Antonymy 2 (Stein)
Activity 1
Explain to learners that they will continue to look at antonyms, but this time by looking at adjectives. Make sure they understand these key terms by discussing the three example pairs.
In the next slide, show the learners the five sentences. Each sentence has a gap which can be filled with an adjective or its antonym. Have learners copy the sentences and fill the gap with two possibilities. Reveal the answers and accept any other reasonable options.
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Antonymy 2 (Stein)
Objective
To examine how adjective antonyms are formed and used.
Activity 1
Adjectives commonly have opposite words, or antonyms. When we think of an adjective, we often immediately think of its opposite. For example:
- rich - poor
- old - young
- easy - difficult
For each of these five sentences, write down the pair of adjective antoynms that could fill the gap.