Racing to English

Pairs - opposite adjectives 1

TEACHERS NOTES

CONTENTS

• Set of 12 pairs of adjective cards (total 24 cards), for example:

happy

sad

• 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 learners.

happy	sad
good	bad
big	small
hot	cold
full	empty
soft	hard
fast	slow
high	low
open	closed
wet	dry
asleep	awake
dirty	clean

Racing to English Worksheet

Opposite Adjectives

1

Ask your friend these questions:

1. Are you asleep or awake?

2. Are elephants big or small?

3. Are your hands clean or dirty?

4. Are your hands hot or cold?

5. Are your pockets full or empty?

6. Are you happy or sad?

7. Is the table hard or soft?

8. Is your book wet or dry?

9. Is a racing car fast or slow?

10. Is the door open or closed?

Now write the questions and answer them.

Ask your friend:

What is the opposite of

1. asleep

2. awake

3. bad

4. big

5. clean

6. closed

7. cold

8. dirty

9. dry

10. empty

11. fast

12. full

13. good

14. happy

15. hard

16. high

17. hot

18. low

19. open

20. sad

21. slow

22. small

23. soft

24. wet

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