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Opposite Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 10: Simple opposites · Set 659 · 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 “above”? (a) below (b) happy (c) early (d) wet
  2. 2.Which word is the opposite of “dirty”? (a) late (b) clean (c) soft (d) short
  3. 3.Fill in the opposite: My glass was full; now it is ___. (a) loud (b) tall (c) hot (d) empty
  4. 4.Fill in the opposite: The shop is near, but the school is ___. (a) sad (b) far (c) wet (d) hot
  5. 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. 6.Which word is the opposite of “heavy”? (a) early (b) sad (c) light (d) wet
  7. 7.Fill in the opposite: A feather is light, but a stone is ___. (a) loud (b) sweet (c) wet (d) heavy
  8. 8.Fill in the opposite: A cheetah is fast, but a snail is ___. (a) loud (b) wet (c) big (d) slow
  9. 9.Which word is the opposite of “empty”? (a) full (b) slow (c) wet (d) short
  10. 10.Fill in the opposite: Day is bright, but night is ___. (a) wet (b) slow (c) tall (d) dark
  11. 11.Fill in the opposite: A giraffe is tall, but a puppy is ___. (a) loud (b) hot (c) short (d) wet
  12. 12.Fill in the opposite: Grandpa is old, but the baby is ___. (a) dry (b) loud (c) tall (d) young
  13. 13.Fill in the opposite: A rabbit is fast, but a tortoise is ___. (a) big (b) loud (c) slow (d) wet
  14. 14.Fill in the opposite: In the morning I am awake; at night I am ___. (a) tall (b) wet (c) asleep (d) loud
  15. 15.Which word is the opposite of “young”? (a) fast (b) wet (c) old (d) loud
  16. 16.Which word is the opposite of “dark”? (a) light (b) early (c) loud (d) wet
  17. 17.Fill in the opposite: Ice is cold, but fire is ___. (a) slow (b) small (c) hot (d) wet
  18. 18.Which word is the opposite of “long”? (a) wet (b) happy (c) short (d) early
  19. 19.Which word is the opposite of “sell”? (a) sit (b) buy (c) sleep (d) run
  20. 20.Which word is the opposite of “night”? (a) down (b) wet (c) cold (d) day
  21. 21.Which word is the opposite of “in”? (a) wet (b) up (c) out (d) hot
  22. 22.Fill in the opposite: The sun shines in the day; the moon shines at ___. (a) night (b) lunch (c) morning (d) school
  23. 23.Which word is the opposite of “open”? (a) eat (b) jump (c) close (d) sing
  24. 24.Which word is the opposite of “hard”? (a) fast (b) tall (c) soft (d) cold
  25. 25.Which word is the opposite of “small”? (a) dry (b) slow (c) big (d) sad
  26. 26.Fill in the opposite: Winter is cold, but summer is ___. (a) sad (b) small (c) slow (d) hot
  27. 27.Fill in the opposite: An elephant is big, but an ant is ___. (a) tall (b) small (c) wet (d) loud
  28. 28.Which word is the opposite of “start”? (a) eat (b) cry (c) sing (d) stop
  29. 29.Which word is the opposite of “rich”? (a) wet (b) poor (c) tall (d) early
  30. 30.Which word is the opposite of “bottom”? (a) late (b) happy (c) dry (d) top
  31. 31.Which word is the opposite of “win”? (a) eat (b) sing (c) lose (d) jump
  32. 32.Which word is the opposite of “push”? (a) eat (b) sing (c) pull (d) sleep
  33. 33.Which word is the opposite of “fast”? (a) dry (b) sad (c) full (d) slow
  34. 34.Which word is the opposite of “hot”? (a) early (b) cold (c) empty (d) tall
  35. 35.Which word is the opposite of “give”? (a) take (b) jump (c) cry (d) sing
  36. 36.Fill in the opposite: Riya came first in the race and Dev came ___. (a) hot (b) wet (c) tall (d) last
  37. 37.Which word is the opposite of “full”? (a) fast (b) dry (c) tall (d) empty
  38. 38.Fill in the opposite: A pillow is soft, but a rock is ___. (a) wet (b) loud (c) happy (d) hard
  39. 39.Which word is the opposite of “laugh”? (a) cry (b) push (c) eat (d) run
  40. 40.Which word is the opposite of “girl”? (a) boy (b) cloud (c) tree (d) stone

Answer key

  1. below
  2. clean
  3. empty
  4. far
  5. pull
  6. light
  7. heavy
  8. slow
  9. full
  10. dark
  11. short
  12. young
  13. slow
  14. asleep
  15. old
  16. light
  17. hot
  18. short
  19. buy
  20. day
  21. out
  22. night
  23. close
  24. soft
  25. big
  26. hot
  27. small
  28. stop
  29. poor
  30. top
  31. lose
  32. pull
  33. slow
  34. cold
  35. take
  36. last
  37. empty
  38. hard
  39. cry
  40. boy

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