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