Opposite Words Worksheet
Word tip (Flip the meaning): Think of the word’s meaning, then flip it to the other end: full ↔ empty. A word that is just different (hot and fast) is not an opposite. “but” in a sentence often signals an opposite: “An elephant is big, but an ant is small.”
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- 1.Which word is the opposite of “start”? (a) eat (b) sing (c) stop (d) cry
- 2.Which word is the opposite of “hot”? (a) tall (b) early (c) empty (d) cold
- 3.Which word is the opposite of “up”? (a) in (b) down (c) full (d) hot
- 4.Which word is the opposite of “morning”? (a) Monday (b) river (c) summer (d) evening
- 5.Which word is the opposite of “buy”? (a) sing (b) eat (c) sell (d) jump
- 6.Fill in the opposite: We push a door to open it and ___ it to close it. (a) sing (b) cut (c) pull (d) eat
- 7.Fill in the opposite: Grandpa is old, but the baby is ___. (a) loud (b) dry (c) tall (d) young
- 8.Fill in the opposite: A cheetah is fast, but a snail is ___. (a) slow (b) wet (c) loud (d) big
- 9.Which word is the opposite of “heavy”? (a) sad (b) wet (c) light (d) early
- 10.Fill in the opposite: A lion is strong, but a mouse is ___. (a) loud (b) tall (c) weak (d) wet
- 11.Fill in the opposite: A giraffe is tall, but a puppy is ___. (a) hot (b) short (c) wet (d) loud
- 12.Fill in the opposite: Day is bright, but night is ___. (a) wet (b) slow (c) dark (d) tall
- 13.Which word is the opposite of “awake”? (a) hot (b) wet (c) asleep (d) tall
- 14.Which word is the opposite of “far”? (a) near (b) cold (c) happy (d) dry
- 15.Which word is the opposite of “first”? (a) wet (b) tall (c) last (d) hot
- 16.Which word is the opposite of “late”? (a) dry (b) sad (c) early (d) small
- 17.Which word is the opposite of “above”? (a) wet (b) below (c) happy (d) early
- 18.Which word is the opposite of “girl”? (a) stone (b) cloud (c) tree (d) boy
- 19.Fill in the opposite: The sun shines in the day; the moon shines at ___. (a) night (b) morning (c) lunch (d) school
- 20.Fill in the opposite: The shop is near, but the school is ___. (a) hot (b) sad (c) far (d) wet
- 21.Which word is the opposite of “clean”? (a) dirty (b) tall (c) early (d) heavy
- 22.Which word is the opposite of “give”? (a) take (b) cry (c) sing (d) jump
- 23.Which word is the opposite of “last”? (a) dry (b) short (c) cold (d) first
- 24.Which word is the opposite of “night”? (a) day (b) cold (c) down (d) wet
- 25.Which word is the opposite of “fast”? (a) dry (b) full (c) sad (d) slow
- 26.Which word is the opposite of “in”? (a) out (b) up (c) wet (d) hot
- 27.Which word is the opposite of “empty”? (a) slow (b) short (c) full (d) wet
- 28.Which word is the opposite of “day”? (a) hot (b) up (c) dry (d) night
- 29.Which word is the opposite of “laugh”? (a) push (b) cry (c) run (d) eat
- 30.Fill in the opposite: An elephant is big, but an ant is ___. (a) wet (b) small (c) loud (d) tall
- 31.Which word is the opposite of “slow”? (a) cold (b) fast (c) empty (d) wet
- 32.Which word is the opposite of “early”? (a) late (b) big (c) happy (d) wet
- 33.Which word is the opposite of “asleep”? (a) cold (b) dry (c) awake (d) short
- 34.Which word is the opposite of “open”? (a) jump (b) close (c) eat (d) sing
- 35.Fill in the opposite: Riya came first in the race and Dev came ___. (a) wet (b) hot (c) last (d) tall
- 36.Which word is the opposite of “bottom”? (a) late (b) top (c) dry (d) happy
- 37.Which word is the opposite of “friend”? (a) teacher (b) cousin (c) farmer (d) enemy
- 38.Which word is the opposite of “full”? (a) dry (b) fast (c) empty (d) tall
- 39.Which word is the opposite of “top”? (a) sad (b) wet (c) early (d) bottom
- 40.Which word is the opposite of “winter”? (a) summer (b) Sunday (c) mountain (d) evening
Answer key
- stop
- cold
- down
- evening
- sell
- pull
- young
- slow
- light
- weak
- short
- dark
- asleep
- near
- last
- early
- below
- boy
- night
- far
- dirty
- take
- first
- day
- slow
- out
- full
- night
- cry
- small
- fast
- late
- awake
- close
- last
- top
- enemy
- empty
- bottom
- summer
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