hello my name is grace and welcome to synonyms there are many words in the
English language we can use to communicate and many words can be used
to mean the same thing but if we choose the same words over and over again we
can bore our friends and readers in this video you'll learn how to make sentences
more interesting with synonyms synonyms are words that have a similar or same
meaning when we use synonyms in our speech or writing we choose a variety of
words that have a greater impact than words that are common or overused
synonyms make the English language exciting syn means like or same and nym
is the Greek word for name same name or same meaning let's look at some examples
of synonyms the English language has over a million words and it's growing
all the time said is a common word used when writing dialogue or a conversation
between two people but it's a little too common and said I am tired of reading
this book let's jump on the trampoline for a while said Peter okay said in this
passage is a little boring isn't it it uses the word said three times luckily
we can fix this text be much more interesting by using synonyms other
words that have a similar meaning as said are stated declared and replied can
you think of how to use these words in the text instead of said and stated I am
tired of reading this book let's jump on the trampoline for a while replied Peter
okay declared an doesn't that sound much more interesting now even though the
characters are still saying the same thing the way it's narrated is now much
more exciting that's because we replaced the word it said with synonyms or words
that can be swapped out with said can you think of other words you can use
instead of said in your own writing you can create a list to keep handy when
writing stories let's look at one more going to the zoo was nice the weather
was nice the animals were nice lunch was also very nice well isn't that nice
actually as a good writer I hope you don't think this passage is nice at all
in fact it uses the word nice four times and makes the piece quite uninteresting
let's use synonyms for nice to make this a lot more interesting to read can you
think of some words that can be used instead of nice I will use great fare
lovely and delightful going to the zoo was great the weather was fair the
animals were lovely lunch was also very delightful now isn't this a lot more
enjoyable to read as you can see synonyms make a big difference in what
you write as well as how you speak you can go from plain words to entertaining
recounts in seconds if you can't think of synonyms on your own you can use a
handy tool called thesaurus to guide you thesaurus is a lot like a dictionary
only rather than definitions it lists synonyms if you don't own a
disservice you can find many online that's all for this video but you should
keep practicing what you learn on our fun games and quizzes things are being
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until next time always be clever