonyms or antonyms.
Elegant Graceful ___________________
Hug Embrace _____________________
Generous Selfish ____________________
Adorable Cute _____________________
Cheerful Sad ______________________
Considerate Thoughtful _______________
Put sysonym rigth beside the word if there a sysnonm
Elegant Graceful (Synonym)
Hug Embrace (Synonym)
Generous Selfish (Antonym)
Adorable Cute (Synonym)
Cheerful Sad (Antonym)
Considerate Thoughtful (Synonym)
Motive red herring sleuth breakthrough Suspect witness alibi hunch Deductive reasoning inductive reasoning
The Case of the Missing Cheeseburgers
Billy was an angry man. He was jealous that all of the other guys in town got to eat cheeseburgers for free. Every ___1____ in town knew this, so when they were assigned to the case of the missing cheeseburgers, their first _____2_____ was Billy! Billy would definitely have a ____3____ to steal cheeseburgers, since he was so bitter and angry about the situation.
Detective Sesame was at the crime scene, Mama’s Burger Joint, collecting clues. While collecting clues, he was very careful not to jump to any conclusions, as a ________4_________ had distracted and fooled him before! He questioned all of the employees, but nobody saw anyone leave with cheeseburgers: “Oh, no! No _____5_____!?” exclaimed Detective Sesame. “How am I supposed to catch this burger burglar if nobody saw him??”
Motive red herring sleuth breakthrough Suspect witness alibi hunch Deductive reasoning inductive reasoning
1. Hunch
2. Suspect
3. Motive
4. Red herring
5. Witness
heres the 2nd part Detective Sesame and his partner Detective Angus didn’t give up. They went straight to Billy’s house to see if he knew anything about this. They thought maybe they could catch him in a lie. They wrapped on his door.
“Billy, where were you two nights ago??” They knew he wasn’t going to work and his boss could prove it.
Days went by and there wasn’t a ______7________ in the case. No new clues. The detectives used their logical thinking. They eliminated many possible suspects by ________8________. Then, Detective Sesame got a ____9_____; he had a feeling that he didn’t get all of the information from the employees. He went have a good answer. They were wrong. Billy had an ______6____. He was at back to Mama’s Burger Joint and re-interviewed three of the cooks and one cleaner. Finally, he put all of the pieces of the puzzle together through _____10_______. He figured out what happened to the missing cheeseburgers!! Did you??
7. Breakthrough
8. Deductive reasoning
9. Hunch
6. Alibi
10. Deductive reasoning