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Adjectives of Appearance
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Learning to describe is a fundamental step. This activity sheet, designed for A2 level, introduces students to describing appearance through the simple and powerful concept of opposites. Thanks to a visual matching game, students acquire basic vocabulary to make simple comparisons. It is an excellent tool for building the foundations of descriptive language in a fun and accessible way.
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Resource Objective & Content
The objective is to introduce and consolidate basic vocabulary for describing physical appearance by identifying and associating antonymous (opposite) adjectives.
The document is an exercise titled "Antonyms Game" for A2 level on the theme "Adjectives of Appearance". Students must connect eight pairs of words with opposite meanings. The vocabulary covers basic descriptive concepts: attractive/unattractive, bright/dark, clean/dirty, straight/curly, thick/thin, light/heavy, tidy/untidy, and soft/hard. This activity gives learners the tools to start making simple comparisons.
Suggested Procedure
Before the activity (~5 min): THE GAME OF OPPOSITES
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Start a quick oral warm-up. Say a word students know (e.g., big, happy) and ask them to shout out the opposite. Then show an image (e.g., a clean room) and ask for the adjective, then its opposite.
During the activity (~5-10 min): FINDING THE OPPOSITES
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Distribute the worksheet. Ensure the instruction to find the opposite (the opposite) is well understood.
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Do the first, most obvious pair (e.g., clean/dirty), all together.
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Let students, alone or in pairs, connect the other pairs. Correct collectively by miming or showing objects (stroke a scarf for soft, tap on the table for hard).
After the activity (~10 min): DESCRIBE THE IMAGE
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Show a simple image of a person or a place.
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Ask simple questions that elicit the adjectives from the worksheet as answers. For example: "Is the room tidy or untidy?", "Is her hair straight or curly?".
Adaptations
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To simplify: Use classroom objects to concretely illustrate the concepts: a scarf (soft) and a book (hard), a pencil (light) and a backpack (heavy).
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To extend: Ask students to draw two contrasting characters or rooms (e.g., a soft monster and a hard monster) and label their drawings with at least two pairs of antonyms from the worksheet.
