1. SEMANTICS

2. What is Semantic?
 Semantic is the study of the linguistic meaning of
morphemes, words, phrases, and sentences.

3. Homonyms
 Different words that are pronounced the same, but may
or may not be spelled the same.
e.g. bank (financial institution)
bank (riverside)
to. Too, two
flower, flour.
sea, see, c
sell, shell

4.  She sells sea shells by the seashore.
Do you see the letter 'c' written in sea salt.
 I’ve never seen such a beautiful scene.
We want a site for our home that will be out of sight.
The seam in the tent doesn’t seem to hold back the rain.

5. Polysemy
 When a word has multiple meanings that are related
conceptually or historically.
 E.g. pupil (student)
pupil (part of eyes)
bear (animal)
bear( to tolerate, to carry, to support)

6. Synonyms
 Words that sound different but have the same or
nearly the same meaning.
 E.g. sofa, couch.
handbag, purse.
Garbage/Trash
woman/lady
stone/rock

7. Antonyms
 Words that are opposite in meaning.
 E.g. alive/dead
big/small
hot/cold
Gradable antonyms
tiny, small, medium, large, big, huge, gargantuan.

8. Hyponyms
 a relationship between two words, in which the
meaning of one of the words includes the meaning of
the other word.
 vehicle: bus car lorry van
 Move: walk, run, swim, play.

9. Metonyms
 A word used in place of another word or expression
to convey the same meaning.
 E.g. Crown (monarchy)
Moscow (Russian)
Hollywood
Washington
Brooklyn

10. Idioms
 A group of words whose meaning cannot be explained in
terms of the habitual meanings of the words that make up
the piece of language.
 For example: She washed her hands of the matter.
Means “She refused to have anything more to do with the
matter”.
Piece of cake
break a leg!

11.  "Pull the wool over someone's eyes" - Trick or
deceive.
 "Bite off more than you can chew" - Take on more
than one can handle.
 "Fill someone's shoes" - Take someone else's place.
"The buck stops here." - Taking responsibility for
something, instead of blaming someone else.
 "Strike someone funny" - To seem funny to someone.

12. Exercise
Find The Homonyms
 1. Due to the dry weather, we do not see any dew on the
grass.
2. I knew they had a new gnu at the zoo.
3. Some people know that you add to find the sum.
4. They’re hanging their coats over there.
5. I ate the eight cakes that were on my plate.
6. How many ways can I tell him that he weighs too
much?
7. They banned the crude band from playing at the
concert.
8. She only won one ticket to the show.
 9.We’ll find a tropical isle where I’ll walk down the aisle
with my bride.
10. You’re crazy if you pierce your ankle!

13. Find the synonyms
 Brilliant
 Furious
 Under
 Sniff
 See