islcollective worksheets preintermediate a2 high school opposites antonyms opposites adj vbs bis 292964555571e28b94c1314 82002222

PART ONE : ADJECTIVES Write down the opposite of each words on the left. Choose from the words on the right.
ADJECTIVE

OPPOSITE

1. good
2. fat
3. big
4. tall
5. full
6. young
7. open
8. wet
9. hot
10. old
11. happy
12. fast
13. high
14. rich
15. hard
closed
new
poor
bad
dry
slow
short
thin
low
cold
empty

soft
small
sad
old

thin
unkind
expensive
unfriendly
awake
stupid
wrong
late
difficult
narrow
noisy
weak
dirty
alive
female

ADJECTIVE
16. right
17 .strong
18. dead
19. early

OPPOSITE

20. thick
21. wide
22. male
23. kind
24. clever
25. clean
26. cheap
27. easy
28. friendly
29. quiet
30. asleep

PART TWO : VERBS Write down the opposite of each words on the left. Choose from the words on the right
To take
To turn off
To dislike
To borrow
To leave
To start
To answer
To push
To close
To teach
To cry
To play
To go
To buy
To stand up
VERBS
1 .to stop

2. to laugh
3. to open
4. to come
5. to work
6. to bring
7. to learn
8. to turn on
9. to ask
10. to like
11. to sell
12. to pull
13. to sit down
14. to lend
15. to arrive

OPPOSITE


VERBS
16. to love
17. to wake up
18. to live
19. to blow
20. to get up
21. to spend
22. to break
23. to shout
24. to win
25. to feel ill
26. to lose

27. to show
28. to remember
29. to put on
30. to float
To mend
To feel well
To go to bed
To take off
To find
To hate
To lose
To forget
To save
To sink
To whisper
To fall asleep
To suck
To hide
To die

WHICH WORD ?

OPPOSITE


behind
single
bottom
boring
country

last
lies
future
shallow
always
far
unfurnished
hardly ever
light
after
ugly
messy
nobody
worse
adult
PART THREE
VARIOUS
WORDS Complete thelikes
following
1. Everybody
likes:Jane,
but ……………………………….
Tom. sentences with a word that is opposite in meaning. Choose
from the words on the right

2. The river is deep here, but it’s ………………………… over there.
3. I often go to the cinema, but I …………………………. go to the theatre.
4. Are you married or …………………… ?
5. Mary never gets up before 9.30 so I am not surprised that she is ………………………. late for work.
6. Is your husband better now, Mrs Green? No, I’m afraid he’s a lot ……………………….

7. I’ll pick up the heavy suitcase and you pick up the …………………… one.
8. Is the cinema in front of or …………………. the bank ?
9. I came first in the class in English but ………………… in geography.
10. Did you meet your wife before or ………………. university ?
11. My house is near the post office – not …………… from the library.
12. Now that I’m an ………………… I wish I were a child again.
13. Do the exercise at the top of page 10 first, then the one at the ……………… of page 13.
14. We know what has happened in the past, but we can never tell what will happen in the …………..
15. Are you looking for a furnished flat? No, I’m looking for an …………………. one, actually.
16. He lives in the town in the winter and in the …………………….. in the summer.
17. I went to the movie thinking that it would be very interesting, but I found it quite ……………….
18. Paull never tells the truth, he always tells ………….
19. I keep my room tidy whereas my brother’s room is always ………………
20. In fairy tales, princesses are nice and beautiful and witches are …………………