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Opposite Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 10: Simple opposites · Set 178 · 40 questions
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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. 1.Which word is the opposite of “sell”? (a) sleep (b) run (c) buy (d) sit
  2. 2.Which word is the opposite of “enemy”? (a) driver (b) farmer (c) friend (d) doctor
  3. 3.Which word is the opposite of “fast”? (a) full (b) sad (c) dry (d) slow
  4. 4.Fill in the opposite: A feather is light, but a stone is ___. (a) heavy (b) loud (c) wet (d) sweet
  5. 5.Fill in the opposite: Ice is cold, but fire is ___. (a) wet (b) small (c) slow (d) hot
  6. 6.Which word is the opposite of “first”? (a) hot (b) last (c) wet (d) tall
  7. 7.Which word is the opposite of “hard”? (a) soft (b) fast (c) tall (d) cold
  8. 8.Fill in the opposite: A rabbit is fast, but a tortoise is ___. (a) big (b) loud (c) slow (d) wet
  9. 9.Which word is the opposite of “soft”? (a) hot (b) hard (c) slow (d) short
  10. 10.Which word is the opposite of “dry”? (a) wet (b) empty (c) cold (d) slow
  11. 11.Which word is the opposite of “heavy”? (a) sad (b) wet (c) light (d) early
  12. 12.Which word is the opposite of “thick”? (a) wet (b) loud (c) thin (d) early
  13. 13.Fill in the opposite: Riya came first in the race and Dev came ___. (a) last (b) hot (c) wet (d) tall
  14. 14.Fill in the opposite: Come in through the front door and go ___ through the back door. (a) wet (b) tall (c) out (d) hot
  15. 15.Which word is the opposite of “above”? (a) below (b) happy (c) early (d) wet
  16. 16.Fill in the opposite: We push a door to open it and ___ it to close it. (a) cut (b) sing (c) pull (d) eat
  17. 17.Which word is the opposite of “stand”? (a) sing (b) eat (c) cry (d) sit
  18. 18.Fill in the opposite: A giraffe is tall, but a puppy is ___. (a) wet (b) loud (c) short (d) hot
  19. 19.Which word is the opposite of “big”? (a) fast (b) happy (c) small (d) wet
  20. 20.Which word is the opposite of “near”? (a) far (b) wet (c) hot (d) sad
  21. 21.Fill in the opposite: The sun shines in the day; the moon shines at ___. (a) school (b) morning (c) night (d) lunch
  22. 22.Which word is the opposite of “girl”? (a) stone (b) boy (c) tree (d) cloud
  23. 23.Fill in the opposite: My glass was full; now it is ___. (a) hot (b) tall (c) empty (d) loud
  24. 24.Which word is the opposite of “strong”? (a) wet (b) weak (c) loud (d) early
  25. 25.Which word is the opposite of “dirty”? (a) clean (b) short (c) late (d) soft
  26. 26.Which word is the opposite of “young”? (a) loud (b) old (c) wet (d) fast
  27. 27.Which word is the opposite of “buy”? (a) jump (b) sing (c) sell (d) eat
  28. 28.Which word is the opposite of “winter”? (a) Sunday (b) mountain (c) summer (d) evening
  29. 29.Fill in the opposite: A pillow is soft, but a rock is ___. (a) happy (b) loud (c) hard (d) wet
  30. 30.Which word is the opposite of “full”? (a) fast (b) empty (c) tall (d) dry
  31. 31.Fill in the opposite: In the morning I am awake; at night I am ___. (a) wet (b) loud (c) tall (d) asleep
  32. 32.Which word is the opposite of “loud”? (a) thick (b) wet (c) quiet (d) early
  33. 33.Which word is the opposite of “top”? (a) early (b) wet (c) bottom (d) sad
  34. 34.Which word is the opposite of “slow”? (a) wet (b) empty (c) fast (d) cold
  35. 35.Which word is the opposite of “bottom”? (a) happy (b) top (c) dry (d) late
  36. 36.Which word is the opposite of “wet”? (a) hot (b) full (c) fast (d) dry
  37. 37.Which word is the opposite of “summer”? (a) river (b) winter (c) morning (d) Monday
  38. 38.Which word is the opposite of “far”? (a) near (b) happy (c) cold (d) dry
  39. 39.Fill in the opposite: An elephant is big, but an ant is ___. (a) loud (b) tall (c) small (d) wet
  40. 40.Which word is the opposite of “early”? (a) big (b) late (c) happy (d) wet

Answer key

  1. buy
  2. friend
  3. slow
  4. heavy
  5. hot
  6. last
  7. soft
  8. slow
  9. hard
  10. wet
  11. light
  12. thin
  13. last
  14. out
  15. below
  16. pull
  17. sit
  18. short
  19. small
  20. far
  21. night
  22. boy
  23. empty
  24. weak
  25. clean
  26. old
  27. sell
  28. summer
  29. hard
  30. empty
  31. asleep
  32. quiet
  33. bottom
  34. fast
  35. top
  36. dry
  37. winter
  38. near
  39. small
  40. late

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