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