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ENGLISH ANTONYMS
I Match the words on the left with their antonyms on the right.
VERBS

NOUNS

ADJECTIVES

1 giant

A female

1 achieve

A create

1 successful

A cheerful

2 beauty

B host

2 argue

B receive

2 busy

B unassertive

3 worker

C hero

3 arrive

C learn

3 polite

C defeated

4 leader

D employee

4 destroy

D forget

4 strong

D unreliable

5 optimist

E clever man

5 send

E agree

5 bossy

E confident

6 friend

F ugliness

6 teach

F blame

6 noisy

F irresponsible

7 guest

G dwarf

7 laugh

G leave

7 gloomy

G rude

8 coward

H idler

8 remember H lose

8 diffident

H weak

9 fool

I follower

9 praise

I refuse

9 arrogant

I quiet

10 employer J enemy

10 accept

J fail

10 reliable

J humble

11 male

11 win

K cry

11 responsible K idle

K pessimist

II Copy the passage, replacing the underlined words with their antonyms given above. Make
any necessary changes.
Ted Leader is an optimist and a very clever man. He is polite, confident, but a little bit
arrogant and bossy. Mr. Leader is a responsible and reliable worker. He teaches Maths and
he’s already achieved great success in his work.
Ted’s friends praise him a lot; he usually accepts their praise, then laughs and behaves like
a successful hero.
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III Choose the antonyms of the words in capital letters from a, b or c.
1REMEMBER
EMPLOYER

2 GLOOMY

a recollect
b reminisce
c forget

a cheerless
a agree
a charm
a accuse
a boss
b cheerful b altercate
b ugliness
b charge
b employee
c depressing
c disagree
c grace
c praise
c owner

7 DESTROY

8 GUEST

a create
b break
c destruct

a caller
b visitor
c host

3 ARGUE

9 BUSY
a industrious
b idle
c active

4 BEAUTY

10 HUMBLE
a common
b simple
c arrogant

5 BLAME

11 LEAVE
a depart
b arrive
c disappear

6

12 WEAK
a strong
b fragile

c cowardly


KEY
Exercise I
Nouns: 1 G 2 F 3 H 4 I 5 K 6 J 7B 8 C 9 E 10 D 1 1A
Verbs: 1 J 2 E 3 G 4 A 5 B 6 C 7 K 8 D 9 F 10 I 11 H
Adjectives: 1 C 2 K 3 G 4 H 5 B 6 I 7 A 8 E 9 J 10 D 12 F
Exercise II
Ted Follower is a pessimist and a fool. He is rude, diffident a little bit humble and unassertive. Mr.
Follower is an irresponsible and unreliable idler. He learns Maths and he’s already failed in his
studies.
Ted’s enemies blame him a lot, he refuses to listen to them, then cries and behaves like a defeated
coward.
Exercise III
1 c 2 b 3 a 4 b 5 c 6 b 7 a 8 c 9 b 10 c 11 b 12 a