Swap for a Synonym

Students rewrite sentences by replacing bolded words with fitting synonyms, maintaining the same meaning and tone. For instance, tired might become sleepy or exhausted. This exercise promotes vocabulary expansion, encourages attention to nuance, and reinforces sentence-level context skills. It also improves writing fluency through varied word choice.

Curriculum Skills Explored

English Language Arts – Vocabulary and Word Choice

English Language Arts – Sentence Meaning and Context Clues

English Language Arts – Synonym Substitution

English Language Arts – Writing and Word Precision

This worksheet is part of our Synonyms collection.