Review: Essential Antonyms (Worksheet 2)

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These sentences are wrong! Correct the sentences by finding the antonym of the underlined word.
[ generous – healthy – noisy – hard-working – laugh – tall – enormous – smart – strong – light – win – ancient – ugly – interesting – strange – wet – happy – far – polite – old ]

1. A whale is a tiny animal.
2. A feather is very heavy.
3. The Egyptian pyramids are modern.
4. I feel good when I am sick.
5. Snow in July is normal.
6. Frankenstein is beautiful.
7. Discotheques are usually quiet.
8. When it rains, everything is dry.
9. Traveling is very boring.
10. India is near America.
11. Einstein was very stupid.
12. On my birthday I am always sad.
13. My great-grandmother is very young.
14. When I see a funny movie, I cry.
15. I want my favorite team to lose the game.
16. He gives money to poor people because he is greedy.
17. At my job, I am very lazy.
18. I am rude to my parents.
19. A lion is very weak.
20. Arnold Schwarzenegger is short.

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Match the synonyms:

big                 pretty
difficult             unhappy
normal             smart
little               enormous
easy               terrible
sad                 quick
beautiful           hard
fast                   fix
intelligent         tiny
horrible             ordinary
repair               simple

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Choose the correct answer:

1. When countries fight, there is ( war / peace ).
2. In the summer the weather is ( hot / cold ).
3. It is ( safe / dangerous ) to walk alone at night.
4. A new car is ( cheap / expensive ).
5. My floor is ( hard / soft ).
6. I ( fight / get along ) with my friends.
7. On the weekend, I am ( hard-working / lazy ).
8. A molecule is ( tiny / enormous ).
9. When I am angry, I ( smile / frown ).
10. Chocolate cake is ( delicious / disgusting ).
11. On Monday, I am very ( tired / energetic ).
12. Babies are usually ( thin / fat ).
13. After a shower, I am ( clean / dirty ).
14. I ( love / hate ) vacations.
15. Please ( whisper / shout ) because the baby is sleeping.

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Match the antonyms:

dark               same
correct             give
smile             shout
thick             wrong
leave             horrible
different           light
long               wide
empty             save
wonderful           frown
receive             mean
enemy             buy
kind               thin
narrow             short
spend             arrive
sell               friend
whisper             full

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