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