Antonyms Lesson 2 Day 1

Antonyms

Antonyms

• An antonym is a word that means the opposite of another word.

Which antonym pairs can you define?

• borrow/lend

• bright/dim

• neat/sloppy

• best/worst

• gracious/rude

Examples

• If a light is too bright, you can turn it down to make it dim.

• A tidy room is neat, but a sloppy room is messy.

• Worst is the most terrible, while best is the greatest.

• When you borrow, you get something. When you lend, you give.

• A gracious person is polite. A rude person is not polite.

Antonym Match

• Read the word at the top. Then, select the word that is an antonym.

Multiple Choice

bright

• dim

• tidy

• gracious

Multiple Choice

gracious

• share

• untidy

• rude

Multiple Choice

tidy

• untidy

• dull

• borrow

Multiple Choice

borrow

• bright

• share

• tidy

Multiple Choice

best

• rude

• gracious

• worst

Antonyms and Sentences

• Read each sentence. Decide which antonyms fit in each sentence.

Multiple Choice

If the light is too _____, you can turn it down and make it _____.

• bright, dim

• neat, sloppy

• best, worst

Multiple Choice

A tidy room is _____, and a _____ room is messy.

• rude, gracious

• neat, sloppy

• lend, borrow

Multiple Choice

Something that is _____ is the greatest, and something that is _____ is the most terrible.

• bright, dim

• tidy, sloppy

• best, worst

Multiple Choice

When you _____ something, you get something. When you _____, you give something.

• borrow, lend

• gracious, rude

• neat, sloppy

Multiple Choice

A _____ person is polite. A _____ person is not polite.

• bright, dim

• neat, sloppy

• gracious, rude

Open Ended

Use two of the antonyms in a sentence.

bright/dim, tidy/sloppy, best/worst, borrow/lend, gracious/rude