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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 …………………………

Answer

1 good   2 awful   3 different   4 difficult   5 expensive

6 true   7 fantastic   8 low   9 new   10 wrong

11 safe   12 large

2. Complete the sentences with adjectives from exercise 1.

 Don’t play with that knife. It isn’t …………………………

 £500 for a jacket? That’s …………………………!

 The shelf is very ………………………… I have to stand on a chair to reach it.

 Well done! All the answers in your test are …………………………

 British English is a bit ………………………… from American English.

 That calculation is very ………………………… I can’t do it.

 Joe says he’s seventeen. But that isn’t ………………………… He’s only fifteen.

Answer

1 safe   2 expensive   3 high   4 right   5 different

6 difficult   7 true

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   k__nd

3   h__pp__

4   t__d__

5   us__ __l

6   n__c__ss__r__

7   c__mf__rt__bl__

Negative prefix: _______

Answer

1 friendly   2 kind   3 happy   4 tidy   5 usual

6 necessary   7 comfortable

Negative prefix: un

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

 an ……………………… chair

 an ……………………… room

 an ……………………… flower

 an ……………………… child

 an ……………………… boy

Answer

1 uncomfortable   2 untidy   3 unusual   4 unhappy

5 unfriendly

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   …………………….

 a classmate

     1   …………………….           2   …………………….            3   …………………….

Answer

(Possible answers)

a cheap, expensive, comfortable   b great, dangerous, large

c easy, difficult, awful   d good, fantastic, terrible

e friendly, kind, happy

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: …………………………

Answer

1 asleep   2 early   3 ugly   4 thin   5 far   6 hard

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 ……………………….

Answer

1 old   2 wrong   3 difficult   4 different   5 safe

6 false   7 bad   8 low   9 awful

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