1. Match the adjectives below to make pairs of opposites.
awful different difficult expensive fantastic good
large low new safe true wrong
1.bad — good
2.great — awful
3.similar — different
4.easy — difficult
5.cheap — expensive
6.false — true
7.terrible — fantastic
8.high — low
9.old — new
10.right — wrong
11.dangerous — safe
12.small — large
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2. Complete the sentences with adjectives from exercise 1.
1 Don’t play with that knife. It isn’t safe.
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2 £500 for a jacket? That’s expensive!
3 The shelf is very high I have to stand on a chair to reach it.
4 Well done! All the answers in your test are right
5 British English is a bit differen from American English.
6 That calculation is very difficult I can’t do it.
7 Joe says he’s seventeen. But that isn’true He’s only fifteen.
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3. Complete the adjectives. Use a, e, i, o, u and y. Which prefix do we add to make the adjectives negative?
1 friendly
2 kind
3 happy
4 tidy
5 useful
6 necessary
7 comfortable
Negative prefix: _______
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4.Complete the labels with negative forms of adjectives from exercise 3.
1 an uncomfortable chair
2 an untidy room
3 an unnecessary flower
4 an unfriendly child
5 an unkind boy
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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 new 2 comfortable 3 expensive
B a city
1 large 2 dangerous 3 fantastic
C an exercise
1 difficult 2 useful 3 easy
D the weather
1 awful 2 good 3 terrible
E a classmate
1 friendly 2 kind 3 tidy
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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: asleep
2 late Opposite: early
3 beautiful Opposite: ugly
4 thick Opposite: thin
5 near Opposite: far
6 soft Opposite: hard
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7. Complete the dialogues using the opposite adjectives.
1 A Is that jacket new?
B No, it’s old
2 A Am I right?
B No, you’re wrong
3 A Is chemistry easy?
B No, it’s difficult
4 A Are your boots similar to mine?
B No, they’re different
5 A Is that sport dangerous?
B No, it’s safe
6 A Is that answer true?
B No, it’s false
7 A Is that a good idea?
B No, it’s very awful
8 A Are their prices high?
B No, they’re quite low
9 A Is it a great film?
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B No, it’s terrible
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