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