J'ai...Qui a... French Antonyms Activity Set 1 - I have...Who has

J’ai…Qui a… French Antonyms Activity - I have…Who has

This game includes 39 cards. Depending on class size you can give each student more than one card or have them play in small groups. I recommend printing out and laminating these cards if possible so that you can use them over and over again.

How it works: Once each student has a card (or cards), the one who has the card that says Je commence le jeu begins the activity. He says, for example, Je commence le jeu. Qui a un antonyme pour absent? The person who has the card with J’ai présent on it says, J’ai présent. Qui a un antonyme pour vivant? And so the game goes on until the last card is called and that student’s card will say, J’ai _____. Le jeu est terminé!

Another idea is to prepare two sets of cards, divide your class into two groups and let each group have a go to see which team can get through the entire deck of cards the fastest. It’s a very engaging and fun activity!

Included:

39 cards
List of vocabulary used in the activity
Words used:

absent - absent
présent - present

vivant - alive
mort - dead

ancien - old
nouveau - new

toujours - always
jamais - never

réveillé - awake
endormi - asleep

devant - in front of
derrière - behind

le début - beginning
la fin - end

au-dessus - above
en dessous - below

le jour - day
la nuit - night

chaud - hot
froid - cold

bon - good
mauvais - bad

beau - beautiful
moche - ugly

l’arrivée - arrival
le départ - departure

rigide - stiff
souple - flexible

gentil - nice
méchant - mean

salé - salty
sucré - sweet

fort - strong
faible - weak

petit - small, short
grand - big, tall

minuscule - tiny
gigantesque - huge