UNIT 3 : How Do You Describe Them All?

How Do You Describe Them All?

Grammar Focus

      1.      What is a synonym?

Synonyms are words or phrases which have the same or nearly the same meaning as other words or phrases in the same languange:
The words ‘small’ and ‘little’ are synonyms.

Here is a list of synonyms that you can use to describe things, feelings or people:

Adjectives	Synonyms
Big	Large
Cunning	Clever
Nice	Kind
Noisy	Rowdy
Old	Ancient
Rich	Wealthy
Rude	Impolite
Safe	Secure
Slim	Slender
Thin	Lean

     2.    What are antonyms or opposites?

An antonym is a word which means the opposite of anotherword antonyms are also called opposites. Two opposites of ‘light’ are ‘dark’ and ‘heavy’

List of opposites :

Words	Antonym
Cold	Hot
Finish	Start
Complicated	Simple
Foreign	Domestic
Import	Export
After	Before
Professional	amateur
Tall	Short
Fat	Slim
Handsome	Ugly

Summary

          1.      Describing someone

                When we ask someone’s height, weight, age, we usually use the question words “how” or “what”. To describe  person’s height, weight, or age, we sometimes have to give the exact measurement.

          

          2.    Nationality

            There are many countries, languange and nationalities  around the world. All country  names are unique. They are not similiar to languanges or nationality names, languange and nationalityt names are often, but not always similiar. For example : French-the languange, and America-the nationality are not the same in the case of the United States. Look at the following sentences.

          

           3.    Profession

            Many kinds of professions you can do based on your qualifications or skills, such as a doctor, a lawyer, an astronaunt, a teacher, a technician, a web programmer, and etc.

          4.    Synonyms

             Synonyms are words phrases which have the same or  nearly the same meaning as other words or phrases in the same languange: The words ‘small’ and ‘little’ are synonyms.

          5.     Antonyms or opposites

              An antonym is a word which means the opposite of another word. Antonyms are also called opposites. Two opposites of ‘light’ are ‘dark’ and ‘heavy’.