Antonym BINGO

An antonym review activity for grades 4-6. Created by Elizabeth Hynson at

http://teachingthroughmytwenties.blogspot.com/

Happy

Gloomy

Joyful

Sad

Delighted

About the Activity

Satisfies the following standards o Common Core

ELACC5L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.

c. Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., synonyms, antonyms, homographs) to better understand each of the words.

o NCTE standard #6 Students apply knowledge of language structure, language

conventions (e.g., spelling and punctuation), media techniques, figurative language, and genre to create, critique, and discuss print and non-print texts.

Materials Included:

20 different BINGO game boards A set of blank BINGO cards to create your own A list of 51 call words and their antonyms 1 page of BINGO markers to be duplicated if desired

Directions:

Give each student a BINGO board and a handful of chips/markers Randomly call the green words while the students find the antonyms

of those words (listed in orange) on their BINGO cards. o If there are words that the students are unfamiliar with it

may be good to go over some of the meanings as needed. It really just depends on the vocabulary level of your students.

The student who gets 5 words in a row wins the game!

Credits: Graphics from www.mycutegraphics.com

Font from http://www.kevinandamanda.com/fonts/

ANTonym BINGO

accept gentle tough false brave

guilt solid victory north join

unique open

land evident

cruel increase antonym create confident

dark common famous narrow positive

ANTonym BINGO

land gentle guilt tough cruel

shy healthy narrow deep permanent

increase vivid

evident create

disobedient fragile gloomy shrink antonym

correct north positive abundant confident

ANTonym BINGO

gentle increase evident deep approach

offer rough victory dry tough

abundant vowel

awful confident

shy unique dark join humble

reject success brave parent famous

ANTonym BINGO

shrink permanent open deep vivid

disobedient brave join victory gentle

dim north

dry dark

tough humble land approach increase

famous positive guilt success create

ANTonym BINGO

happy rough evident common increase

narrow cowardly create brave north

false famous

accept permanent

victory abundant reject parent approach

healthy admit positive land vivid

ANTonym BINGO

tough vivid healthy dry shy

disobedient unique create happy abundant

victory cruel

correct evident

entrance dim gloomy join shrink

dark permanent guilt narrow brave

ANTonym BINGO

accept increase false permanent narrow

success admit awful correct gentle

famous tough

brave evident

antonym vivid confident land disobedient

reject abundant happy unique cowardly

ANTonym BINGO

positive unique entrance accept disobedient

permanent evident awful gloomy offer

vowel abundant

confident gentle

parent dark common antonym rough

create solid humble open reject

ANTonym BINGO

common shy abundant fragile entrance

healthy antonym admit positive tough

false correct

vivid permanent

Offer deep famous disobedient evident

gloomy narrow unique cowardly approach

ANTonym BINGO

tough vivid healthy dry shy

disobedient unique create happy abundant

victory cruel

correct evident

entrance dim gloomy join shrink

dark permanent guilt narrow brave

ANTonym BINGO

accept narrow vowel admit create

positive cowardly vivid dim reject

solid gentle

cruel permanent

approach humble guilt disobedient evident

common dry join entrance awful

ANTonym BINGO

false gloomy evident admit shy

happy unique tough dark healthy

disobedient join

vivid shrink

cowardly awful rough open entrance

deep narrow correct victory cruel

ANTonym BINGO

awful permanent rough brave humble

healthy cruel parent vivid gentle

narrow approach

join dry

abundant shrink accept reject unique

common positive offer tough gloomy

ANTonym BINGO

reject guilt cowardly land shy

gentle permanent humble vowel shrink

antonym happy

dry create

vivid famous narrow brave fragile

common gloomy entrance victory offer

ANTonym BINGO

create north open healthy antonym

solid gloomy abundant offer deep

dark rough

vivid cruel

land dry fragile common vowel

join shrink confident humble admit

ANTonym BINGO

false cowardly humble tough brave

positive happy evident vivid entrance

antonym disobedient

offer healthy

deep success dark narrow shy

dry land awful gloomy solid

ANTonym BINGO

success narrow unique positive antonym

create abundant dim tough evident

cruel victory

cowardly entrance

solid parent increase north admit

correct vowel guilt awful humble

ANTonym BINGO

evident antonym open dry entrance

dark fragile humble happy guilt

vowel cowardly

unique shy

deep dim solid increase success

admit join land north famous

ANTonym BINGO

happy cruel dry awful parent

victory rough accept evident admit

shrink shy

open guilt

success vivid entrance positive approach

gloomy permanent join create dark

ANTonym BINGO

open reject healthy vivid guilt

admit tough cruel common awful

land unique

parent false

offer permanent victory gloomy confident

rough narrow positive disobedient deep

ANTonym BINGO

ANTonym BINGO

Call Words

afraid brave

incorrect correct

negative positive

destroy create

accept reject

great awful

outgoing shy

expand shrink

fragile tough

common unique

brave cowardly

unclear evident

depart approach

rough gentle

innocent guilt

bright dim

dull vivid

uncertain confident

tough fragile

sad happy

reject accept

scarce abundant

lie admit

unique common

kind cruel

light dark

shallow deep

wet dry

exit entrance

true false

unknown famous

cheerful gloomy

sick healthy

proud humble

decrease increase

leave join

sea land

wide narrow

south north

obedient disobedient

refuse offer

close open

child parent

temporary permanent

smooth rough

liquid solid

failure success

defeat victory

consonant vowel

synonym antonym

Markers