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