Antonyms

1. USING ADJECTIVES (TO DESCRIBE NOUNS)

Copy out this letter making it more interesting by adding adjectives in the spaces.

Dear Sally,

We all had a _________________ day at the lake. We met at the _______________ end

of the lake and surveyed the scene. There were ______________________trees and

___________ spaces. There was a ___________________ breeze but the day, which was

_______________ was a ___________________ day. Out on the lake, were

______________ boats and _______________sailboards and people swimming.

_____________________ gatherings of friends were preparing picnics and barbecues.

The air was full of ______________smells. We decided to go for a _____________swim

before lunch. The water which looked ____________ was cold but _______________.

I will call you when I get home and tell you what happened during lunch. It turned out to

be a ____________________ day.

Love,

Mary

2. USING ADVERBS (TO DESCRIBE VERBS)

They mostly end in `ly` eg. softly, excitedly, quickly, noisily.

Put adverbs in the spaces to make this more interesting.

We walked ____________. We were all excited. Janet, who was five, chatted

____________. When we got to the creek Peter told her to try to be quiet as any noise

would scare the crayfish away.

________________ we lowered the bits of meat tied to long bits of string into the water

near the holes we could see near the bank. Then we waited _____________ for a tug.

Janet`s string shivered. She let out a great squawk and there was a flash of movement

back into the hole. We were all ___________ mad at Janet.