PART ONE : ADJECTIVES Write down the opposite of each words on the left.

Choose from the words on the right.

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

ADJECTIVE OPPOSITE thin

16. right unkind
17 .strong expensive
18. dead unfriendly
19. early awake
20. thick stupid
21. wide wrong
22. male late
23. kind difficult
24. clever narrow
25. clean noisy
26. cheap weak
27. easy dirty
28. friendly alive
29. quiet female
30. asleep

PART TWO : VERBS Write down the opposite of each words on the left. Choose from the words on the right

VERBS OPPOSITE To take

1 .to stop To turn off
2. to laugh To dislike
3. to open To borrow
4. to come To leave
5. to work To start
6. to bring To answer
7. to learn To push
8. to turn on To close
9. to ask To teach
10. to like To cry
11. to sell To play
12. to pull To go
13. to sit down To buy
14. to lend To stand up
15. to arrive
 VERBS OPPOSITE To mend
16. to love To feel well
17. to wake up To go to bed
18. to live To take off
19. to blow To find
20. to get up To hate
21. to spend To lose
22. to break To forget
23. to shout To save
24. to win To sink
25. to feel ill To whisper
26. to lose To fall asleep
27. to show To suck
28. to remember To hide
29. to put on To die
30. to float

PART THREE : VARIOUS WORDS Complete the following sentences with a word that is opposite in meaning. Choose
from the words on the right

1. Everybody likes Jane, but ………………………………. likes Tom.

2. The river is deep here, but it’s ………………………… over there.

3. I often go to the cinema, but I …………………………. go to the theatre.

WHICH WORD ?
4. Are you married or …………………… ? behind
single
5. Mary never gets up before 9.30 so I am not surprised that she is ………………………. late for work. bottom
6. Is your husband better now, Mrs Green? No, I’m afraid he’s a lot ………………………. boring
country
7. I’ll pick up the heavy suitcase and you pick up the …………………… one. last
lies
8. Is the cinema in front of or …………………. the bank ?
future
9. I came first in the class in English but ………………… in geography. shallow
always
10. Did you meet your wife before or ………………. university ? far
11. My house is near the post office – not …………… from the library. unfurnished
hardly ever
12. Now that I’m an ………………… I wish I were a child again. light
13. Do the exercise at the top of page 10 first, then the one at the ……………… of page 13.
after
ugly
14. We know what has happened in the past, but we can never tell what will happen in the ………….. messy
nobody
15. Are you looking for a furnished flat? No, I’m looking for an …………………. one, actually.
worse
16. He lives in the town in the winter and in the …………………….. in the summer. adult

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 …………………