Learn English through pictures, sounds and sentence examples! In this lesson you will learn some useful expressions for talking about opposites.
An opposite is someone or something completely different from someone or something else.
Here are some examples.
sweet and sour
fast and slow
cold and hot
day and night
happy and sad
bad and good
The opposite of girl is boy.
The opposite of hot is cold.
The opposite of happy is sad.
The opposite of left is right.
Rhymes are so much fun to say! Practise recalling the opposites quickly and remember the words in pairs.
Have fun while you learn. You can add some actions (mime, clap, stamp, knock, and so on).
Let's play the opposites game!
Opposites are never the same.
I say yes, you say no.
I say stop, you say go.
I say above, you say below.
Opposites are never the same.
Let's play the game again!
Opposites are words
That are not the same.
How many opposites
Can you name?
Big and small, short and tall
Old and new, false and true
That was fun! Give me five!