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Opposite Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 10: Simple opposites · Set 818 · 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 “girl”? (a) stone (b) boy (c) tree (d) cloud
  2. 2.Which word is the opposite of “sell”? (a) sit (b) run (c) buy (d) sleep
  3. 3.Which word is the opposite of “in”? (a) hot (b) up (c) wet (d) out
  4. 4.Fill in the opposite: Day is bright, but night is ___. (a) tall (b) dark (c) slow (d) wet
  5. 5.Which word is the opposite of “thick”? (a) loud (b) wet (c) thin (d) early
  6. 6.Which word is the opposite of “inside”? (a) happy (b) slow (c) outside (d) wet
  7. 7.Which word is the opposite of “heavy”? (a) wet (b) sad (c) early (d) light
  8. 8.Which word is the opposite of “first”? (a) tall (b) hot (c) wet (d) last
  9. 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. 10.Which word is the opposite of “loud”? (a) early (b) quiet (c) thick (d) wet
  11. 11.Which word is the opposite of “slow”? (a) cold (b) fast (c) empty (d) wet
  12. 12.Fill in the opposite: A giraffe is tall, but a puppy is ___. (a) loud (b) short (c) wet (d) hot
  13. 13.Fill in the opposite: Ice is cold, but fire is ___. (a) hot (b) small (c) slow (d) wet
  14. 14.Fill in the opposite: A feather is light, but a stone is ___. (a) sweet (b) loud (c) wet (d) heavy
  15. 15.Fill in the opposite: The sun shines in the day; the moon shines at ___. (a) school (b) morning (c) night (d) lunch
  16. 16.Fill in the opposite: Winter is cold, but summer is ___. (a) slow (b) hot (c) small (d) sad
  17. 17.Fill in the opposite: A lion is strong, but a mouse is ___. (a) wet (b) loud (c) tall (d) weak
  18. 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. 19.Which word is the opposite of “empty”? (a) full (b) short (c) slow (d) wet
  20. 20.Fill in the opposite: An elephant is big, but an ant is ___. (a) tall (b) small (c) loud (d) wet
  21. 21.Which word is the opposite of “near”? (a) hot (b) wet (c) sad (d) far
  22. 22.Fill in the opposite: My glass was full; now it is ___. (a) hot (b) loud (c) tall (d) empty
  23. 23.Fill in the opposite: Riya came first in the race and Dev came ___. (a) tall (b) hot (c) wet (d) last
  24. 24.Which word is the opposite of “happy”? (a) big (b) dry (c) sad (d) early
  25. 25.Which word is the opposite of “hot”? (a) empty (b) tall (c) early (d) cold
  26. 26.Which word is the opposite of “day”? (a) dry (b) up (c) hot (d) night
  27. 27.Which word is the opposite of “morning”? (a) evening (b) summer (c) Monday (d) river
  28. 28.Which word is the opposite of “stand”? (a) eat (b) sit (c) cry (d) sing
  29. 29.Which word is the opposite of “tall”? (a) fast (b) short (c) hot (d) empty
  30. 30.Which word is the opposite of “buy”? (a) sell (b) eat (c) jump (d) sing
  31. 31.Which word is the opposite of “dirty”? (a) late (b) soft (c) short (d) clean
  32. 32.Fill in the opposite: A pillow is soft, but a rock is ___. (a) wet (b) happy (c) loud (d) hard
  33. 33.Which word is the opposite of “small”? (a) sad (b) big (c) slow (d) dry
  34. 34.Fill in the opposite: A cheetah is fast, but a snail is ___. (a) wet (b) loud (c) big (d) slow
  35. 35.Which word is the opposite of “poor”? (a) rich (b) late (c) dry (d) short
  36. 36.Which word is the opposite of “young”? (a) loud (b) old (c) fast (d) wet
  37. 37.Fill in the opposite: In the morning I am awake; at night I am ___. (a) asleep (b) wet (c) tall (d) loud
  38. 38.Which word is the opposite of “weak”? (a) quiet (b) strong (c) dry (d) late
  39. 39.Fill in the opposite: The shop is near, but the school is ___. (a) sad (b) wet (c) far (d) hot
  40. 40.Which word is the opposite of “push”? (a) eat (b) sleep (c) sing (d) pull

Answer key

  1. boy
  2. buy
  3. out
  4. dark
  5. thin
  6. outside
  7. light
  8. last
  9. pull
  10. quiet
  11. fast
  12. short
  13. hot
  14. heavy
  15. night
  16. hot
  17. weak
  18. out
  19. full
  20. small
  21. far
  22. empty
  23. last
  24. sad
  25. cold
  26. night
  27. evening
  28. sit
  29. short
  30. sell
  31. clean
  32. hard
  33. big
  34. slow
  35. rich
  36. old
  37. asleep
  38. strong
  39. far
  40. pull

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