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1. Antonyms Presented by:- Sukhpal Kaur Sr. Sec. School Bahadurgarh Patiala For class - 9th

2. Antonyms Antonyms are those words which have opposite meanings. Some words can be paired with words opposite in meaning. They are called Antonyms.

3. Examples Bold – Timid Coarse – Fine Create – Destroy Contract – Expand Deep – Shallow Early – Late Expensive – Cheap Forward – Backward

4. Examples Accept – Reject Active – Lazy Ancient – Modern Arrival – Defend Attack – Defend Bent – Straight Better – Worse Blunt – Sharp Lazy Active Straight Bent

5. Found – Lost Freeze – Melt Fresh – Stale Gain – Loss

6. Great – Small Generous – Miserly Great small Happiness – Misery Happy – Sad

7. Honest – Dishonest Huge – Tiny Absent – Present Increase – Decrease Junior – Senior Kind – Cruel Honest Dishonest Cruel Kind

8. Lend – Borrow Light – Heavy Light – Dark Majority – Minority

9. Examples Maximum – Minimum Oral – Written Permanent – Temporary Please – Displease Plus – Minus Positive – Negative Punish – Reward Rough – Smooth Safe – Dangerous

10. Examples Sickness – Health Success – Failure Superior – Inferior Sweet – Sour Top – Bottom True – False Ugly – Beautiful Wet – Dry Left - Right Beautiful Ugly

11. Exercise • Match the antonyms correctly: • Admit destroy • Public straight • Junior conclude • Bent stale • Defend senior • Dark private • Fresh well-lit • Create descend • Ascend dangerous • Safe attack • Start modern • Ancient deny

12. Answer • Match the antonyms correctly: • Admit deny • Public private • Junior senior • Bent straight • Defend Attack • Dark • Fresh stale • Create destroy • Ascend descend • Safe dangerous • Start conclude • Ancient modern

13. Exercise • Ramesh, you are always…………, but why are you late today? • We will not …………….all the money now. We will save it for the rainy day. • Seven seats are still…………… They were full by now last year. • I will deposit the whole amount. I can………….it at any time I want. • The Goyals…………..wool from Australia, make garments and export them to the U.K. • Don’t forget your sweater here. ……………to wear it when it is cold in Srinagar. • ……………and failure go hand in hand in life. • This umbrella is very…………… I need a cheap one. • Rome has both ancient and ……………..buildings. • Can you tell me the minus and ………….points of this proposal.

14. Answers • Punctual • Spend • Vacant • Withdraw • Import • Remember • Success • Expensive • Modern • Plus

15. Bibliography • A Practice book for ENGLISH GRAMMAR and COMPOSITION (Class-9th P.S.E.B.) • Pictures from GOOGLE search engine

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