Reading: comprehension

More opposites

Give the opposite of an everyday word, including doing words.

Two words are opposites when one means the other way round. Doing words have opposites too.

Watch out

An opposite is not just a different word. Near and far are opposites; near and close mean the same thing.

Worked example

What is the opposite of 'buy'?

  1. When you buy, money goes out and the thing comes to you.

    Picture which way things move.

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Let's turn three words round together.

    1.What is the opposite of 'wet'?

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    Have a go. What is the opposite of 'early'?

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