UsingEnglish.com

Personality Opposites- Miming Games

A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS

Character words TPR practice through doing actions to represent pairs of antonyms, also with personality synonyms and students testing each other on the language in other ways.

      Page: /

Lesson Plan Content:


Personality opposites miming games

Choose one pair of opposites on the next page below and mime both sides of the table until your partner guesses at least two words there. If they can’t guess, let them look at the list below. 

Ask about any which you can’t understand, couldn’t mime, can’t pronounce, etc.

Do the same, but this time only letting your partner look at one side of the table.

Do the same, but with the person who is miming only being able to see one side of the table.

Read out an adjective below and see who can most quickly mime that and its opposite while they say both words. 

Test each other orally on the words below:

  • Choose a line that has at least three options, say all but one option, and help your partner say the missing one
  • Say one side of the table and help your partner make at least one opposite for each

 

affectionate/ warm

 

 

cold/ cold blooded/ unaffectionate

 

badly behaved/ naughty

 

 

well behaved

 

big-headed/ boastful/ proud

 

 

humble/ modest

 

bold/ brave/ courageous

 

 

cowardly/ timid

 

careful

 

 

careless/ clumsy

 

cheerful

 

 

grumpy

 

cruel

 

 

kind

 

energetic/ hard working

 

 

lazy/ unenergetic

 

foolish/ silly

 

 

sensible/ serious

 

friendly/ sociable

 

 

unfriendly/ unsociable

 

generous

 

 

mean

 

impatient

 

 

patient

 

impolite/ rude

 

 

polite

 

laidback/ relaxed

 

 

stressed/ uptight

 

loud/ noisy/ talkative

 

 

quiet/ silent/ softly spoken

 

messy/ untidy

 

 

neat/ tidy

 

sympathetic

 

 

unsympathetic

 

Terms of Use

Lesson plans & worksheets can be used by teachers without any fee in the classroom; however, please ensure you keep all copyright information and references to UsingEnglish.com in place.

You will need Adobe Reader to view these files.

Get Adobe Reader


Trustpilot