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Character Words- Opposites Card Games

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Personality adjective antonyms jigsaw and memory card game, with detailed instructions for teachers.

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Character word opposites card games

Instructions for teachers

Character word opposites jigsaw game instructions for teachers

Cut the cards into a jigsaw that students can complete without already knowing every word, by having more than one box in each card, e.g. “active/ dynamic/ pushy” and “adaptable/ flexible” still connected as one two-box card, and “passive”, “rigid” and “conservative/ traditional” together as one three-box card. As with these examples, it’s best if the cards are cut at different places on each side of the table.

Give out the cards and tell students to make them into two nice rectangles by putting opposites next to each other.

If students get stuck, you can tell them that the words on the left-hand side are in alphabetical order and/ or let them use their dictionaries.

When students have finished and checked their answers with a copy of the worksheet, they can test each other on the vocabulary, by:

  • Reading out words from the left-hand side and words from the right-hand side of the table and seeing if their partner can tell if they match (i.e. are opposites) or not, e.g. that “affectionate/ warm” and “babyish/ juvenile” are not opposites
  • Reading out all the words from both sides of a set of opposites, e.g. “arrogant, big headed, proud, humble, modest”, for their partner to split into two opposite groups
  • Reading out all but one word from both sides of a set of opposites, e.g. “brainy, clever, intelligent, BLANK, dumb, stupid, thick”, for their partner to fill in the missing part of

 

Character words opposites reversi memory game instructions for teachers

Cut the cards up row by row so that the opposites are still attached to each other. Ask students to fold the cards so that words with opposite meanings are on opposites sides to each other and place them down on the table. It doesn’t matter which side is up at the beginning of the game. Students take turns guessing what is on the other side of the cards, turning over to check. They must say one of the words there, even if other answers might be correct. If they are right, the card stays the other way up and the same person moves onto the next card. If they are wrong, play passes to the next person, who can attempt different cards and/ or the same cards but the other way around.

There are several ways of deciding who the winner is, including the person who has most right guesses over the whole game and who manages the longest chain of correct guesses in a row without making a mistake.

 

Character word opposites jigsaw game Cards to cut up/ Suggested answers

 

active/ dynamic/ pushy

 

 

passive

 

adaptable/ flexible

 

 

rigid

 

adventurous/ radical

 

 

conservative/ traditional

 

affectionate/ warm

 

 

cold/ cold blooded

 

adult/ grown up/ mature

 

 

babyish/ juvenile

 

arrogant/ big-headed/ proud

 

 

humble/ modest

 

bold/ brave/ courageous

 

 

cowardly/ timid

 

boring/ dull

 

 

fascinating/ interesting

 

brainy/ clever/ intelligent/ smart

 

 

dumb/ stupid/ thick

 

broadminded/ open-minded

 

 

narrow-minded

 

careful

 

 

careless/ clumsy

 

caring/ kind

 

 

cruel/ heartless

 

chaotic

 

 

organised

 

cheerful

 

 

grumpy

 

comfortable in your skin

 

 

neurotic/ self-conscious

 

conventional/ normal

 

 

eccentric/ strange/ weird

 

cynical/ paranoid/ suspicious

 

 

gullible/ trusting

 

dependent

 

 

independent/ self-reliant


 

diplomatic/ tactless

 

 

straightforward/ tactful

 

downbeat/ negative

 

 

upbeat/ positive

 

easy-going/ lenient/ relaxed

 

 

strict

 

extraverted/ outgoing

 

 

introverted/ shy

 

foolish/ silly

 

 

sensible/ serious

 

generous

 

 

mean

 

hard working

 

 

lazy

 

ignorant

 

 

knowledgeable

 

instinctive

 

 

logical/ systematic

 

laidback/ relaxed

 

 

stressed/ uptight

 

loud/ noisy/ talkative

 

 

quiet/ silent/ softly spoken

 

messy

 

 

neat/ tidy

 

naughty

 

 

well behaved

 

optimistic

 

 

pessimistic

 

polite

 

 

rude

 

selfish

 

 

selfless

 

sensitive/ thin-skinned

 

 

thick-skinned

 

Character word opposites reversi memory game cards to cut up

 

active/ dynamic/ pushy

 

 

passive

 

adaptable/ flexible

 

 

rigid

 

adventurous/ radical

 

 

conservative/ traditional

 

affectionate/ warm

 

 

cold/ cold blooded

 

aloof

 

 

approachable

 

badly behaved/ naughty

 

 

well behaved

 

big-headed/ boastful/ proud

 

 

humble/ modest

 

bold/ brave/ courageous

 

 

cowardly/ timid

 

boring/ dull

 

 

fascinating/ interesting

 

brainy/ clever/ intelligent/ smart

 

 

dumb/ stupid

 

broad minded/ open minded

 

narrow minded

 

 

careful

 

 

careless/ clumsy

 

cautious

 

 

impetuous/ impulsive

 

chaotic

 

 

organised


 

cheerful

 

 

grumpy

 

conventional/ normal

 

 

eccentric/ strange/ weird

 

cruel

 

 

kind

 

cynical/ paranoid/ suspicious

 

 

gullible/ trusting

 

diplomatic/ tactless

 

 

direct/ straightforward/ tactful

 

discreet

 

 

frank/ open

 

downbeat/ negative

 

 

upbeat/ positive

 

easy-going/ lenient/ relaxed

 

 

strict

 

hard working

 

 

lazy

 

extraverted/ outgoing

 

 

introverted/ shy

 

foolish/ silly

 

 

sensible/ serious

 

generous

 

 

mean

 

ignorant

 

 

knowledgeable

 

instinctive

 

 

logical/ systematic

 

laidback/ relaxed

 

 

stressed/ uptight

 

loud/ noisy/ talkative

 

 

quiet/ silent/ softly spoken

 

messy

 

 

neat/ tidy

 

optimistic

 

 

pessimistic

 

selfish

 

 

selfless

 

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