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Opposite Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 10: Simple opposites · Set 517 · 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 “enemy”? (a) driver (b) farmer (c) doctor (d) friend
  2. 2.Which word is the opposite of “top”? (a) early (b) wet (c) sad (d) bottom
  3. 3.Which word is the opposite of “asleep”? (a) awake (b) dry (c) cold (d) short
  4. 4.Fill in the opposite: Day is bright, but night is ___. (a) dark (b) slow (c) wet (d) tall
  5. 5.Which word is the opposite of “night”? (a) cold (b) down (c) wet (d) day
  6. 6.Which word is the opposite of “poor”? (a) rich (b) late (c) dry (d) short
  7. 7.Fill in the opposite: We push a door to open it and ___ it to close it. (a) sing (b) cut (c) eat (d) pull
  8. 8.Which word is the opposite of “near”? (a) sad (b) wet (c) hot (d) far
  9. 9.Which word is the opposite of “cold”? (a) hot (b) short (c) full (d) late
  10. 10.Fill in the opposite: A rabbit is fast, but a tortoise is ___. (a) slow (b) big (c) loud (d) wet
  11. 11.Fill in the opposite: Winter is cold, but summer is ___. (a) sad (b) hot (c) small (d) slow
  12. 12.Fill in the opposite: A giraffe is tall, but a puppy is ___. (a) loud (b) hot (c) short (d) wet
  13. 13.Which word is the opposite of “late”? (a) small (b) sad (c) early (d) dry
  14. 14.Which word is the opposite of “girl”? (a) tree (b) boy (c) stone (d) cloud
  15. 15.Fill in the opposite: Ice is cold, but fire is ___. (a) slow (b) small (c) hot (d) wet
  16. 16.Fill in the opposite: A lion is strong, but a mouse is ___. (a) tall (b) wet (c) weak (d) loud
  17. 17.Which word is the opposite of “hard”? (a) cold (b) tall (c) fast (d) soft
  18. 18.Which word is the opposite of “up”? (a) full (b) in (c) hot (d) down
  19. 19.Fill in the opposite: The shop is near, but the school is ___. (a) wet (b) hot (c) far (d) sad
  20. 20.Which word is the opposite of “heavy”? (a) early (b) wet (c) sad (d) light
  21. 21.Which word is the opposite of “thick”? (a) thin (b) early (c) loud (d) wet
  22. 22.Which word is the opposite of “out”? (a) down (b) dry (c) in (d) cold
  23. 23.Which word is the opposite of “small”? (a) slow (b) dry (c) big (d) sad
  24. 24.Fill in the opposite: A feather is light, but a stone is ___. (a) loud (b) wet (c) heavy (d) sweet
  25. 25.Which word is the opposite of “winter”? (a) mountain (b) Sunday (c) summer (d) evening
  26. 26.Which word is the opposite of “soft”? (a) slow (b) short (c) hard (d) hot
  27. 27.Which word is the opposite of “open”? (a) close (b) sing (c) jump (d) eat
  28. 28.Which word is the opposite of “stop”? (a) sit (b) sing (c) start (d) eat
  29. 29.Which word is the opposite of “first”? (a) last (b) wet (c) hot (d) tall
  30. 30.Fill in the opposite: Grandpa is old, but the baby is ___. (a) loud (b) dry (c) young (d) tall
  31. 31.Fill in the opposite: Riya came first in the race and Dev came ___. (a) hot (b) last (c) tall (d) wet
  32. 32.Which word is the opposite of “slow”? (a) wet (b) fast (c) cold (d) empty
  33. 33.Which word is the opposite of “wet”? (a) hot (b) full (c) dry (d) fast
  34. 34.Which word is the opposite of “far”? (a) cold (b) dry (c) happy (d) near
  35. 35.Fill in the opposite: A cheetah is fast, but a snail is ___. (a) loud (b) big (c) slow (d) wet
  36. 36.Which word is the opposite of “laugh”? (a) eat (b) push (c) run (d) cry
  37. 37.Which word is the opposite of “buy”? (a) sell (b) jump (c) sing (d) eat
  38. 38.Which word is the opposite of “dirty”? (a) clean (b) late (c) short (d) soft
  39. 39.Fill in the opposite: My glass was full; now it is ___. (a) empty (b) loud (c) tall (d) hot
  40. 40.Which word is the opposite of “stand”? (a) sit (b) cry (c) sing (d) eat

Answer key

  1. friend
  2. bottom
  3. awake
  4. dark
  5. day
  6. rich
  7. pull
  8. far
  9. hot
  10. slow
  11. hot
  12. short
  13. early
  14. boy
  15. hot
  16. weak
  17. soft
  18. down
  19. far
  20. light
  21. thin
  22. in
  23. big
  24. heavy
  25. summer
  26. hard
  27. close
  28. start
  29. last
  30. young
  31. last
  32. fast
  33. dry
  34. near
  35. slow
  36. cry
  37. sell
  38. clean
  39. empty
  40. sit

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