ENGLISH ANTONYMS I Match the words on the left with their antonyms on the right VERBS NOUNS ADJECTIVES giant A female achieve A create successful A cheerful beauty B host argue B receive busy B unassertive worker C hero arrive C learn polite C defeated leader D employee destroy D forget strong D unreliable optimist E clever man send E agree bossy E confident friend F ugliness teach F blame noisy F irresponsible guest G dwarf laugh G leave gloomy G rude coward H idler remember H lose diffident H weak fool I follower praise I refuse arrogant I quiet 10 employer J enemy 10 accept J fail 10 reliable J humble 11 male 11 win K cry 11 responsible K idle K pessimist II Copy the passage, replacing the underlined words with their antonyms given above Make any necessary changes Ted Leader is an optimist and a very clever man He is polite, confident, but a little bit arrogant and bossy Mr Leader is a responsible and reliable worker He teaches Maths and he’s already achieved great success in his work Ted’s friends praise him a lot; he usually accepts their praise, then laughs and behaves like a successful hero _ _ _ _ _ III Choose the antonyms of the words in capital letters from a, b or c 1REMEMBER EMPLOYER GLOOMY a recollect b reminisce c forget a cheerless a agree a charm a accuse a boss b cheerful b altercate b ugliness b charge b employee c depressing c disagree c grace c praise c owner DESTROY GUEST a create b break c destruct a caller b visitor c host ARGUE BUSY a industrious b idle c active BEAUTY 10 HUMBLE a common b simple c arrogant BLAME 11 LEAVE a depart b arrive c disappear 12 WEAK a strong b fragile c cowardly KEY Exercise I Nouns: G F H I K J 7B C E 10 D 1A Verbs: J E G A B C K D F 10 I 11 H Adjectives: C K G H B I A E J 10 D 12 F Exercise II Ted Follower is a pessimist and a fool He is rude, diffident a little bit humble and unassertive Mr Follower is an irresponsible and unreliable idler He learns Maths and he’s already failed in his studies Ted’s enemies blame him a lot, he refuses to listen to them, then cries and behaves like a defeated coward Exercise III c b a b c b a c b 10 c 11 b 12 a