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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 On, off Hard, soft These are opposites Hot, cold Young, old These are opposites Near, far Ha, ha, ha! Old, new

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]

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 [CHORUS]

White, black Front, back These are opposites

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]

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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 small fat thin early late short tall lose win curly straight day night father mother quiet loud left right sister brother humble proud up down boring fun shallow deep

ground sky run stand still asleep awake low high healthy ill real fake fast slow catch throw valley peak stop go yes no hide seek push pull king queen break mend

empty full dirty clean beginning end on off dark light white black

hard soft wrong right front back hot cold square round village city

young old lost found ugly pretty near far summer winter ceiling floor

ha ha ha boo hoo whisper shout shut open old new in out stamp tiptoe dull bright strong weak good bad

heavy light listen speak happy sad girls boys stay leave wet dry

silence noise give receive hello goodbye

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A) Work with someone who has a “B” sheet. Can you match the opposites?

big catch short yes day square left lost up summer

ground whisper low in fast strong stop listen push stay

empty give on early

hard curly hot quiet

young humble near shallow

ha, ha, ha asleep old real dull valley

heavy hide girls break

silence beginning white stamp front good

village happy ugly wet

ceiling hello shut

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B) Work with someone who has an “A” sheet. Can you match the opposites?

sky far boys goodbye throw noise full peak boo hoo high winter floor proud pull leave old tall bad open go weak pretty down light city found cold small shout awake round speak straight sad tiptoe soft slow late receive bright new out off right deep back seek mend dry night black no end loud fake

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Can you link the pairs? (Verse 1)

big night

up sky

day small

low go

short full

ground high

left right

push pull

stop down

fast slow

empty tall

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on old

dull off

silence new

young light

near far

ha ha ha cold

old noise

hard boys

heavy soft

girls bright

hot boo hoo

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fat

ill

yes thin

father brother

king stand still

boring clean

run throw

healthy queen

catch win

lose fun

sister mother

dirty no

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whisper light

wrong right

listen round

in found

square winter

summer shout

stay out

give weak

strong speak

dark leave

lost receive

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break late

real straight

hide awake

humble proud

shallow end

asleep loud

curly fake

valley peak

quiet seek

early mend

beginning deep

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white sad

shut back

good city

ugly dry

hello floor

front open

stamp tiptoe

village black

happy bad

wet pretty

ceiling goodbye

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Opposites Wordsearch (Verse 1)

big small low high short tall fast slow day night stop go left right push pull up down empty full

ground sky

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on off old new hard soft dull bright hot cold heavy light

young old girls boys near far silence noise

ha ha ha boo hoo

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fat thin healthy ill lose win catch throw

father mother yes no sister brother king queen boring fun dirty clean

run stand still

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dark light in out wrong right strong weak square round listen speak

lost found stay leave summer winter give receive whisper shout

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early late real fake curly straight valley peak quiet loud hide seek

humble proud break mend shallow deep beginning end asleep awake

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white black stamp tiptoe front back good bad

village city happy sad ugly pretty wet dry

ceiling floor hello goodbye shut open

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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 stop summer ground listen young strong square give

(2)

early fast young hot stay curly

heavy old empty

(3)

ha, ha, ha big fast low in left

summer hot square

(4)

strong yes whisper summer early in ground on girls

(5)

stay shut listen ground young lost short near yes

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(6)

listen push summer young shut empty

in catch strong

(7)

ugly hot near catch curly strong big stamp shut

(8)

in stop low up young whisper

ugly ceiling heavy

(9)

ugly short ground whisper listen summer

near village catch

(10)

strong yes empty ground short square

hot stop ceiling

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(11)

ground curly in dull stamp yes shut fast on

(12)

ceiling give summer ha ha ha push up

curly strong hot

(13)

fast ceiling curly old lost in give summer shut

(14)

lost near stay girls up stamp

catch hard on

(15)

summer short day big hard up dull lost early

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(16)

ground yes ceiling listen lost up stamp empty strong

(17)

strong in square hard shut hot big on push

(18)

big curly ugly yes square whisper hot give short

(19)

big stay village near yes stop catch lost push

(20)

old left fast day shut short

ground whisper in

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(21)

