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CONTENTS
3–4
Song lyrics
5
Vocabulary list x 66 (to print and cut out)
6–7
Pairs activity – Students help each other
to fill in the spaces
8 – 13
Draw a line to link the pairs activity x 6 (one for each
verse)
14 – 19
Wordsearches x 6 (one for each verse)
20 – 27
84 full-color pairs of matching cards, ready to print…
28 – 37
Bingo (40 different cards + calling card and Teacher’s
Tips)
38
Other ideas (including drama, art, mime, and singing)
39 – 42
Photography credits
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The Opposites Song
Big, small
Short, tall
These are opposites
Day, night
Left, right
These are opposites
Up, down
Touch the ground!
Low, high
Touch the sky!
Fast, slow
Stop, go
Push, pull
Empty, full
(CHORUS)
Opposites make the world go
round
World go round
World go round
Opposites make the world go
round
Living in harmony
Boo, hoo!
Dull, bright
Heavy, light
Girls, boys
Silence, noise
[CHORUS]
Fat, thin
Lose, win
These are opposites
Father, mother
Sister, Brother
These are opposites
Boring, fun
Run, run!
Healthy, ill
Stand still!
Catch, throw
Yes, no
King, queen
Dirty, clean
[CHORUS]
On, off
Hard, soft
These are opposites
Hot, cold
Young, old
These are opposites
Near, far
Ha, ha, ha!
Old, new
Dark, light
Wrong, right
These are opposites
Square, round
Lost, found
These are opposites
Summer, winter
Whisper, whisper!
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In, out
Shout, shout!
Strong, weak
Listen, speak
Stay, leave
Give, receive
[CHORUS]
Early, late
Curly, straight
These are opposites
Quiet, loud
Humble, proud
These are opposites
Shallow, deep
Fast asleep!
Real, fake
Wide awake!
Valley, peak
Hide, seek
Break, mend
Beginning, end
Village, city
Ugly, pretty
These are opposites
Ceiling, floor
Shut the door!
Stamp, tiptoe
Open the window!
Good, bad
Happy, sad
Wet, dry
Hello, goodbye
[CHORUS]
[CHORUS]
White, black
Front, back
These are opposites
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66 pairs of opposites…
Print (on colored card if possible), laminate (if you intend to reuse them) and cut up
to make individual cards. Students match the opposites in pairs or small groups.
big
short
day
left
up
ground
low
fast
stop
push
empty
on
hard
hot
young
near
small
fat
tall
lose
night
father
right
sister
down boring
sky
run
high healthy
slow
catch
go
yes
pull
king
full
dirty
off
dark
soft
wrong
cold
square
old
lost
far
summer
ha ha ha boo hoo whisper
old
new
in
dull
bright strong
heavy
light
listen
girls
boys
stay
silence noise
give
thin
early
win
curly
mother quiet
brother humble
fun
shallow
stand still asleep
ill
real
throw valley
no
hide
queen break
clean beginning
light
white
right
front
round village
found
ugly
winter ceiling
shout
shut
out
stamp
weak
good
speak happy
leave
wet
receive hello
late
straight
loud
proud
deep
awake
fake
peak
seek
mend
end
black
back
city
pretty
floor
open
tiptoe
bad
sad
dry
goodbye
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A) Work with someone who has a “B” sheet. Can you match the opposites?
big
short
day
left
up
ground
low
fast
stop
push
empty
on
hard
hot
young
near
ha, ha, ha
old
dull
heavy
girls
silence
white
front
village
ugly
ceiling
shut
catch
yes
square
lost
summer
whisper
in
strong
listen
stay
give
early
curly
quiet
humble
shallow
asleep
real
valley
hide
break
beginning
stamp
good
happy
wet
hello
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B) Work with someone who has an “A” sheet. Can you match the opposites?
sky
boys
throw
full
boo hoo
winter
proud
leave
tall
open
weak
down
city
cold
shout
round
straight
tiptoe
slow
receive
new
off
deep
seek
dry
black
end
fake
far
goodbye
noise
peak
high
floor
pull
old
bad
go
pretty
light
found
small
awake
speak
sad
soft
late
bright
out
right
back
mend
night
no
loud
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Can you link the pairs?
