Complete the empty spaces with the adjectives or its opposites:

Principio del formulario

1. He works very ....... . He is always the first to finish. quiet
2. I need a ....... calculator. This one's broken! old
3. I'm good at the long jump, but not at the ....... jump. on
4. My friend is so ....... . She never says a word! slow
5. The test was very .......; everybody got 100%. fast
6. He's so .......; he comes last in every race. new
7. You're only 15; that's not ....... enough to drive. bad
8. This math problem is so ....... . I can't do it. difficult
9. If you don't study for your test, you'll get a ....... grade. easy
10. I can't see anything - please turn the light ....... . high

Words that are contrary to each other (A school is large but a pencil is small):
small):

GENDER OPPOSITES

female male

girl boy

woman man

wife husband

daughter son

sister brother

Select the correct number representing the opposite word for the following:

A. _________ female 1 - male

B. _________boy 2 - daughter
C. _________woman 3 - husband
D. _________son 4 - sister
E. _________wife 5 - girl
F. _________brother 6 - man

ACTION OPPOSITES

find lose

begin finish

stop go

shut open

sit stand

buy sell

PHYSICAL OPPOSITES

big little

tall short

fat skinny

young old

sick healthy

strong weak

Select the correct number representing the opposite word for

the following:

A. _________weak 1 - find
B. _________stop 2 - strong
C. _________finish 3 - sick
D. _________young 4 - go
E. _________sit 5 - old
F. _________big 6 - open
G. _________tall 7 - little
H. _________fat 8 - skinny
I. _________shut 9 - short
J. _________sell 10 - buy
K. _________healthy 11 - stand
L. _________lose 12 - begin

LOCATION OPPOSITES

up down

in out

over under

before after

north south

east west

PERSONALITY OPPOSITES

happy sad

polite impolite

good bad

dull exciting

patient impatient

Select the correct number representing the opposite word for

the following:

A. _________down 1 - bad
B. _________impatient 2 - dull
C. _________good 3 - happy
D. _________south 4 - patient
E. _________under 5 - after
F. _________impolite 6 - up
G. _________exciting 7 - west
H. _________sad 8 - intelligent
I. _________ stupid 9 - north
J. _________before 10 - out
K. _________in 11 - over
L. _________east 12 - polite