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Opposite Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 10: Simple opposites · Set 413 · 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 “night”? (a) cold (b) wet (c) down (d) day
  2. 2.Fill in the opposite: Day is bright, but night is ___. (a) wet (b) tall (c) dark (d) slow
  3. 3.Which word is the opposite of “wet”? (a) full (b) dry (c) hot (d) fast
  4. 4.Fill in the opposite: A feather is light, but a stone is ___. (a) wet (b) sweet (c) heavy (d) loud
  5. 5.Which word is the opposite of “rich”? (a) tall (b) early (c) poor (d) wet
  6. 6.Which word is the opposite of “cold”? (a) short (b) full (c) hot (d) late
  7. 7.Fill in the opposite: A giraffe is tall, but a puppy is ___. (a) hot (b) short (c) loud (d) wet
  8. 8.Which word is the opposite of “sell”? (a) run (b) sleep (c) sit (d) buy
  9. 9.Fill in the opposite: In the morning I am awake; at night I am ___. (a) wet (b) asleep (c) loud (d) tall
  10. 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. 11.Which word is the opposite of “day”? (a) hot (b) up (c) dry (d) night
  12. 12.Fill in the opposite: A cheetah is fast, but a snail is ___. (a) wet (b) slow (c) big (d) loud
  13. 13.Which word is the opposite of “loud”? (a) early (b) thick (c) wet (d) quiet
  14. 14.Which word is the opposite of “hot”? (a) early (b) empty (c) tall (d) cold
  15. 15.Which word is the opposite of “buy”? (a) sing (b) eat (c) sell (d) jump
  16. 16.Which word is the opposite of “long”? (a) wet (b) happy (c) early (d) short
  17. 17.Which word is the opposite of “slow”? (a) fast (b) wet (c) cold (d) empty
  18. 18.Which word is the opposite of “stop”? (a) eat (b) sit (c) start (d) sing
  19. 19.Which word is the opposite of “fast”? (a) slow (b) full (c) sad (d) dry
  20. 20.Fill in the opposite: Grandpa is old, but the baby is ___. (a) tall (b) young (c) dry (d) loud
  21. 21.Which word is the opposite of “thick”? (a) loud (b) early (c) thin (d) wet
  22. 22.Fill in the opposite: My glass was full; now it is ___. (a) hot (b) loud (c) tall (d) empty
  23. 23.Which word is the opposite of “summer”? (a) morning (b) winter (c) Monday (d) river
  24. 24.Which word is the opposite of “first”? (a) wet (b) last (c) tall (d) hot
  25. 25.Which word is the opposite of “late”? (a) early (b) small (c) sad (d) dry
  26. 26.Which word is the opposite of “boy”? (a) cloud (b) girl (c) river (d) tree
  27. 27.Which word is the opposite of “lose”? (a) run (b) sit (c) sleep (d) win
  28. 28.Which word is the opposite of “dark”? (a) loud (b) wet (c) light (d) early
  29. 29.Fill in the opposite: A pillow is soft, but a rock is ___. (a) happy (b) hard (c) wet (d) loud
  30. 30.Which word is the opposite of “asleep”? (a) cold (b) short (c) dry (d) awake
  31. 31.Which word is the opposite of “in”? (a) hot (b) out (c) up (d) wet
  32. 32.Which word is the opposite of “full”? (a) empty (b) tall (c) dry (d) fast
  33. 33.Which word is the opposite of “young”? (a) fast (b) loud (c) old (d) wet
  34. 34.Which word is the opposite of “friend”? (a) enemy (b) cousin (c) teacher (d) farmer
  35. 35.Which word is the opposite of “small”? (a) dry (b) big (c) sad (d) slow
  36. 36.Which word is the opposite of “bottom”? (a) top (b) late (c) happy (d) dry
  37. 37.Which word is the opposite of “weak”? (a) late (b) strong (c) dry (d) quiet
  38. 38.Fill in the opposite: The shop is near, but the school is ___. (a) wet (b) sad (c) hot (d) far
  39. 39.Which word is the opposite of “dirty”? (a) short (b) clean (c) soft (d) late
  40. 40.Which word is the opposite of “up”? (a) down (b) full (c) in (d) hot

Answer key

  1. day
  2. dark
  3. dry
  4. heavy
  5. poor
  6. hot
  7. short
  8. buy
  9. asleep
  10. pull
  11. night
  12. slow
  13. quiet
  14. cold
  15. sell
  16. short
  17. fast
  18. start
  19. slow
  20. young
  21. thin
  22. empty
  23. winter
  24. last
  25. early
  26. girl
  27. win
  28. light
  29. hard
  30. awake
  31. out
  32. empty
  33. old
  34. enemy
  35. big
  36. top
  37. strong
  38. far
  39. clean
  40. down

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