(Verse 1)
big
up
day
low
short
ground
left
push
stop
fast
empty
night
sky
small
go
full
high
right
pull
down
slow
tall
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Can you link the pairs?
(Verse 2)
on
dull
silence
young
near
ha ha ha
old
hard
heavy
girls
hot
old
off
new
light
far
cold
noise
boys
soft
bright
boo hoo
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Can you link the pairs?
(Verse 3)
fat
yes
father
king
boring
run
healthy
catch
lose
sister
dirty
ill
thin
brother
stand still
clean
throw
queen
win
fun
mother
no
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Can you link the pairs?
(Verse 4)
whisper
wrong
listen
in
square
summer
stay
give
strong
dark
lost
light
right
round
found
winter
shout
out
weak
speak
leave
receive
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Can you link the pairs?
(Verse 5)
break
real
hide
humble
shallow
asleep
curly
valley
quiet
early
beginning
late
straight
awake
proud
end
loud
fake
peak
seek
mend
deep
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Can you link the pairs?
(Verse 6)
white
shut
good
ugly
hello
front
stamp
village
happy
wet
ceiling
sad
back
city
dry
floor
open
tiptoe
black
bad
pretty
goodbye
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Opposites Wordsearch (Verse 1)
big
short
day
left
up
ground
small
tall
night
right
down
sky
low
fast
stop
push
empty
high
slow
go
pull
full
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Opposites Wordsearch (Verse 2)
on
off
hard
soft
hot
cold
young
old
near
far
ha ha ha boo hoo
old
dull
heavy
girls
silence
new
bright
light
boys
noise
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Opposites Wordsearch (Verse 3)
fat
lose
father
sister
boring
run
thin
win
mother
brother
fun
healthy
catch
yes
king
dirty
ill
throw
no
queen
clean
stand still
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Opposites Wordsearch (Verse 4)
dark
wrong
square
lost
summer
whisper
light
right
round
found
winter
shout
in
strong
listen
stay
give
out
weak
speak
leave
receive
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Opposites Wordsearch (Verse 5)
early
curly
quiet
humble
shallow
asleep
late
straight
loud
proud
deep
awake
real
valley
hide
break
beginning
fake
peak
seek
mend
end
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Opposites Wordsearch (Verse 6)
white
front
village
ugly
ceiling
shut
black
back
city
pretty
floor
open
stamp
good
happy
wet
hello
tiptoe
bad
sad
dry
goodbye
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84 pairs of matching cards, ready to
print…
The following images can be printed onto white card or photographic paper, then
laminated and cut out, to make a matching or memory game.
Depending on the thickness of your card, you may need to back the cards with another
piece of paper (colored if possible), so that students can’t see the image when the cards
are upside-down.
1. Cut each card in half (to make 168 separate cards). Students work together to
put them in matching pairs.
2. When students are familiar with the cards and how they match, place all cards
(or a selection of pairs that you want to work with) face down. Students take it
in turns to turn over two cards. If they don’t match, cards must be replaced to
the same place they were found. When a student turns over a matching pair
he/she keeps the cards and can turn over another two cards. The student(s) with
the most pairs at the end are the winners.
For example:-
&
…are cut out separately and need to be matched together.
Note: You will need a large table for students to play this. Alternatively, if you have a clean floor or a
nice rug (and students are happy to sit on the floor), this is probably the best place to play the game.
