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