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English Word Skills Exercises for A1 – Adjectives: opposites

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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

    How to Practice

    1. 1Read each question carefully
    2. 2Write your answer or select the correct option
    3. 3Click 'Show Answer' to check your work
    4. 4Review any mistakes and try similar exercises
    5. 5Move to the next exercise when ready

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