Racing to English

Opposite Verbs - Pairs

TEACHERS NOTES

CONTENTS

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

start

finish

• 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.

buy		sell
put on		take off
give		take
start		finish
succeed	fail
love	hate
break	mend
remember	forget
go to sleep		wake up
get on		get off
come		go
stand up		sit down
push		pull
bring		take
lose		find
throw		catch

Racing to English Worksheet

Opposite Verbs

Write the sentences:

Break Bring Buy Come Get on Give Go to sleep Lose Love Push Put on Remember Stand up Start Succeed Throw

is the opposite of

catch. fail. find. finish. forget. get off. go. hate. mend. pull. sell. sit down. take off. take. take. wake up.

Racing to English

� Gordon Ward 2010. Photocopiable only for use in the purchasing institution. Step 28: Pairs - opposite verbs

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