6 Rewrite the sentences so that they have the opposite meaning. Use the opposite of the underlined adjective.
1 These jeans were very expensive.
2 That yellow shirt looks terrible!
3 My bedroom is always very tidy.
4 It is dangerous to swim in that river.
5 Jason is feeling happy today.
6 My mum works in a small clothes shop.
- The opposite of "expensive" is "cheap" or "inexpensive".
- So, we can rewrite the sentence as: These jeans were very cheap/inexpensive.
2. That yellow shirt looks terrible!
- The opposite of "terrible" is "great" or "wonderful".
- So, we can rewrite the sentence as: That yellow shirt looks great/wonderful!
3. My bedroom is always very tidy.
- The opposite of "tidy" is "messy" or "untidy".
- So, we can rewrite the sentence as: My bedroom is always very messy/untidy.
4. It is dangerous to swim in that river.
- The opposite of "dangerous" is "safe" or "harmless".
- So, we can rewrite the sentence as: It is safe/harmless to swim in that river.
5. Jason is feeling happy today.
- The opposite of "happy" is "sad" or "unhappy".
- So, we can rewrite the sentence as: Jason is feeling sad/unhappy today.
6. My mum works in a small clothes shop.
- The opposite of "small" is "big" or "large".
- So, we can rewrite the sentence as: My mum works in a big/large clothes shop.