Synonyms, Antonyms, and Homophones
This section contains interactive games and activities that focus on homophone usage, synonyms, antonyms, and word choice.
Homophones on Halloween - Online Game
Description: In this neighborhood, you’ll only earn your Halloween candy if you know your homophones. Go from house to house in this neighborhood full of haunted houses and earn full-sized candy bars for identifying the correct homophones for each sentence. How many candy bars can you earn in two minutes? Can you earn each type of candy bar such as Butterthumbs, Skitters, and Milk Ways? Classified under: Spelling game, spelling games, homophones game, homophones games
Not Boring Jeopardy - Homophones
Description: This is a "jeopardy" like game on homophones. It's super fun for classrooms, individuals, or small teams, totally customizable. Uncheck "teams take turns" to make it more exciting for kids. Classified under: Spelling game, spelling games, homophones game, homophones games
Ant-O-Nyms - Online Game
Description: You are an ant with your ant friends. Your goal is to navigate through the grass and dirt paths back to your ant home. Your knowledge of antonyms will guide you. Choose the correct antonym for each word that appears and your swarm will move in the right direction. Be careful though, you have limited time! If you take too much time, you’ll become dinner for a hungry anteater.
Word Ops - Online Game
Description: In Word Ops, players are presented with a word and have three minutes to make as many words from that word as possible. The longer the words you form are, the more points you get! You’ll have three minutes to play. If you can achieve 50 points, you’ll receive a bonus minute.
Word Maker - Online
Description: Word Maker is a fun tool that allows students to explore naturally how words are formed. First choose the number of letters per word and drag and drop a letter or digraph tile to the first blank. Watch how the rest of the alphabet reacts when a letter is selected. Some letters will remain while others will be eliminated. Find out if any words start with CW, EH, or even Rhom!
Word Maker Demonstration Video
Description: This video will show you how to use Word Maker.
Common Homophones
Description: This activity requires students to use the correct homophone to complete the sentence.
Using Common Homophones in a Paragraph - Online
Description: This online activity requires students to complete a paragraph by selecting the correct homophones from the drop down menus.
Using Common Homophones in a Paragraph
Description: This printable activity requires students to input the correct homophone in each blank to complete the paragraph.
Common Homophones Crossword
Description: This interactive crossword requires students to practice homophones such as "threw" and "through". Students simply click a number on the puzzle to see the sentence with the missing word. Students must use the word bank to identify the missing word and type it in correctly.
Synonyms of "Big" Word Search
Description: This is a word search that requires students to find ten synonyms of "big." No word bank! This is lots of fun.
Sophisticated Words
Description: This activity requires students to replace the underlined words in the paragraph with more sophisticated words from the word bank.
Basic Synonyms - Online
Description: This is basic synonyms online quiz. It gives immediate feedback.
Basic Antonyms - Online
Description: This is a quiz that assessment basic antonyms. It gives immediate feedback.
