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1) Rewrite the sentences so that they have an opposite meaning. Use the words in the box.

            Badly         Happy       Mean     Rude            

1.    My father driver really well.                 

       My father driver really badly.

2.    My best friend can be very kind.          

       My best friend can be very mean.  

3.    My boss is an extremely polite person.

       My boss is an extremely rude person.

4.    I was pretty unhappy in school.             

       I was pretty happy in school.  

       2) For each of the underlined words, think of a word with an opposite meaning.

1.    I have a pretty loud voice.

       I have pretty quite voise.

 2. My mother is extremely demanding. 

     My mother is extremely undemanding

 3. I'm usually late for appointments. 

     I'm usually early for appointment.

 4. My brother eats very quickly. 

     My brother eats very slowly.

 5. I think English is difficult.

     I think English is easy.

 6. My sister and I have similar tastes.

      My sister and I have different tastes.

       3) Word Builder Use the prefixes im-, in-, un-, and dis-, to create opposite meaning for these words. Use a dictionary to help you find or check the opposite you don’t know.

  1. He's patient           impatient                                    

  2. She is honest         dishonest

  3. He's friendly          unfriendly

  4. He's competent     uncompetent

  5.They're organized   disorganized

  6. He looks healthy    unhealthy

  7. She's reliable         unreliable

  8. She's considrate    unconsidrate