1. Mary Middling

2. Mary Middling Mary Middling had a PIG Not very little and not very big
Not very pink and not very green
Not very dirty and not very clean

3. Mary Middling Mary Middling had a CAT Not very good and not very bad
Not very happy and not very sad
Not very bored and not very glad

4. Mary Middling Mary Middling had a DOG
Not very right and not very wrong
Not very full and not very hungry
Not very good and not very angry

5. Mary Middling Mary Middling had MICE Not very ugly and not very nice
Not very dry and not very wet
Not very good and not very bad

6. Mary Middling Mary Middling had a CHICKEN
Not very fat and not very thin
Not very well and not very ill
Not very dirty and not very clean

7. Mary Middling Mary Middling had a GNAT Not very blue and not very red
Not very full and not very hungry
Not very pretty and not very ugly

8. Mary Middling Mary Middling had a DOLL Not very low and not very tall
Not very ugly and not very pretty
Not very clean and not very dirty

9. Mary Middling Mary Middling had a SLIDE
Not very heavy and not very light
Not very dirty and not very clean
Not very red and not very green

10. Mary Middling Mary Middling had a HOUSE
Not very ugly and not very nice
Not very small and not very large
Not very normal and not very strange

11. Mary Middling Mary Middling had a BALL Not very big and not very small
Not very new and not very old
Not very silver and not very gold

12. Mary Middling Mary Middling had a CAR Not very near and not very far
Not very new and not very old
Not very warm and not very cold

13. Mary Middling Mary Middling had a PARK
Not very light and not very dark
Not very rainy and not very sunny
Not very boring and not very funny

14. Mary Middling Mary Middling had BREAD Not very good and not very bad
Not very black and not very white
Not very soft and not very hard

15. Mary Middling Mary Middling had FOOD Not very bad and not very good
Not very white and not very brown
Not very up and not very down

16. Mary Middling Mary Middling had a BAT Not very black and not very red
Not very good and not very bad
Not very living and not very dead

17. Mary Middling Mary Middling had a FROG Not very cold and not very hot
Not very short and not very long
Not very weak and not very strong

18. Mary Middling Mary Middling had a PET Not very thin and not very fat
Not very small and not very big
Not very white and not very pink

19. Mary Middling Mary Middling had a PUPPET
Not very healthy and not very cold
Not very blue and not very violet
Not very wise and not very stupid

20. Grammar Why is Mary´s surname Middling? What is used in each line?
What do the words : good x naughty mean?
Try to write the rhyme with these opposites.
Put the verb to have in past simple tense.
Try to write your own rhymes like these ones.
Who wrote the first rhyme about a pig?
Explain : Silly Folk
Nonsense Poems
Nursery Rhymes
Rose Fyleman

21. Vytvorila : Mgr. Helena Demčáková
Základná škola, Sídlisko II 1336
Vranov nad Topľou
Predmet : Anglický jazyk
Téma : Prídavné mená, opozitá
Ročník : 5.,6.,7.,8.,9.
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