1. Match the adjectives below to make pairs of opposites.
awful different difficult expensive fantastic good
large low new safe true wrong
1) bad ____________
2) great ____________
3) similar ____________
4) easy ____________
5) cheap ____________
6) false ____________
7) terrible ____________
8) high ____________
9) old ____________
10) right ____________
11) dangerous ____________
12) small ____________
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1) good 2) awful 3) different 4) difficult 5) expensive
6) true 7) fantastic 8) low 9) new 10) wrong
11) safe 12) large
2. Complete the sentences with adjectives from exercise 1.
1) Don’t play with that knife. It isn’t ____________
2) £500 for a jacket? That’s ____________!
3) The shelf is very ____________ I have to stand on a chair to reach it.
4) Well done! All the answers in your test are ____________
5) British English is a bit ____________ from American English.
6) That calculation is very ____________ I can’t do it.
7) Joe says he’s seventeen. But that isn’t ____________ He’s only fifteen.
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1) safe 2) expensive 3) high 4) right 5) different
6) difficult 7) true
3. Complete the adjectives. Use a, e, i, o, u and y. Which prefix do we add to make the adjectives negative?
1) fr__ndl__
2) k__nd
3) h__pp__
4) t__d__
5) us__l
6) n__c__ss__r__
7) c__mf__rt__bl__
Negative prefix: _____
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1) friendly 2) kind 3 happy 4) tidy 5) usual
6) necessary 7) comfortable
Negative prefix: un
4.Complete the labels with negative forms of adjectives from exercise 3.
1) an ____________ chair
2) an ____________ room
3) an ____________ flower
4) an ____________ child
5) an ____________ boy
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1) uncomfortable 2) untidy 3) unusual 4) unhappy
5) unfriendly
5. Choose three adjectives from exercises 1 and 3 that you could use to describe these things. Try not to use any adjective more than once.
a a pair of jeans
1) _____ 2) _____ 3) _____
b a city
1) _____ 2) _____ 3) _____
c an exercise
1) _____ 2) _____ 3) _____
d the weather
1) _____ 2) _____ 3) _____
e a classmate
1) _____ 2) _____ 3) _____
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(Possible answers)
a cheap, expensive, comfortable b great, dangerous, large
c easy, difficult, awful d good, fantastic, terrible
e friendly, kind, happy
VOCAB BOOST!
In entries for adjectives in most learner’s dictionaries you can often find the adjective with the opposite meaning. When you look up an adjective, make a note of the opposite too, if it is given.
6. Read the Vocab boost! Box. Then study the dictionary entries below. Complete the pairs of adjectives.
1) awake Opposite: ____________
2) late Opposite: ____________
3) beautiful Opposite: ____________
4) thick Opposite: ____________
5) near Opposite: ____________
6) soft Opposite: ____________
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1) asleep 2) early 3) ugly 4) thin 5) far 6) hard
7. Complete the dialogues using the opposite adjectives.
1) a Is that jacket new?
b No, it’s ________
2) a Am I right?
b No, you’re ________
3) a Is chemistry easy?
b No, it’s ________
4) a Are your boots similar to mine?
b No, they’re ________
5) a Is that sport dangerous?
b No, it’s ________
6) a Is that answer true?
b No, it’s ________
7) a Is that a good idea?
b No, it’s very ________
8) a Are their prices high?
b No, they’re quite ________
9) a Is it a great film?
b No, it’s ________
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1) old 2 wrong 3) difficult 4) different 5) safe
6) false 7) bad 8) low 9 awful
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