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Adjectives of Nature and Environment
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Learning to describe the world around us is a key skill for young learners. This activity sheet, designed for A2 level, addresses nature and environment vocabulary through the simple yet powerful concept of opposites. Thanks to a visual and accessible matching game, students acquire essential words to make basic comparisons about weather, places, or environmental conditions. It's an excellent tool for a concrete and relevant vocabulary lesson.
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Resource Objective & Content
The objective is to introduce and consolidate basic vocabulary for describing nature and environmental conditions by identifying and associating antonymous (opposite) adjectives.
The document is an exercise titled "Antonyms Game" for A2 level on the theme "Adjectives of Nature and Environment". Students must connect eight pairs of words with opposite meanings. The vocabulary covers environmental concepts (natural/artificial , clean/polluted , fresh/stale ), physical conditions (warm/cold , dry/wet , light/heavy ) and qualities of places (quiet/noisy , safe/dangerous ). This activity provides learners with the tools to make simple comparisons about their environment.
Suggested Procedure
Before the Activity (~5 min): THE WEATHER OF OPPOSITES
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Start an oral warm-up about the weather using simple opposites. Ask: "Is it hot today? No, it's... cold!", "Is it wet outside? No, it's... dry!".
During the Activity (~5-10 min): FINDING THE OPPOSITES
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Distribute the worksheet. Ensure that the instruction to find the opposite (the opposite) is well understood.
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Do the first pair, for example warm/cold, all together.
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Have students, individually or in pairs, connect the other pairs. Correct collectively using contrasting images (a forest/quiet and a city/noisy).
After the Activity (~10 min): DESCRIBE THE IMAGE
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Show a simple image of a place (e.g., a clean beach, a polluted street).
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Ask closed questions that elicit the adjectives from the worksheet as answers. For example: "Is this place quiet or noisy?", "Is the water clean or polluted?".
Adaptations
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To simplify: Use gestures and sounds to illustrate concepts before starting: shiver for cold, make a loud noise for noisy, etc.
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To extend: Ask students to draw two opposite scenes (e.g., a sunny and dry day vs. a rainy and wet day) and label them with at least two pairs of antonyms from the worksheet.
