21679 adjectives opposites

Match the adjectives in column A with their opposites in column B beautiful clean dark easy fancy fat full good handsome heavy large long low married messy narrow new old open quiet rich sharp shiny slow soft straight tall thick tight weak strong loose thin short curly hard fast blunt dull poor noisy closed young old wide neat single short high small light ugly bad empty thin plain difficult light dirty ugly Now using the adjectives from column A complete these sentences: The knife wasn’t _ enough to cut through the meat She has been for ten years before they had their first child She was wearing a very _ dress and everyone was looking at her I decided to go on a diet All my clothes were too _ I saw Gary last night dancing with the most girl I’d ever seen She found the door _ when she arrived at the house Betty has long, dark, _ hair and she looks like a film star The room was of people by the time I arrived John was a very _ baby and died at the age of That kitchen doesn’t look very _, does it? My brother is becoming more and more as the days go on I don’t know why they bought that house in the country, you? We drove down a long _ road before we saw the signs to the motorway Did you notice how _John has got; he ought to go on a diet I liked the book you lent me; it was reading, just what I needed at the time! The suitcase was too _ for me to pick up Mary was a very _ , pleasant child who always paid attention at school I had to find my way quickly, it was getting and I was very afraid Brian was very at tennis when he was at university The table was much too for the tablecloth so we had to use two We had to buy a cooker for the kitchen because the old one didn’t work anymore The car was a big red _ one and stood out amongst the others in the car park Luckily the fence was and we were able to climb over it My daughter’s bedroom is always so despite the number of times I tell her to tidy it Did you see that man sitting on the bench? He must be nearly 100 The train was a one and we were afraid to miss our flight He was a very _ man, a good head above everyone else There was a layer of dust in the house; it was obvious nobody had been there for years KEY Matching beautiful – ugly; clean – dirty; dark- light; easy – difficult; fancy - plain; fat – thin; full – empty; good – bad; handsome – ugly; heavy – light; large – small; long – short; low – high; married – single; messy – neat; narrow – wide; new – old; old – young; open – closed; quiet – noisy; rich – poor; sharp – blunt; shiny – dull; slow – fast; soft – hard; straight – curly; tall – short; thick – thin; tight – loose, weak – strong The knife wasn’t SHARP enough to cut through the meat She has been MARRIED for ten years before they had their first child She was wearing a very FANCY dress and everyone was looking at her I decided to go on a diet All my clothes were too TIGHT I saw Gary last night dancing with the most BEAUTIFUL girl I’d ever seen She found the door OPEN when she arrived at the house Betty has long, dark, STRAIGHT hair and she looks like a film star The room was FULL of people by the time I arrived John was a very WEAK baby and died at the age of 10 That kitchen doesn’t look very CLEAN, does it? 11 My brother is becoming more and more HANDSOME as the days go on 12 I don’t know why they bought that LARGE house in the country, you? 13 We drove down a long NARROW road before we saw the signs to the motorway 14 Did you notice how FAT John has got; he ought to go on a diet 15 I liked the book you lent me; it was EASY reading, just what I needed at the time! 16 The suitcase was too HEAVY for me to pick up 17 Mary was a very QUIET, pleasant child who always paid attention at school 18 I had to find my way quickly, it was getting DARK and I was very afraid 19 Brian was very GOOD at tennis when he was at university 20 The table was much too LONG for the tablecloth so we had to use two 21 We had to buy a NEW cooker for the kitchen because the old one didn’t work anymore 22 The car was a big red SHINY one and stood out amongst the others in the car park 23 Luckily the fence was LOW and we were able to climb over it 24 My daughter’s bedroom is always so MESSY despite the number of times I tell her to tidy it 25 Did you see that OLD man sitting on the bench? He must be nearly 100 26 I love my new pullover, it’s so SOFT and comfortable 27 If I were RICH I’d buy a yacht and sail around the world