Vocabulary Worksheets

Basic English Grammar, 3rd Edition

Chapter 4: Using the Present Progressive

Worksheet 12. Verbs: Opposites

Complete the sentences in Column A with words or phrases that are opposites. Write the letter of the correct word or phrase in Column B in the blank space in Column A.
Column A Column B

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Chapter 4 Answer Key

2. 4. 6. 8.

Exercise 1
1. 3. 5. 7. f. sleeping a. making breakfast g. talking on the phone c. reading his newspaper b. playing tennis e. running in a race h. washing his car d. riding his motorcycle

Exercise 2
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. am eating / m eating are having / re having are drinking / re drinking is flying / s flying is jogging / s jogging is running / s running is watching / s watching is delivering / s delivering

Exercise 3
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. is serving is sleeping is putting is eating is working is holding / is looking are talking is crying / am not listening OR m not listening

Exercise 4
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. her clothes / her hands his father / his voicemail TV / a football game his professor / a movie / a picture his bicycle / his groceries / his suitcase his baby / a pen a motorcycle / her bicycle a taxi / a truck the violin / tennis / a game

Vocabulary Worksheets
Basic English Grammar, 3rd Edition

Chapter 4: Using the Present Progressive

1. The opposite of push is ____. 2. The opposite of break is ____. 3. The opposite of love is ____. a. stand up b. pull c. throw

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Chapter 4 Answer Key

2. 4. 6. 8.

Exercise 1
1. 3. 5. 7. f. sleeping a. making breakfast g. talking on the phone c. reading his newspaper b. playing tennis e. running in a race h. washing his car d. riding his motorcycle

Exercise 2
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. am eating / m eating are having / re having are drinking / re drinking is flying / s flying is jogging / s jogging is running / s running is watching / s watching is delivering / s delivering

Exercise 3
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. is serving is sleeping is putting is eating is working is holding / is looking are talking is crying / am not listening OR m not listening

Exercise 4
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. her clothes / her hands his father / his voicemail TV / a football game his professor / a movie / a picture his bicycle / his groceries / his suitcase his baby / a pen a motorcycle / her bicycle a taxi / a truck the violin / tennis / a game

Vocabulary Worksheets
Basic English Grammar, 3rd Edition

Chapter 4: Using the Present Progressive

4. The opposite of catch is ____. 5. The opposite of lie down is ____. 6. The opposite of go is ____. 7. The opposite of teach is ____. d. come e. lend f. end g. fix

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Chapter 4 Answer Key

2. 4. 6. 8.

Exercise 1
1. 3. 5. 7. f. sleeping a. making breakfast g. talking on the phone c. reading his newspaper b. playing tennis e. running in a race h. washing his car d. riding his motorcycle

Exercise 2
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. am eating / m eating are having / re having are drinking / re drinking is flying / s flying is jogging / s jogging is running / s running is watching / s watching is delivering / s delivering

Exercise 3
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. is serving is sleeping is putting is eating is working is holding / is looking are talking is crying / am not listening OR m not listening

Exercise 4
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. her clothes / her hands his father / his voicemail TV / a football game his professor / a movie / a picture his bicycle / his groceries / his suitcase his baby / a pen a motorcycle / her bicycle a taxi / a truck the violin / tennis / a game

Vocabulary Worksheets
Basic English Grammar, 3rd Edition

Chapter 4: Using the Present Progressive

8. The opposite of borrow is ____. 9. The opposite of laugh is ____. 10. The opposite of begin is ____. h. cry i. learn j. hate

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Chapter 4 Answer Key

2. 4. 6. 8.

Exercise 1
1. 3. 5. 7. f. sleeping a. making breakfast g. talking on the phone c. reading his newspaper b. playing tennis e. running in a race h. washing his car d. riding his motorcycle

Exercise 2
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. am eating / m eating are having / re having are drinking / re drinking is flying / s flying is jogging / s jogging is running / s running is watching / s watching is delivering / s delivering

Exercise 3
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. is serving is sleeping is putting is eating is working is holding / is looking are talking is crying / am not listening OR m not listening

Exercise 4
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. her clothes / her hands his father / his voicemail TV / a football game his professor / a movie / a picture his bicycle / his groceries / his suitcase his baby / a pen a motorcycle / her bicycle a taxi / a truck the violin / tennis / a game

Vocabulary Worksheets
Basic English Grammar, 3rd Edition

Chapter 4: Using the Present Progressive

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Copyright 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use.

Chapter 4 Answer Key

2. 4. 6. 8.

Exercise 1
1. 3. 5. 7. f. sleeping a. making breakfast g. talking on the phone c. reading his newspaper b. playing tennis e. running in a race h. washing his car d. riding his motorcycle

Exercise 2
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. am eating / m eating are having / re having are drinking / re drinking is flying / s flying is jogging / s jogging is running / s running is watching / s watching is delivering / s delivering

Exercise 3
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. is serving is sleeping is putting is eating is working is holding / is looking are talking is crying / am not listening OR m not listening

Exercise 4
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. her clothes / her hands his father / his voicemail TV / a football game his professor / a movie / a picture his bicycle / his groceries / his suitcase his baby / a pen a motorcycle / her bicycle a taxi / a truck the violin / tennis / a game