4 EXERCISE 14: Find the ADJECTIVE in the fust sentence.

Then complete the second sentence

with be + an adjective that has an opposite meaning. Use the adjectives in the list.
Use each adjective only one time.

beautiful expensive @en

clean fast poor
cold happy short
dangerous noisy sour
easy old tall

1. I'm not sad. I 'II),V

2. Ice isn't hot. It 's cold

3. Mr.Thomas isn't rich. He 's poor

4. My hair isn't long. It 's short

5. My clothes aren't dirty. They 're clean

6. Flowers aren't ugly. They 're beautiful

7. Cars aren't cheap. They 're expensive

8. Airplanes aren't slow. They 're fast

9. Grammar isn't difficult. It 's easy

10. My sister isn't short. She 's tall

11. My grandparents aren't young. They 're old

12. The dormitory isn't quiet. It 's noisy

13. The door isn't closed. It's open

14. Guns aren't safe. They 're dangerous

15. Lemons aren't sweet. They 're sour

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 EXERCISE 15-ORAL (BOOKS CLOSED): Use ADJECTIVES to describe things in the
classroom. Suggestions are given in parentheses.
Example: round, square, flat
To STUDENT A: (The teacher writes the wora3 on the board: round, square, flat, and then
touches or points to something m u d , for example, a ring or a circle drawn on
the board.)
Tell me about this ring that I'm holding. Use one of the words on
the board.
STUDENT A: It's round.
To STUDENT B: Tell me about this coin.
STUDENT B: It's round. It's flat.
round (a ring, a coin, a circle drawn on the board)
square (a box, a desk, a figure drawn on the board)
flat (a coin, a desktop)
full (a pocket, a hand)
enipty (a pocket, a hand)
wet (a street on a rainy day, a licked fmger)
dry (indoors on a rainy day, an unlicked finger)
dirty (a hand or a piece of paper rubbed on the floor)
clean (a hand or a piece of paper not rubbed on the floor)
long (a suing, a strip of paper, someone's hair)
short (a string, a strip of paper, someone's hair)
heavy (a desk, a pile of books)
light (a piece of paper, a pen)
loud (a knock on a door or desk top, one's speaking voice)
soft (a knock on a door or desk top, one's speaking voice)
quiet (no sound at all in the classroom)

EXERCISE 16: Make sentences by using is or are and an A D J ~ C ~from

~ E the following list.
Use each adjective only one time.

beautiful / hot sour

cold important square
dry largelbig sweet
flat mund wet
funny smallllittle
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1. Fire 1s hot .,
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.,
2. Ice and snow are cold
3. Abox is square
4. Balls and oranges are round

5. Sugar is sweet

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 6. An elephant is big ,
'.
L. - but a mouse is small
7. A rain forest is wet ,
but a desert is dry
8. A lemon is sour
9. A joke is funny
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10. Good health is important
11. mowers are beautiful

12. A coin is flat, small, round, and little

EXERCISE 17: Complete the sentences. ~ s bJ

k isn't, ars, or aren't.'
1. A ball 'sn't square.
2. Balls are round.
3. A mouse isn't big.
4. Lemons are

Ripe bananas are

'

5. A lemon isn't sweet. It is sour.

6. A diamond isn't cheap.
7. Diamonds are expensive.
8. Apples aren't expensive.
9. The earth isn't flat. It is round.
10. My pen isn't heavy. It is light.
11. This room isn't dark. It is light.
12. English grammar isn't hard. It is easy.
13. This exercise isn't dficult. It is easy.
14. My classmates are friendly.

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