a word that has the same or similar meaning to another word

a word that has the opposite meaning to another word

a group of words common in feature, pattern or meaning

the study of the origin of words and the ways their meanings have changed over time

Synonyms and antonyms

English

In this unit, pupils stretch their understanding of noun, adjective, verb and adverbs word classes to incorporate more advanced word classes. In 'Key grammar terminology', pupils will build and apply to sentence contexts their understanding of determiners and fronted adverbials.  

In 'Word class', pupils learnt to identify and use the four main word classes in English: nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs. In this unit, pupils will stretch their understanding of word class to incorporate more advanced word classes.

Review of determiners, prepositions and fronted adverbials 

What word is given to a word that has the same or a similar meaning to another word?

Antonyms are words with opposite meanings. Match the pairs of antonyms. 

Andeep writes this sentence: 'Today, the weather has been warm and sunny.' Which sentence could go next to show a contrast?  

letters added at the start of a word to change its meaning

letters added at the end of a word to change its meaning

a group of words with a shared root word/spelling/meaning

Which of the following words form part of the 'hope' word family?

Match the labels to the examples of fronted adverbials. 

It begins with a subordinating conjunction. 

It does not make complete sense on its own. 

It needs a main clause in order to make complete sense. 

What tells us that 'as the sun rose' is an adverbial clause?

Before we could go to lunch, we finished our projects. 

Tick all the sentences that start with a fronted adverbial clause. 

Because the forest was so dark, we could barely see.

We could barely see because the forest was so dark. 

While Jun waited patiently, Miss Ofoedu marked his work. 

Miss Ofoedu marked Jun's work while he waited patiently. 

Decide which version of each sentence shows a fronted adverbial clause. 

While the hail fell, we huddled indoors. 

Before we could even finish, lunch was over. 

Tick all the sentences which begin with fronted adverbials of time. 

Yes, because it starts with the subordinating conjunction 'as'. 

Yes, because 'As a surprise' contains a verb. 

No, because there is no verb in 'As a surprise', so it's not a clause. 

No, because a clause cannot begin with 'As'.

Sam says the following sentence contains a fronted adverbial clause. Do you agree? As a surprise, Mr Clarke let us have extra play.

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Synonyms and antonyms

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.