Adjective Opposites ESL Activities, Worksheets and Games

Adjective Antonyms

Elementary (A1-A2) 30 minutes
ESL Opposite Adjectives Worksheet - Vocabulary Exercises: Gap-fill, Matching, Crossword - Speaking Activity: Asking and Answering Questions - Pair Work

In this productive adjective opposites worksheet, students practice a variety of common adjectives and their opposites. To begin, students complete... read more

Do you prefer...?

Elementary (A1-A2) 25 minutes
ESL Opposite Adjectives Activity - Vocabulary and Speaking: Gap-fill, Asking and Answering Questions, Controlled Practice - Group and Pair Work

In this insightful adjective opposites activity, students complete Do you prefer...? questions with opposite adjectives and then talk about their preferences. First, in two... read more

Opposites Search

Elementary (A1-A2) 25 minutes
ESL Opposite Adjectives Activity - Vocabulary: Word Search, Asking and Answering Questions, Providing Antonyms, Forming Sentences - Pair Work

In this memorable adjective opposites activity, students find adjectives in a word search and then work with a partner to match each adjective with its opposite.... read more

Pat and Pete

Elementary (A1-A2) 25 minutes
ESL Opposite Adjectives Activity - Vocabulary: Matching, Gap-fill - Pair Work

In this enjoyable adjective opposites activity, students listen and complete sentences with opposite adjectives. Explain that Pat and Pete are two men who are opposites in every way and that one student has information about Pat and the other has... read more

Adjective Opposites 1

Pre-intermediate (A2) 50 minutes
ESL Adjective Opposites Activities - Vocabulary Game: Forming Sentences - Group Work - Writing Activity: Writing Sentences, Story Writing - Pair Work

These free adjective opposites activities help to increase students' knowledge of adjectives and their opposites. Read an adjective at random from the worksheet... read more

Adjective Opposites Bingo

Pre-intermediate (A2) 25 minutes
ESL Opposite Adjectives Game - Vocabulary: Matching

In this fun opposite adjectives game, students listen to adjectives and match them to their opposites. Call out adjectives from the caller's sheet in a random order. If students have the opposite of the adjective on their card, they cross it off. When a student... read more

What's the opposite?

Pre-intermediate (A2) 40 minutes
ESL Adjective Opposites Activities - Vocabulary: List Completion, Providing Antonyms, Guessing, Matching - Pair Work

This useful adjective opposites worksheet and game helps students to identify and memorize common adjectives and their opposites. First, students use use adjectives from a box to complete an adjective... read more

Opposites Attract

Intermediate (B1) 25 minutes
ESL Adjective Opposites Worksheet - Vocabulary Exercises: Matching, Identifying, Error Correction, Gap-fill

Here is a comprehensive adjective opposites worksheet for intermediate students. First, students unscramble letters to make adjectives and then match each adjective with its opposite. Next, students... read more

Similar or Opposite?

Intermediate (B1) 25 minutes
ESL Adjective Opposites Board Game - Vocabulary: Naming Opposites and Synonyms - Group Work

In this free adjective opposites board game, students name adjectives that have a similar or opposite meaning to another adjective. Players take it in turns to roll the dice and move their counter along... read more

Adjective Opposites 2

Upper-intermediate (B2) 50 minutes
ESL Adjective Opposites Activities - Vocabulary Game: Providing Antonyms, Forming Sentences - Group Work - Writing Activity: Story Writing - Pair Work

This engaging set of adjective opposites activities helps to increase students' knowledge of more advanced adjectives and their opposites. First, read... read more

Awesome Opposites

Upper-intermediate (B2) 25 minutes
ESL Adjective Opposites Worksheet - Vocabulary Exercises: Gap-fill, Word Search, Matching - Speaking Activity: Asking and Answering Questions - Pair Work

Here is an insightful adjective opposites worksheet for upper-intermediate students. First, students complete sentences with adjectives from a box. Next... read more