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Opposite Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 10: Simple opposites · Set 338 · 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 “dry”? (a) wet (b) cold (c) empty (d) slow
  2. 2.Fill in the opposite: A giraffe is tall, but a puppy is ___. (a) wet (b) short (c) loud (d) hot
  3. 3.Which word is the opposite of “sell”? (a) sit (b) run (c) buy (d) sleep
  4. 4.Which word is the opposite of “girl”? (a) boy (b) stone (c) cloud (d) tree
  5. 5.Which word is the opposite of “come”? (a) cry (b) sit (c) eat (d) go
  6. 6.Which word is the opposite of “fast”? (a) full (b) dry (c) sad (d) slow
  7. 7.Which word is the opposite of “morning”? (a) evening (b) summer (c) river (d) Monday
  8. 8.Fill in the opposite: Riya came first in the race and Dev came ___. (a) last (b) hot (c) tall (d) wet
  9. 9.Which word is the opposite of “stop”? (a) sit (b) start (c) eat (d) sing
  10. 10.Which word is the opposite of “top”? (a) sad (b) wet (c) bottom (d) early
  11. 11.Which word is the opposite of “asleep”? (a) awake (b) cold (c) short (d) dry
  12. 12.Which word is the opposite of “young”? (a) loud (b) wet (c) old (d) fast
  13. 13.Which word is the opposite of “full”? (a) tall (b) empty (c) fast (d) dry
  14. 14.Fill in the opposite: A rabbit is fast, but a tortoise is ___. (a) wet (b) loud (c) big (d) slow
  15. 15.Which word is the opposite of “big”? (a) fast (b) wet (c) happy (d) small
  16. 16.Which word is the opposite of “cold”? (a) full (b) late (c) hot (d) short
  17. 17.Which word is the opposite of “night”? (a) day (b) wet (c) cold (d) down
  18. 18.Fill in the opposite: Winter is cold, but summer is ___. (a) sad (b) small (c) slow (d) hot
  19. 19.Fill in the opposite: Ice is cold, but fire is ___. (a) slow (b) small (c) wet (d) hot
  20. 20.Which word is the opposite of “push”? (a) pull (b) eat (c) sleep (d) sing
  21. 21.Which word is the opposite of “empty”? (a) wet (b) full (c) short (d) slow
  22. 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. 23.Fill in the opposite: Grandpa is old, but the baby is ___. (a) loud (b) dry (c) tall (d) young
  24. 24.Fill in the opposite: In the morning I am awake; at night I am ___. (a) asleep (b) tall (c) loud (d) wet
  25. 25.Fill in the opposite: A pillow is soft, but a rock is ___. (a) happy (b) wet (c) hard (d) loud
  26. 26.Fill in the opposite: My glass was full; now it is ___. (a) empty (b) loud (c) tall (d) hot
  27. 27.Which word is the opposite of “poor”? (a) dry (b) rich (c) late (d) short
  28. 28.Which word is the opposite of “win”? (a) jump (b) eat (c) sing (d) lose
  29. 29.Fill in the opposite: A cheetah is fast, but a snail is ___. (a) loud (b) big (c) wet (d) slow
  30. 30.Which word is the opposite of “happy”? (a) big (b) dry (c) sad (d) early
  31. 31.Which word is the opposite of “clean”? (a) early (b) heavy (c) tall (d) dirty
  32. 32.Which word is the opposite of “early”? (a) late (b) wet (c) big (d) happy
  33. 33.Which word is the opposite of “lose”? (a) sit (b) run (c) win (d) sleep
  34. 34.Which word is the opposite of “last”? (a) dry (b) short (c) cold (d) first
  35. 35.Fill in the opposite: The shop is near, but the school is ___. (a) far (b) hot (c) wet (d) sad
  36. 36.Fill in the opposite: Day is bright, but night is ___. (a) tall (b) dark (c) wet (d) slow
  37. 37.Which word is the opposite of “out”? (a) in (b) cold (c) dry (d) down
  38. 38.Fill in the opposite: The sun shines in the day; the moon shines at ___. (a) school (b) morning (c) night (d) lunch
  39. 39.Which word is the opposite of “soft”? (a) slow (b) short (c) hard (d) hot
  40. 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

  1. wet
  2. short
  3. buy
  4. boy
  5. go
  6. slow
  7. evening
  8. last
  9. start
  10. bottom
  11. awake
  12. old
  13. empty
  14. slow
  15. small
  16. hot
  17. day
  18. hot
  19. hot
  20. pull
  21. full
  22. pull
  23. young
  24. asleep
  25. hard
  26. empty
  27. rich
  28. lose
  29. slow
  30. sad
  31. dirty
  32. late
  33. win
  34. first
  35. far
  36. dark
  37. in
  38. night
  39. hard
  40. out

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