Kata berlawan, or antonim, are opposites: besar and kecil (big and small), panas and sejuk (hot and cold), naik and turun (go up and go down). Learning words in opposite pairs doubles a child’s vocabulary with half the effort.
What your child will learn
- Match a word to its opposite
- Use opposites to complete a sentence
- Tell opposites from words that mean the same
Pairs that pull apart
Opposites come in every word class: adjectives (tinggi – rendah), verbs (buka – tutup) and even times of day (siang – malam).
The word “tetapi” (but) often signals an opposite: “Kopi itu panas tetapi ais itu sejuk.”
Example questions
Here are a few questions like the ones in the first quest. Can you solve them?
1. Apakah lawan bagi “panas”?
🔥- hangat
- basah
- kering
- sejuk
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Answer: sejuk. Lawan bagi “panas” ialah “sejuk”.
2. Pasangan yang manakah kata berlawan?
- cepat – laju
- besar – luas
- cantik – lawa
- hitam – putih
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Answer: hitam – putih. Hitam berlawan dengan putih. Pasangan lain hampir sama maksudnya.
3. Gambar yang manakah berlawanan dengan “panas”?
🔥- 🔥
- 🧊
- ☀️
- 🌶️
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Answer: 🧊. Ais sejuk, lawan bagi panas.
Tips for grown-ups
- Say a word and have your child shout its opposite as fast as they can.
- Make “tetapi” sentences about your family: “Ayah tinggi tetapi adik rendah.”