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.Fill in the opposite: Winter is cold, but summer is ___. (a) slow (b) small (c) hot (d) sad
- 2.Which word is the opposite of “dry”? (a) slow (b) empty (c) wet (d) cold
- 3.Which word is the opposite of “far”? (a) near (b) happy (c) dry (d) cold
- 4.Which word is the opposite of “asleep”? (a) cold (b) dry (c) short (d) awake
- 5.Which word is the opposite of “big”? (a) wet (b) fast (c) happy (d) small
- 6.Which word is the opposite of “slow”? (a) fast (b) empty (c) wet (d) cold
- 7.Fill in the opposite: An elephant is big, but an ant is ___. (a) small (b) wet (c) tall (d) loud
- 8.Which word is the opposite of “laugh”? (a) push (b) cry (c) eat (d) run
- 9.Which word is the opposite of “soft”? (a) slow (b) hard (c) hot (d) short
- 10.Which word is the opposite of “strong”? (a) loud (b) early (c) weak (d) wet
- 11.Which word is the opposite of “sell”? (a) sleep (b) run (c) sit (d) buy
- 12.Fill in the opposite: Day is bright, but night is ___. (a) slow (b) wet (c) dark (d) tall
- 13.Which word is the opposite of “heavy”? (a) sad (b) early (c) wet (d) light
- 14.Fill in the opposite: A rabbit is fast, but a tortoise is ___. (a) wet (b) loud (c) big (d) slow
- 15.Fill in the opposite: A giraffe is tall, but a puppy is ___. (a) loud (b) short (c) hot (d) wet
- 16.Which word is the opposite of “hot”? (a) early (b) tall (c) cold (d) empty
- 17.Fill in the opposite: My glass was full; now it is ___. (a) tall (b) empty (c) loud (d) hot
- 18.Fill in the opposite: The sun shines in the day; the moon shines at ___. (a) morning (b) night (c) lunch (d) school
- 19.Which word is the opposite of “above”? (a) wet (b) early (c) below (d) happy
- 20.Which word is the opposite of “bottom”? (a) happy (b) dry (c) late (d) top
- 21.Fill in the opposite: We push a door to open it and ___ it to close it. (a) eat (b) pull (c) sing (d) cut
- 22.Fill in the opposite: In the morning I am awake; at night I am ___. (a) loud (b) asleep (c) wet (d) tall
- 23.Which word is the opposite of “rich”? (a) tall (b) early (c) poor (d) wet
- 24.Which word is the opposite of “girl”? (a) cloud (b) stone (c) boy (d) tree
- 25.Which word is the opposite of “loud”? (a) wet (b) thick (c) quiet (d) early
- 26.Which word is the opposite of “night”? (a) cold (b) wet (c) day (d) down
- 27.Which word is the opposite of “young”? (a) loud (b) fast (c) old (d) wet
- 28.Which word is the opposite of “wet”? (a) full (b) fast (c) hot (d) dry
- 29.Which word is the opposite of “start”? (a) stop (b) eat (c) cry (d) sing
- 30.Fill in the opposite: Grandpa is old, but the baby is ___. (a) loud (b) young (c) dry (d) tall
- 31.Which word is the opposite of “below”? (a) dry (b) above (c) late (d) sad
- 32.Which word is the opposite of “fast”? (a) sad (b) full (c) slow (d) dry
- 33.Which word is the opposite of “friend”? (a) teacher (b) cousin (c) enemy (d) farmer
- 34.Which word is the opposite of “poor”? (a) rich (b) short (c) dry (d) late
- 35.Which word is the opposite of “full”? (a) tall (b) fast (c) empty (d) dry
- 36.Which word is the opposite of “long”? (a) short (b) happy (c) wet (d) early
- 37.Fill in the opposite: A pillow is soft, but a rock is ___. (a) hard (b) wet (c) loud (d) happy
- 38.Which word is the opposite of “dark”? (a) wet (b) loud (c) early (d) light
- 39.Which word is the opposite of “lose”? (a) sleep (b) sit (c) run (d) win
- 40.Which word is the opposite of “small”? (a) slow (b) big (c) sad (d) dry
Answer key
- hot
- wet
- near
- awake
- small
- fast
- small
- cry
- hard
- weak
- buy
- dark
- light
- slow
- short
- cold
- empty
- night
- below
- top
- pull
- asleep
- poor
- boy
- quiet
- day
- old
- dry
- stop
- young
- above
- slow
- enemy
- rich
- empty
- short
- hard
- light
- win
- big
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