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Adjectives with opposite meanings
Textbook: Part 3, pp. 87–89
GoalKnow and find adjectives with opposite meanings.
New words
opposite · qarama-qarshilight · yengildirty · iflosnarrow · tor
Explanation
Some adjectives have opposite meanings: katta — kichik (big — small), baland — past (tall — low), keng — tor (wide — narrow), uzun — qisqa (long — short), yengil — og‘ir (light — heavy), issiq — sovuq (hot — cold), shirin — achchiq (sweet — bitter), oq — qora (white — black), toza — iflos (clean — dirty). Comparing opposites helps us describe things more precisely.
Worked examples
Fil sichqondan katta, sichqon esa filga qaraganda kichik. (An elephant is bigger than a mouse, and a mouse is smaller than an elephant.)
Yo‘l keng, ko‘cha tor. (The road is wide, the alley narrow.) Chelak yengil, tosh og‘ir. (The bucket is light, the stone heavy.)
Class activity
“Say the opposite”: the teacher says an adjective, and the child who catches the ball says the opposite (baland — past).
Practice
1
Say the opposite adjective: katta.
kichik
2
Say the opposite adjective: toza.
iflos
3
Say the opposite adjective: yengil.
og‘ir