Contribution/ Originality: This study contributes in the existing literature of English teaching. The present study is one of very few studies which have investigated synonym teaching strategies in the light of social constructivism

4.3. Presenting and Summarizing the Results of Discussion
After students’ discussion, the students are asked to do a presentation. One student in each group will present the results of their discussion in front of the classmates. Each group member should take turns to do the presentation every time. The whole class can have a discussion if there is any problem. Through this step students
get the chance to express their thoughts and interact with others. In the learning process, the learner is never really independent. A teacher should play a dominant role and give instructions and offer useful information as a director. After the students’ presentation, the teacher should make a summary of the similarities and differences of the synonyms. If students still have trouble in discriminating them,
the teacher should illustrate some examples for them.
4.4. Consolidating the Teaching of Synonyms through Exercises
The last step is consolidating the teaching of synonym through exercises. Doing various Exercises are the most important step in language teaching procedures. It is this step that new language learning habits are formed. Newly acquired knowledge should be practiced, consolidated and put to use immediately. In order to achieve the best results in classroom teaching, the teacher should let the students have a good understanding and consolidation of what they have learned through exercises. Teachers could use blank-filling and Chinese-English translation exercise in synonym teaching. Exercises and application will help students make their
knowledge more systematic and structuralized.
It’s all well and good for your students to understand what synonyms are, however, applying this knowledge and using synonyms in their independent writing can be a challenge. It’s a great idea to encourage students to develop their own word bank of synonyms they can use for particular words in their writing?
During writing sessions, I would encourage my students to look at the synonym posters to make their writing more interesting. Also, during proofing, I would encourage my students to circle words that were a little ‘boring’ and see if they could find a better word for each of the circled words.
Synonyms and antonyms are extremely useful to know because they enhance the overall command of language. However, some of our students might lack this knowledge and get by with just a basic set of adjectives and verbs.
Synonyms and antonyms demonstrate our language proficiency because being able to use various shades of meanings without repeating ourselves helps us get across more precise messages. 
Synonyms and antonyms are crucial for exams because exam tasks involve tons of paraphrasing. The more you know, the higher your result will be as this knowledge enables you to process information faster and be sure to have the right answers. 
In today’s article, we will have a look at 5 activities that you can use if you want to enlarge your students’ vocabulary, prepare them better for exams or just get rid of the ever-present ‘good’ and ‘bad’.
Substitutes
It can work with any kind of text when you want to draw students’ attention to the variety of vocabulary and shades of meaning. Take a text and substitute all target words with a couple of their basic equivalents. If you are learning how to write a review, you can, for instance, replace adjectives like ‘thrilling’, ‘exciting’, ‘thought-provoking’ etc. with ‘good’ and ‘interesting’. If reported speech is in focus, do the same with the synonyms for ’say’ and ‘tell’. Then ask students to read the text and ‘upgrade’ it, substituting basic words with their more sophisticated equivalents. For lower levels, you can underline or highlight the words to be replaced, higher levels can work on their own. This task can be done in pairs as well.