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Question
Give another word for the ones given below with similar meanings and make sentences. Now write the opposites of these describing words and make sentences with them –
| Opposite | Sentence | |
| lovely | ||
| talking | ||
| listening | ||
| see | ||
| centre |
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Solution
| Word | Similar word | Opposite word | Sentence |
| lovely | Attractive | Nasty |
|
| talking | Chatting | Silent |
|
| listening | Hearing | Speaking |
|
| see |
Look at |
Ignore |
|
| centre | core | border |
|
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