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Do your students need to increase their English vocabulary? This heart themed resource has a variety of interesting worksheets for developing a wide range of English vocabulary. It also provides motivation for using dictionaries to find the meanings of any unknown vocabulary resulting in increased knowledge of English words and successful completion of the matching activity and worksheets. This resource is suitable for use at any time throughout the year, but particularly appropriate around the time of St Valentine’s Day on 14th February.

The vocabulary used can be seen below.

Matching Opposites 1

above- below, add – subtract, back – front, cheerful – sad, difficult – easy, clean – dirty, bad – good, absent – present

Matching Opposites 2

close – open, dry – wet, fast – slow, he – she, laugh – cry, cold – hot, inside – outside, empty - full

Matching Opposites 3

long – short, loud – quiet, old – young/new, push – pull, rich – poor, man – woman, sad – happy, night - day

Matching Opposites 4

start – finish, yes – no, throw – catch, question – answer, big – little, boy – girl, true – false, tall - short

Matching Opposites 5

 brother – sister, low – high, fact – fiction, last – first, thin – fat, wrong – correct, enter – exit, clever – stupid

Print, Laminate, Cut in half and Match 1

leave – stay, love – hate, noisy – quiet, open – shut / closed, over – under, right – left/wrong, sit – stand, down – up

Print, Laminate, Cut in half and Match 2

thick – thin, win – lose, awake – asleep, cheap – expensive, cruel – kind, buy – sell, late – early, many – few

Print, Laminate, Cut in half and Match 2

black- white, sharp – blunt, bottom –top, husband – wife, none –all, arrive – leave/depart, child – adult, smooth – rough

Cut and Stick Opposites 1

on – off, sweet – sour, wide – narrow, shout – whisper, rude – polite, small – big, nasty – pleasant/nice, North - South

Cut and Stick Opposites 2

a lot – a little, dead – alive, begin – end, ugly – beautiful, deep – shallow, like – dislike, modern – ancient, never - always

Cut and Stick Opposites 3

large – small, midday – midnight, polite – rude, safe – dangerous, vertical – horizontal, weak – strong, pretty – ugly, rapid - slow

 Cut and Stick Opposites 4

melt- freeze, female – male, broad – narrow, near – far, adore – hate, bright – dull, friend – enemy, smile - frown

Cut and Stick Opposites 5

lazy – diligent, behind – in front of, brave – cowardly, giant – tiny, forget – remember, lose – find, most – least, same – opposite

Opposites Crossword 1

insult – compliment, opaque – transparent, extinguish – ignite, pessimistic – optimistic, innocent – guilty, vacant – occupied, immature – mature, import – export

Opposites Crossword 2

artificial – natural, retreat – advance, different – identical, forbid – allow, internal – external, positive – negative, contract – expand, sink - float

Word Search 1

save – spend, war – peace, vanish – appear, nephew – niece, private – public, boring – interesting, sick – healthy, maximum – minimum, permanent – temporary, real – fake

Word Search 2

loose – tight, pass – fail, terrible – wonderful, capture – release, rise – fall, junior – senior, fresh – stale, death – birth, after – before, wrong - right