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BINGO x 40 different cards
(1)
ha ha ha
ground
strong
stop
listen
square
summer
young
give
early
hot
heavy
fast
stay
old
young
curly
empty
ha, ha, ha
low
summer
big
in
hot
fast
left
square
strong
summer
ground
yes
early
on
whisper
in
girls
stay
ground
short
shut
young
near
listen
lost
yes
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
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(6)
listen
young
in
push
shut
catch
summer
empty
strong
ugly
catch
big
hot
curly
stamp
near
strong
shut
in
up
ugly
stop
young
ceiling
low
whisper
heavy
ugly
whisper
near
short
listen
village
ground
summer
catch
yes
short
stop
empty
square
ceiling
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
strong
ground
hot
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(11)
ground
dull
shut
curly
stamp
fast
in
yes
on
ceiling
ha ha ha
curly
give
push
strong
summer
up
hot
fast
old
give
ceiling
lost
summer
curly
in
shut
lost
girls
catch
near
up
hard
stay
stamp
on
summer
big
dull
short
hard
lost
day
up
early
(12)
(13)
(14)
(15)
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(16)
ground
listen
stamp
yes
lost
empty
ceiling
up
strong
strong
hard
big
in
shut
on
square
hot
push
big
yes
hot
curly
square
give
ugly
whisper
short
big
near
catch
stay
yes
lost
village
stop
push
old
day
ground
left
shut
whisper
fast
short
in
(17)
(18)
(19)
(20)
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(21)
up
old
near
early
village
strong
square
ceiling
short
ceiling
give
fast
big
young
hot
stay
lost
strong
strong
ugly
day
shallow
old
yes
short
catch
curly
on
strong
fast
low
empty
catch
stay
wrong
old
fast
stamp
yes
whisper
early
up
stay
catch
day
(22)
(23)
(24)
(25)
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(26)
summer
ground
square
low
stop
near
fast
ha ha ha
village
early
push
old
listen
silence
up
stamp
in
village
big
fast
shut
low
short
good
ugly
ceiling
catch
old
hot
near
listen
summer
day
on
hard
up
on
early
shut
empty
ha ha ha
ceiling
yes
day
listen
(27)
(28)
(29)
(30)
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(31)
in
dark
shut
old
ugly
strong
left
push
square
fast
stamp
stop
left
hard
big
ceiling
good
whisper
short
stay
near
stamp
fast
ha ha ha
old
catch
on
ugly
hot
shut
ceiling
square
in
listen
curly
summer
stop
stay
hot
strong
early
ceiling
listen
push
silence
(32)
(33)
(34)
(35)
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(36)
short
on
early
stamp
give
listen
old
day
hot
silence
strong
young
square
hot
fast
stamp
listen
village
lost
sister
stay
yes
summer
up
square
shut
fast
stamp
whisper
shallow
shut
left
summer
big
yes
day
stay
shut
lost
catch
yes
strong
(37)
(38)
(39)
(40)
ha ha ha
push
father
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Bingo Call card (These could also be used for quiz questions)
1.The opposite of small
(Answer: big)
2.The opposite of tall
(Answer: short)
3.The opposite of night
(Answer: day)
4.The opposite of right
(Answer: left)
5.The opposite of down
(Answer: up)
6.The opposite of sky
(Answer: ground)
7.The opposite of high
(Answer: low)
8.The opposite of slow
(Answer: fast)
9.The opposite of go
(Answer: stop)
10.The opposite of pull (Answer:
push)
11.The opposite of full (Answer:
empty)
12.The opposite of off
(Answer: on)
13.The opposite of soft (Answer:
hard)
14.The opposite of cold
(Answer: hot)
15.The opposite of old (Answer:
young)
16.The opposite of far (Answer:
near)
17.The opposite of boo hoo
(Answer: ha ha ha)
18.The opposite of new
(Answer: old)
19. The opposite of bright
(Answer: dull)
20.The opposite of light
(Answer: heavy)
21.The opposite of boys
Old (Answer: girls)
22.The opposite of noise
(Answer: silence)
23. The opposite of thin
(Answer: fat)
24. The opposite of win
(Answer: lose)
25. The opposite of mother
(Answer: father)
26. The opposite of brother
(Answer: sister)
27. The opposite of fun
(Answer: boring)
28. The opposite of stand still
(Answer: run)
29. The opposite of ill
(Answer: healthy)
30. The opposite of throw
(Answer: catch)
31. The opposite of no
(Answer: yes)
32. The opposite of queen
(Answer: king)
33. The opposite of clean
(Answer: dirty)
34. The opposite of light
(Answer: dark)
35. The opposite of wrong
(Answer: right)
36.The opposite of round
(Answer: square)
37.The opposite of found
(Answer: lost)
38.The opposite of
winter (Answer: summer)
39.The opposite of shout
