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