1 Take a look at the two photos below. With a classmate, discuss the following questions.
1. How does each photo differ from each other?
2. In your own idea, what do you think is important to the people in the first photo?
How about in the second?
2 Vocabulary Preview. Word meaning for sometimes could easily be understood when you know its opposite or antonym. Like for instance; tall is the opposite or antonym of short. Beautiful is the opposite of ugly.
Example:
The people in Photo 1 aren’t fat; they’re thin.
The opposite thin is overweight.
On the provided, write the antonym or the opposite of the underlined words.
1. They want to be happy, not sad.
The opposite of happy is ______________________.
2. John isn’t dull, he’s intelligent.
The opposite of dull is ________________________.
3. My neighbors are good. They aren’t bad because they help other people.
The opposite of good is ________________________.
4. She is a fast reader, not slow.
The opposite of fast is ________________________.
Match the word meaning in a Column A with the underlined words in Column B.
Write your answers on the blank before each number.
A B
___ 1. people who paint pictures a. The dancer was light and slender.
___ 2. not fat or heavy at all b. Leonardo Da Vinci and Picasso are
famous artists.
___ 3. pictures what you eat c. Every year many people die from
heart disease.
___ 4. foods from milk and cream d. The paintings were hanged on the wall of
the Muslim
___ 5. what you eat e. Butter & cheese are in the dairy section.
___ 6. an illness f. His diet had too much meat but too few
vegetables.