(Answer: whisper)
40.The opposite of
out (Answer: in)
41.The opposite of
weak (Answer: strong)
42.The opposite of
speak (Answer: listen)
43.The opposite of
leave (Answer: stay)
44.The opposite of
receive (Answer: give)
45. The opposite of
late (Answer: early)
46. The opposite of straight
(Answer: curly)
47. The opposite of loud
(Answer: quiet)
48. The opposite of proud
(Answer: humble)
49. The opposite of deep
(Answer: shallow)
50. The opposite of awake
(Answer: asleep)
51. The opposite of fake
(Answer: real)
52. The opposite of peak
(Answer: valley)
53. The opposite of seek
(Answer: hide)
54. The opposite of mend
(Answer: break)
55. The opposite of end
(Answer: beginning)
56.The opposite of black
(Answer: white)
57.The opposite of back
(Answer: front)
58.The opposite of city
(Answer: village)
59.The opposite of pretty
(Answer: ugly)
60.The opposite of floor
(Answer: ceiling)
61.The opposite of open
(Answer: shut)
62.The opposite of tiptoe
(Answer: stamp)
63.The opposite of bad
(Answer: good)
64.The opposite of sad
(Answer: happy)
65.The opposite of dry
(Answer: wet)
66. The opposite of goodbye
(Answer: hello)
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Bingo: Teacher’s Tips
1. Give each student or pair of students a bingo card. (If you have
enough students, pair work will make this more enjoyable and
relaxing for the students. Pair stronger and weaker students
together.)
2. Demonstrate how to play.
i)
Draw an empty bingo card grid (3 x 3) on the board.
ii)
Ask students: “What is the opposite of dry?” Elicit “Wet”.
Write “WET” on the card.
iii) Write HELLO in another empty space. Ask what question you
need. Elicit, “What is the opposite of GOODBYE?”
iv) Ensure all students understand how to play before starting.
Give other examples if necessary.
3. Give students time to think about and discuss what questions they
need to listen for.
4. When everyone is ready, choose a clue at random to read out. (e.g.
Numbers 1 – 66 could be on bits of paper in a hat.)
5. Students who have the relevant word cross it off the card. (Make a
note of the clues you have read out so that later you can check the
winning card.)
6. The first student(s) to tick off all 9 words shout “Bingo!” and they
are the winners. If students are enjoying the game you can continue
to find 2nd and 3rd place.
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Other ideas for how to teach opposites…
1. PREPARATION
Before playing the song, generate interest by asking students to
suggest opposites they know already. Help them understand what
“opposites” are, by drawing a happy  and sad  face on the board.
Write ideas on the board.
2. MIME GAME
One student goes to the front. Teacher shows student a picture
card from the song. Student has to MIME what’s on the card. The
other students, in two teams, have to shout out the opposite of the
activity. The correct answer gets one point.
3. VOCABULARY BUILDING
Be aware that students may suggest alternatives to the words
included in the song. Encourage this and accept suitable synonyms
where appropriate. For example, “humble” could be “modest”,
“ground” could be “earth”, “new” could be “modern”, “beginning” could
be “start” and there are further alternatives that might come up.
4. POSTER
Students could make a class poster including as many of the
opposites in the picture as they can. After they have drawn pictures
they can label it and display it in the classroom as a reminder.
5. SING ALONG
Give lyric sheets to the students. Students (and teacher) sing along
together.
6. PERFORMANCE
If your students are confident and like drama activities, get them to
make a performance of the song using mime, props, costume and
showing the words in action. If it goes well, invite another class or
teacher(s)/parents/friends, to watch the finished song.
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Photography credits…
Finally, I would just like to again thank the photographers who made
their work available for this project, either through Creative
Commons or via email. Their details follow here:
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I hope you find the “Opposites Song” and this eBook useful. If you
have any comments or suggestions, please email me at:
naturalenglish.org@gmail.com.
Wishing you fun, creative and successful learning! 
Sincerely,
Tamsin
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