Racing to English

Pairs - opposite adjectives 3

TEACHERS NOTES

CONTENTS

• Set of 16 pairs of adjective cards (total 32 cards), for example:

rude

polite

• Worksheet

ACTIVITY 1 - MATCHING

Give a group of two/three pupils/students the set of cards and ask them to match them.

ACTIVITY 2 - VISIBLE PAIRS (a game for two to four players)

1. Spread out the cards face down on the table.

2. Players take it in turn to turn over ONE of the cards leaving them face up.

3. If any two of the cards match then the player who has just turned over a card can take those two cards.

4. The player with the most cards at the end is the winner.

NOTE

You may need to choose only some of the cards rather than all of them especially for younger children.

expensive	cheap
smooth	rough
generous	mean
lazy	hard working
stupid	clever
rude	polite
beautiful	ugly
sharp	blunt
safe	dangerous
sweet	sour
tight	loose
dead	alive
transparent	opaque
interesting	boring
brave	cowardly
raw	cooked

Racing to English Worksheet

Opposite adjectives

3

Read the sentences then write them.

Beautiful Brave Dead Expensive Generous Interesting Lazy Rude Safe Sharp Smooth Stupid Sweet Tight Transparent Raw

is the opposite of

alive blunt boring cheap clever cooked cowardly dangerous hard working loose mean opaque polite rough sour ugly

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