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