Unit 1: Vocabulary notebook

I.              Rewite the sentence so that they have an opposite meaning. Use the words in the box.

Badly      Happy    Mean   Rude

1)     My father drives really well

My father drives really badly.

2)     My best friend can be very kind

My best friend can be very mean

3)     My boss is an extremely polite person

My boss is extremely rude person

4)     I was pretty unhappy  in school

I was pretty happy in school

II.               For each of the underlined words,think of a word with an opposite meaning.

1)     I have a pretty loud voice

I have a pretty low voice

2)     My mother is extremely demanding

My mother is extremely undemanding

3)     I am usually late for appointments

I am usually early for appointments

4)     My mother eats very  quickly

My mother eats very slowly

5)     I think English is difficult

I think English is easy

6)     My sister and I have similar tastes

My sister and I have different tastes 

III.            Word builder. Use the prefixes  im-,in-,un,-and dis-to create opposite meanings for these words. Use a dictionary to help you find or check  the opposites you don’t  know.

1)    He’s   patient.  impatient

2)      She’s   honest. dishonest

3)      He’s friendly. unfriendly

4)     He’s competent. incompetent

5)     They’re organized. disorganized

6)     He looks healthy. unhealthy

7)     She's reliable. unreliably

8)     She's considerate. inconsiderate