VOCABULARY AND LISTENING Opposite verbs

1. Look at the two sentences. Underline the verbs. They are verbs with opposite meaning.

The teacher's asking us questions. We're answering them.

2. Match the verbs with their opposites.

1 leav arrive 5 love ______ 9 get on _______ play sell hate

e __ _
2 wor _____ 6 open ______ 1 rememb _______ turn off arrive finish
k _ __ 0 er _
3 buy _____ 7 turn ______ 1 put on _______ forget take off go to bed
_ on __ 1 _
4 wal _____ 8 start ______ 1 win _______ lose run close
k _ __ 2 _

3. Look at the pictures. Complete the sentences with the opposite verb in the correct form.

Please, don’t ask me any more

questions. I can’t _________ them.

I’m selling my old cat and I’m

__________ a new one.

We always get up at seven in the

morning and ___________ at eleven at
night.

It was cold, so Tom took off his

T-shirt and _________ a warm
jumper.

I usually walk to school but

yesterday I was late so I
__________ all the way.

John’s playing tennis with Peter

today. He always loses. He never
___________.

Don’t turn off the TV, I’m

watching it! Please _________ it
___________ again!

(13.9) Listen and check.

4. (13.10) Listen. Write down the opposite verbs in each conversation.

1 _hate_ _love_ 2 ______ ________ 3 _______ ________

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4 ______ _______ 5 ______ ________ 6 _______ ________
__ _ __ _
Look at the tape script on p122. Practice the conversations.