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