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