Choose and Change (New Game)

[papermoon.lady]

Let's try this new game... 🙂

You have a word and have to write a sentence with an antonym of this word (it must not be a perfect antonym/opposite). The sentence must contain at least three other words (not including articles, pronouns etc.)

The next poster then chooses a word from the sentence of the previous poster (not the antonym, any other word) and builds a new sentence with the antonym of the word he or she has chosen.

For example:

START - She finished her delicious meal in no time.

The antonym of "start" is "finish/finished", so the next poster has to choose between "delicious", "meal" and "time" (the antonym can't be used) and has to write a sentence with the antonym of the chosen word and with at least three other nouns.

Let's get started... 🙂

[countessalmirena]

VISIT - Florence said lovingly to her anxious grandmother who had lost everything after all of her savings and her house had been lost in a scam, “You don’t need to worry about a thing, grandma. Jack and I have got it all sorted out. You’re coming to stay permanently with us; we’ve got a bedroom ready for you, and you can have the back sitting-room for your own if you need privacy for friends and visitors, and we can get an extension if you need anything else.”

[veiled-lady]

FRIENDS - Andy was a quiet child, who seemed to have trouble socialising with his peers, which caused his mother to worry that he wasn't really close to the other children, but he wasn't bothered that his relationship with others was more as acquaintances than close friends.

[countessalmirena]

PEERS - Sortarellia looked disdainfully down her nose at the others waiting with her for an audience with the king, saying after a few moments, “I will be granted audience, while you miserable inferiors shall no doubt be whipped and thrown into a dung chamber for daring to seek even to see His Majesty.”

[veiled-lady]

THROWN - While his sister treated her possessions with little care, young Aubrey always made sure his were neatly stored, and always placed gently in their nominated positions.

[countessalmirena]

NOMINATED - During that terrible time of uprisings and turmoil, anyone who volunteered and was willing was accepted into the Rebuild the World project.

[veiled-lady]

REBUILD - She was a rather obnoxious child, who would rather demolish another child's project than create something of her own.

[countessalmirena]

PROJECT - Jancerelle might well be the daughter of famous movie star Claryce Barstowe, but in the school play it quickly became obvious that her demeanour on stage was wooden and her tendency to occlude her wispy little voice was so bad that she couldn’t be heard beyond the first row.

[veiled-lady]

ROW - The tutor was tearing his hair out, as the giggling socialite just couldn't grasp the concept that the total of each column could be calculated by simple addition.

[countessalmirena]

TUTOR - Jake had yet to apply for his learner permit, so he was restricted to catching lifts with his parents or getting onto his bike and cycling furiously up the hill to get to town.

[veiled-lady]

PARENTS - While caring for their young children, many people forget to make time for themselves.