Synonyms worksheet for students to practice replacing underlined words with synonyms from a given list.

Let’s go step by step to solve this synonym worksheet.

We are given a box of words:
brushed, threw, steered, road, whirled, released, soil, leaped, grasped, mastered, disagreed, acquired

We need to replace each underlined word in the 12 sentences with a synonym from the box.

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Sentence 1: “I was digging in the dirt when my mom called me for lunch.”
→ “dirt” means soil → use soil

Sentence 2: “Mary jumped across the cold and sparkling stream.”
→ “jumped” can be replaced by leaped

Sentence 3: “Rob drove his truck to school.”
→ “drove” here means steering or controlling the vehicle → use steered

Sentence 4: “Noah argued with his brothers.”
→ “argued” means had a disagreement → use disagreed

Sentence 5: “Mike groomed his dog.”
→ “groomed” means brushed or cleaned → use brushed

Sentence 6: “Ben drove his wheelchair down the street.”
→ “street” is same as road

Sentence 7: “Mark dropped his book-bag.”
→ “dropped” means let fall or released → use released

Sentence 8: “Isabelle danced to Swan Lake.”
→ “danced” can mean moved gracefully — “whirled” fits (spun or twirled) → use whirled

Sentence 9: “Jonah aced his exam.”
→ “aced” means did very well → mastered the exam → use mastered

Sentence 10: “Gage tossed the football.”
→ “tossed” means threw → use threw

Sentence 11: “Vicki bought the house.”
→ “bought” means acquired → use acquired

Sentence 12: “Matt grabbed her hand.”
→ “grabbed” means took hold of → use grasped

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All replacements match the meaning and are from the word box.

Final Answer:
1. soil
2. leaped
3. steered
4. disagreed
5. brushed
6. road
7. released
8. whirled
9. mastered
10. threw
11. acquired
12. grasped