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Welcome to today’s class!!
We are excited to have you join our class!!
In today’s English class, we will be learning about Words And Opposite
Can we sing this song together before we go into the topic for today?
Synonyms are words that mean the same thing…
Antonyms are words that mean the opposite..
Word And Opposite
When we talk about words and opposites, we are primarily referring to Antonyms.
Antonyms are words that have opposite meanings. For example, an antonym of day is night, and an antonym of on is off. The term antonym comes from antonymy, which is the grammar term for words that have contradictory meanings—but you can think of antonyms as opposites.
These are some examples of words and their opposites.
| Word | Opposite Word |
| Bad | Good |
| Before | After |
| Boy | Girl |
| Even | Odd |
| Fast | Slow |
| Full | Empty |
| Happy | Sad |
| Hard | Easy |
| Hot | Cold |
| In | Out |
| Light | Dark |
| Love | Hate |
| Little | Big |
| More | Less |
| Night | Day |
| On | Off |
| Open | Close |
| Tall | Short |
| Up | Down |
| Wet | Dry |
| Brief | Long |
| Blank | Completed |
| Dim | Bright |
| Early | Late |
| Entrance | Exit |
| Far | Near |
| Funny | Serious |
| Give | Take |
| Healthy | Sick |
| Heavy | Light |
| Import | Export |
| Inside | Outside |
| Kind | Cruel |
| Laugh | Cry |
| Continue | Discontinue |
Evaluation
Fill in the words with their opposites.
Rich
Start
Sunny
Sweet
Thick
Tiny
Victor
Visible
Wide
Ask
Reading Assignment
Study these words and their opposites:
Awake Asleep
Child. Adult
Man Woman
Messy Neat
Modern Ancient
Rude Polite
Shiny Dull
Skinny Fat
Tight Loose
Top Bottom
Junior Senior
Natural Artificial
Peace War
Weekend Assignment
Identify the correct Antonyms from the list below and pair them with each word :
Weak, Host, Division, Useless, Lie, Dishonest, Enemy, Sharp, Deep, Ugly,
- Truth
- Unity
- Useful
- Powerful
- Honest
- Fancy
- Plain
- Shallow
- Friend
- Pretty
- Blunt
- Visitor
We hope you enjoyed today’s class. In our next class, we will be learning about Intonation
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