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