up early square old village ceiling

near strong short

(22)

ceiling big stay give young lost fast hot strong

(23)

strong shallow short ugly old catch day yes curly

(24)

on low stay strong empty wrong

fast catch old

(25)

fast whisper stay stamp early catch

yes up day

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(26)

summer low fast ground stop ha ha ha square near village

(27)

early listen stamp push silence in old up village

(28)

big low ugly fast short ceiling shut good catch

(29)

old listen on hot summer hard

near day up

(30)

on empty yes early ha ha ha day shut ceiling listen

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(31)

in old left dark ugly push shut strong square

(32)

fast left ceiling stamp hard good stop big whisper

(33)

short stamp old stay fast catch near ha ha ha on

(34)

ugly ceiling listen hot square curly shut in summer

(35)

stop strong listen stay early push hot ceiling silence

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(36)

short stamp old on give day

early listen hot

(37)

silence square stamp strong hot listen young fast village

(38)

lost yes square sister summer shut stay up fast

(39)

stamp shut big whisper left yes shallow summer day

(40)

ha ha ha stay catch push shut yes father lost strong

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Bingo Call card (These could also be used for quiz questions) 1.The opposite of small

(Answer: big) 23. The opposite of thin

(Answer: fat) 45. The opposite of late (Answer: early)

2.The opposite of tall (Answer: short)

24. The opposite of win (Answer: lose)

46. The opposite of straight (Answer: curly)

3.The opposite of night (Answer: day)

25. The opposite of mother (Answer: father)

47. The opposite of loud (Answer: quiet)

4.The opposite of right (Answer: left)

26. The opposite of brother (Answer: sister)

48. The opposite of proud (Answer: humble)

5.The opposite of down (Answer: up)

27. The opposite of fun (Answer: boring)

49. The opposite of deep (Answer: shallow)

6.The opposite of sky (Answer: ground)

28. The opposite of stand still (Answer: run)

50. The opposite of awake (Answer: asleep)

7.The opposite of high (Answer: low)

29. The opposite of ill (Answer: healthy)

51. The opposite of fake (Answer: real)

8.The opposite of slow (Answer: fast)

30. The opposite of throw (Answer: catch)

52. The opposite of peak (Answer: valley)

9.The opposite of go (Answer: stop)

31. The opposite of no (Answer: yes)

53. The opposite of seek (Answer: hide)

10.The opposite of pull (Answer: push)

32. The opposite of queen (Answer: king)

54. The opposite of mend (Answer: break)

11.The opposite of full (Answer: empty)

33. The opposite of clean (Answer: dirty)

55. The opposite of end (Answer: beginning)

12.The opposite of off (Answer: on)

34. The opposite of light (Answer: dark)

56.The opposite of black (Answer: white)

13.The opposite of soft (Answer: hard)

35. The opposite of wrong (Answer: right)

57.The opposite of back (Answer: front)

14.The opposite of cold (Answer: hot)

36.The opposite of round (Answer: square)

58.The opposite of city (Answer: village)

15.The opposite of old (Answer: young)

37.The opposite of found (Answer: lost)

59.The opposite of pretty (Answer: ugly)

16.The opposite of far (Answer: near)

38.The opposite of winter (Answer: summer)

60.The opposite of floor (Answer: ceiling)

17.The opposite of boo hoo (Answer: ha ha ha)

39.The opposite of shout (Answer: whisper)

61.The opposite of open (Answer: shut)

18.The opposite of new (Answer: old)

40.The opposite of out (Answer: in)

62.The opposite of tiptoe (Answer: stamp)

19. The opposite of bright (Answer: dull)

41.The opposite of weak (Answer: strong)

63.The opposite of bad (Answer: good)

20.The opposite of light (Answer: heavy)

42.The opposite of speak (Answer: listen)

64.The opposite of sad (Answer: happy)

21.The opposite of boys Old (Answer: girls)

43.The opposite of leave (Answer: stay)

65.The opposite of dry (Answer: wet)

22.The opposite of noise (Answer: silence)

44.The opposite of receive (Answer: give)

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:

[email protected].

Wishing you fun, creative and successful learning!

Sincerely,

Tamsin

mailto:[email protected]

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