Common adjectives and their opposites page 1
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What are adjectives?
Adjectives are describing words.
Good, bad, young and old are all adjectives.
We can use adjectives to describe people:
- a young girl
- an old woman
She is young.
She is old.
We can use adjectives to describe places:
- a big city
- a beautiful country
New York is a big city.
Prague is a beautiful city.
Here are some adjectives and their opposites:
| Adjective opposites | |
| adjective / opposite | example |
| cold ⇄ hot | Ice-cream is cold. Soup is hot. |
| big ⇄ small | Elephants are big animals. Cats are small animals. |
| old ⇄ young | Tom is 80. He's old. Sara is 18. She's young. |
| old ⇄ new | Rome is an old city. My car is new. |
| lovely ⇄ horrible | Mmm . . . this food is lovely! Yuk! My food is horrible! |
| dry ⇄ wet | The Sahara Desert is dry. Rain forests are wet. |
| fast ⇄ slow | Tigers are fast animals. Tortoises are slow animals. |
A camel in a desert. Deserts are dry.
Tortoises are slow animals.
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