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English Word Skills Exercises for A1 – Adjectives: opposites

7 ejercicios

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

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.

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)
    knd
  • 3)
    hpp
  • 4)
    td
  • 5)
    us l
  • 6)
    ncssr
  • 7)
    cmfrtbl
  • Negative prefix:

4. 4.Complete the labels with negative forms of adjectives from exercise 3.

Exercise image 1
  • 1)
    an chair
    • Exercise image 2
  • 2)
    an room
    • Exercise image 3
  • 3)
    an flower
    • Exercise image 4
  • 4)
    an child
    • Exercise image 5
  • 5)
    an boy

    • 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)

    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:

    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

    Cómo Practicar

    1. 1Lee cada pregunta cuidadosamente
    2. 2Escribe tu respuesta o selecciona la opción correcta
    3. 3Haz clic en 'Mostrar Respuesta' para verificar tu trabajo
    4. 4Revisa cualquier error e intenta ejercicios similares
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