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