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beautifulcleandarkeasyfancyfatfullgoodhandsomeheavylargelonglowmarriedmessy

Now using the adjectives from column A complete these sentences:

The knife wasnt ___________ enough to cut through the meat.She has been ____________ for ten ears before the had their !rst child.She was wearing a ver _________ dress and ever one was looking at her." decided to go on a diet. All m clothes were too _________ " saw #ar last night dancing with the most ____________ girl "d ever seen.She found the door ___________ when she arrived at the house.$ett has long% dark% ___________ hair and she looks like a !lm star.

The room was ____________ of people b the time " arrived. &ohn was a ver ___________ bab and died at the age of '. That kitchen doesnt look ver _________% does it() brother is becoming more and more ______________ as the da s go on." dont know wh the bought that ____________ house in the countr % do ou(*e drove down a long ___________ road before we saw the signs to themotorwa .+id ou notice how _______&ohn has got, he ought to go on a diet." liked the book ou lent me, it was __________ reading% just what " needed atthe time-

The suitcase was too _____________ for me to pick up.)ar was a ver ___________ % pleasant child who alwa s paid attention atschool." had to !nd m wa uickl % it was getting ________ and " was ver afraid.$rian was ver ____________ at tennis when he was at universit .

The table was much too ____________ for the tablecloth so we had to use two.

*e had to bu a ________ cooker for the kitchen because the old one didntwork an more. The car was a big red _________ one and stood out amongst the others in thecar park./uckil the fence was ____________ and we were able to climb over it.) daughters bedroom is alwa s so ____________ despite the number of times" tell her to tid it.+id ou see that ________ man sitting on the bench( 0e must be nearl 122.

narrownewoldopenquietrichsharpshinyslowsoft

straighttallthicktightweak

strongloosethinshortcurlyhardfastbluntdullpoor

noisyclosed youngoldwide

neatsingleshorthighsmalllightuglybademptythinplaindifficultlightdirtyugly

Match the adjectives in column A with their opposites in column B

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___________ The train was a ______________ one and we were afraid to miss our 3ight.0e was a ver _________ man% a good head above ever one else.

There was a ________ la er of dust in the house, it was obvious nobod hadbeen there for ears.

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Matching

beautiful 7 ugl , clean 7 dirt , dark8 light, eas 7 di9cult, fanc 8 plain, fat 7 thin,full 7 empt , good 7 bad,handsome 7 ugl , heav 7 light, large 7 small, long 7 short, low 7 high, married 7single, mess 7 neat, narrow 7 wide,new 7 old, old 7 oung, open 7 closed, uiet 7 nois , rich 7 poor, sharp 7 blunt, shin7 dull, slow 7 fast, soft 7 hard,straight 7 curl , tall 7 short, thick 7 thin, tight 7 loose% weak 7 strong.

1. The knife wasnt S0A ; enough to cut through the meat.AT &ohn has got, he ought to go on a diet.1@. " liked the book ou lent me, it was 5AS6 reading% just what " needed at thetime-

1B. The suitcase was too 05AG6 for me to pick up.1D. )ar was a ver H "5T% pleasant child who alwa s paid attention at school.1E. " had to !nd m wa uickl % it was getting +A 4 and " was ver afraid.1F. $rian was ver #CC+ at tennis when he was at universit .