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 “bottom”? (a) top (b) happy (c) dry (d) late
- 2.Which word is the opposite of “open”? (a) jump (b) sing (c) close (d) eat
- 3.Which word is the opposite of “win”? (a) eat (b) jump (c) sing (d) lose
- 4.Which word is the opposite of “poor”? (a) rich (b) late (c) dry (d) short
- 5.Which word is the opposite of “push”? (a) eat (b) sleep (c) sing (d) pull
- 6.Which word is the opposite of “last”? (a) dry (b) cold (c) short (d) first
- 7.Which word is the opposite of “day”? (a) night (b) hot (c) up (d) dry
- 8.Which word is the opposite of “sad”? (a) late (b) wet (c) small (d) happy
- 9.Fill in the opposite: Grandpa is old, but the baby is ___. (a) tall (b) dry (c) loud (d) young
- 10.Which word is the opposite of “young”? (a) fast (b) loud (c) old (d) wet
- 11.Which word is the opposite of “up”? (a) in (b) down (c) full (d) hot
- 12.Fill in the opposite: A pillow is soft, but a rock is ___. (a) loud (b) wet (c) happy (d) hard
- 13.Fill in the opposite: The shop is near, but the school is ___. (a) sad (b) hot (c) far (d) wet
- 14.Fill in the opposite: Winter is cold, but summer is ___. (a) hot (b) slow (c) small (d) sad
- 15.Fill in the opposite: Come in through the front door and go ___ through the back door. (a) wet (b) tall (c) out (d) hot
- 16.Fill in the opposite: Ice is cold, but fire is ___. (a) hot (b) slow (c) wet (d) small
- 17.Which word is the opposite of “soft”? (a) short (b) hard (c) slow (d) hot
- 18.Which word is the opposite of “stop”? (a) sit (b) eat (c) start (d) sing
- 19.Fill in the opposite: Day is bright, but night is ___. (a) dark (b) wet (c) slow (d) tall
- 20.Which word is the opposite of “enemy”? (a) doctor (b) driver (c) friend (d) farmer
- 21.Fill in the opposite: The sun shines in the day; the moon shines at ___. (a) lunch (b) night (c) school (d) morning
- 22.Which word is the opposite of “asleep”? (a) dry (b) awake (c) short (d) cold
- 23.Fill in the opposite: A lion is strong, but a mouse is ___. (a) tall (b) loud (c) wet (d) weak
- 24.Which word is the opposite of “late”? (a) early (b) sad (c) small (d) dry
- 25.Fill in the opposite: We push a door to open it and ___ it to close it. (a) eat (b) sing (c) cut (d) pull
- 26.Which word is the opposite of “big”? (a) happy (b) wet (c) fast (d) small
- 27.Which word is the opposite of “hard”? (a) cold (b) soft (c) tall (d) fast
- 28.Which word is the opposite of “in”? (a) up (b) hot (c) out (d) wet
- 29.Which word is the opposite of “dry”? (a) empty (b) wet (c) slow (d) cold
- 30.Which word is the opposite of “girl”? (a) tree (b) boy (c) cloud (d) stone
- 31.Which word is the opposite of “top”? (a) wet (b) sad (c) bottom (d) early
- 32.Which word is the opposite of “morning”? (a) summer (b) evening (c) Monday (d) river
- 33.Fill in the opposite: A rabbit is fast, but a tortoise is ___. (a) big (b) slow (c) wet (d) loud
- 34.Fill in the opposite: A cheetah is fast, but a snail is ___. (a) wet (b) big (c) slow (d) loud
- 35.Fill in the opposite: In the morning I am awake; at night I am ___. (a) wet (b) loud (c) asleep (d) tall
- 36.Which word is the opposite of “hot”? (a) cold (b) empty (c) tall (d) early
- 37.Which word is the opposite of “early”? (a) late (b) happy (c) big (d) wet
- 38.Which word is the opposite of “cold”? (a) full (b) short (c) hot (d) late
- 39.Which word is the opposite of “dirty”? (a) short (b) late (c) soft (d) clean
- 40.Which word is the opposite of “empty”? (a) slow (b) full (c) wet (d) short
Answer key
- top
- close
- lose
- rich
- pull
- first
- night
- happy
- young
- old
- down
- hard
- far
- hot
- out
- hot
- hard
- start
- dark
- friend
- night
- awake
- weak
- early
- pull
- small
- soft
- out
- wet
- boy
- bottom
- evening
- slow
- slow
- asleep
- cold
- late
- hot
- clean
- full
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