Year 6 · SPaG · Summer: Consolidation: revising the tested content
Year 6 revision: synonyms and antonyms worksheet and PowerPoint
To revise: synonyms; antonyms; synonyms and antonyms together.
What this sheet revises
Each question comes from one of the lessons below. If a question is tricky, look back at that lesson’s sheet and slides.
| Synonyms | Words with a similar meaning, and choosing the one that fits best. |
|---|---|
| Antonyms | Words with opposite meanings, and prefixes that make the opposite. |
| Synonyms and antonyms together | Telling synonyms from antonyms, spotting the odd one out and choosing the best word. |
Key words
- synonym
- a word with a similar meaning to another
- thesaurus
- a book of words grouped by meaning
- shade of meaning
- a small difference in strength or feeling
- context
- the words around a word that help show its meaning
- antonym
- a word with the opposite meaning
- opposite
- as different as possible
- prefix
- letters added to the start of a word
- negative prefix
- a prefix that means not, such as un- or dis-
What is on the worksheet
Every sheet for this lesson has a short teaching box and 12 questions that get gradually harder: 8 fluency questions, then 4 reasoning questions that ask pupils to explain or choose. A writing challenge follows. The questions use the same styles as the key stage 2 grammar and punctuation test (circle, underline, tick, fill the gap, add punctuation, rewrite, explain). They are written for this website, not copied from past papers.
All the answers are on the last page of the same editable Word file. New questions are made every time, so you can print a different sheet for every group or for homework. The same sheet code always gives the same sheet.
Writing challenge: Choose the lesson from this sheet that you found most difficult. Write three new questions of your own for a friend, with an answer sheet, then swap and mark each other’s work.
Pupil target: I can remember what I have learned and use it.
The PowerPoint
A 20-slide lesson deck for the same lesson: a starter that revisits earlier learning, key words, an I do and a You do question on each slide with a countdown timer, answers that appear one click at a time, and a challenge. Download the revision: synonyms and antonyms PowerPoint.
Where this lesson fits
This is lesson 60 of 72 in the Year 6 SPaG scheme, in the Summer term, block “Consolidation: revising the tested content”. It is taught before the SATs grammar test in May.
Other lessons in this block
- Revision: relative clauses, phrases and clauses
- Revision: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs and tenses
- Revision: pronouns, determiners, prepositions and sentences
- Revision: prefixes, suffixes and word families
- Revision: parenthesis, dashes and hyphens
- Revision: commas, apostrophes and speech
- Revision: colons, semi-colons, lists and notes
- Revision: verbs, Standard English and formal writing
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