CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
An ANTONYM is a word with ____
A
the same meaning
B
a different meaning.
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -An antonym is a word that means the opposite of another word. For example, hot and cold are antonyms, as are good and bad.

Detailed explanation-2: -An antonym is a word that means the opposite of the other word. For example, good and bad are antonyms of each other.

Detailed explanation-3: -An antonym is a word that is the opposite of another word. An opposite can be the other side of, reverse of, or something contrary to anything, not just words. Below are some examples: ‘Hot’ is the antonym/opposite of ‘cold.

Detailed explanation-4: -An antonym is a word that has the opposite meaning of another word. For example, the word small means of limited size, while big means of large size. Happy, a feeling of gladness, is an antonym of sad, a feeling of sorrow. Nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs can all have antonyms, though not all do.

Detailed explanation-5: -There are three types of English antonyms: contrary antonym, complementary antonym and converse antonym. According to the traditional linguistics, antonyms are totally opposite in meaning.

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