Opposite Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 10: Simple opposites · Set 42 · 40 questions

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.”

1. 1.Fill in the opposite: Winter is cold, but summer is ___. (a) slow (b) sad (c) hot (d) small
2. 2.Fill in the opposite: We push a door to open it and ___ it to close it. (a) pull (b) eat (c) sing (d) cut
3. 3.Fill in the opposite: Come in through the front door and go ___ through the back door. (a) hot (b) out (c) wet (d) tall
4. 4.Which word is the opposite of “girl”? (a) cloud (b) boy (c) stone (d) tree
5. 5.Which word is the opposite of “early”? (a) big (b) wet (c) late (d) happy
6. 6.Fill in the opposite: In the morning I am awake; at night I am ___. (a) loud (b) asleep (c) wet (d) tall
7. 7.Fill in the opposite: Ice is cold, but fire is ___. (a) hot (b) slow (c) small (d) wet
8. 8.Which word is the opposite of “sit”? (a) eat (b) stand (c) cry (d) sing
9. 9.Which word is the opposite of “late”? (a) small (b) sad (c) early (d) dry
10. 10.Which word is the opposite of “push”? (a) sleep (b) eat (c) sing (d) pull
11. 11.Fill in the opposite: My glass was full; now it is ___. (a) loud (b) empty (c) hot (d) tall
12. 12.Which word is the opposite of “small”? (a) big (b) slow (c) sad (d) dry
13. 13.Which word is the opposite of “give”? (a) cry (b) take (c) jump (d) sing
14. 14.Which word is the opposite of “asleep”? (a) short (b) cold (c) awake (d) dry
15. 15.Which word is the opposite of “sell”? (a) run (b) sit (c) sleep (d) buy
16. 16.Fill in the opposite: The shop is near, but the school is ___. (a) sad (b) wet (c) far (d) hot
17. 17.Which word is the opposite of “rich”? (a) wet (b) early (c) tall (d) poor
18. 18.Fill in the opposite: A pillow is soft, but a rock is ___. (a) loud (b) hard (c) happy (d) wet
19. 19.Which word is the opposite of “heavy”? (a) early (b) sad (c) light (d) wet
20. 20.Which word is the opposite of “stand”? (a) eat (b) sing (c) cry (d) sit
21. 21.Which word is the opposite of “dark”? (a) light (b) loud (c) early (d) wet
22. 22.Which word is the opposite of “full”? (a) dry (b) fast (c) tall (d) empty
23. 23.Which word is the opposite of “empty”? (a) wet (b) slow (c) short (d) full
24. 24.Which word is the opposite of “soft”? (a) hot (b) short (c) slow (d) hard
25. 25.Fill in the opposite: A rabbit is fast, but a tortoise is ___. (a) loud (b) big (c) wet (d) slow
26. 26.Which word is the opposite of “above”? (a) wet (b) happy (c) early (d) below
27. 27.Which word is the opposite of “below”? (a) dry (b) sad (c) late (d) above
28. 28.Fill in the opposite: An elephant is big, but an ant is ___. (a) tall (b) wet (c) loud (d) small
29. 29.Which word is the opposite of “out”? (a) cold (b) down (c) in (d) dry
30. 30.Which word is the opposite of “up”? (a) hot (b) down (c) full (d) in
31. 31.Fill in the opposite: The sun shines in the day; the moon shines at ___. (a) lunch (b) school (c) morning (d) night
32. 32.Fill in the opposite: Grandpa is old, but the baby is ___. (a) tall (b) dry (c) young (d) loud
33. 33.Which word is the opposite of “loud”? (a) thick (b) wet (c) early (d) quiet
34. 34.Which word is the opposite of “in”? (a) wet (b) up (c) out (d) hot
35. 35.Which word is the opposite of “long”? (a) early (b) happy (c) short (d) wet
36. 36.Which word is the opposite of “sad”? (a) late (b) wet (c) small (d) happy
37. 37.Which word is the opposite of “clean”? (a) heavy (b) tall (c) dirty (d) early
38. 38.Fill in the opposite: Day is bright, but night is ___. (a) slow (b) tall (c) dark (d) wet
39. 39.Which word is the opposite of “summer”? (a) morning (b) Monday (c) winter (d) river
40. 40.Which word is the opposite of “slow”? (a) cold (b) wet (c) empty (d) fast

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