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Opposite Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 10: Simple opposites · Set 883 · 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.Fill in the opposite: A feather is light, but a stone is ___. (a) wet (b) loud (c) sweet (d) heavy
  2. 2.Which word is the opposite of “thick”? (a) loud (b) thin (c) early (d) wet
  3. 3.Fill in the opposite: A rabbit is fast, but a tortoise is ___. (a) loud (b) slow (c) wet (d) big
  4. 4.Which word is the opposite of “morning”? (a) evening (b) river (c) summer (d) Monday
  5. 5.Fill in the opposite: Winter is cold, but summer is ___. (a) sad (b) small (c) hot (d) slow
  6. 6.Fill in the opposite: A lion is strong, but a mouse is ___. (a) tall (b) loud (c) weak (d) wet
  7. 7.Which word is the opposite of “heavy”? (a) sad (b) light (c) early (d) wet
  8. 8.Fill in the opposite: Come in through the front door and go ___ through the back door. (a) hot (b) out (c) wet (d) tall
  9. 9.Fill in the opposite: The sun shines in the day; the moon shines at ___. (a) morning (b) school (c) lunch (d) night
  10. 10.Fill in the opposite: The shop is near, but the school is ___. (a) wet (b) sad (c) far (d) hot
  11. 11.Which word is the opposite of “fast”? (a) full (b) sad (c) dry (d) slow
  12. 12.Which word is the opposite of “full”? (a) dry (b) tall (c) empty (d) fast
  13. 13.Fill in the opposite: My glass was full; now it is ___. (a) loud (b) empty (c) hot (d) tall
  14. 14.Which word is the opposite of “push”? (a) sing (b) sleep (c) eat (d) pull
  15. 15.Which word is the opposite of “sit”? (a) sing (b) cry (c) eat (d) stand
  16. 16.Which word is the opposite of “in”? (a) hot (b) up (c) wet (d) out
  17. 17.Which word is the opposite of “buy”? (a) sell (b) sing (c) jump (d) eat
  18. 18.Which word is the opposite of “soft”? (a) hot (b) hard (c) short (d) slow
  19. 19.Which word is the opposite of “above”? (a) early (b) happy (c) wet (d) below
  20. 20.Fill in the opposite: In the morning I am awake; at night I am ___. (a) wet (b) asleep (c) loud (d) tall
  21. 21.Which word is the opposite of “sad”? (a) happy (b) small (c) late (d) wet
  22. 22.Which word is the opposite of “night”? (a) cold (b) day (c) wet (d) down
  23. 23.Which word is the opposite of “empty”? (a) full (b) wet (c) slow (d) short
  24. 24.Which word is the opposite of “top”? (a) sad (b) bottom (c) early (d) wet
  25. 25.Which word is the opposite of “last”? (a) dry (b) cold (c) first (d) short
  26. 26.Fill in the opposite: Day is bright, but night is ___. (a) slow (b) wet (c) tall (d) dark
  27. 27.Which word is the opposite of “early”? (a) late (b) big (c) wet (d) happy
  28. 28.Which word is the opposite of “near”? (a) sad (b) far (c) wet (d) hot
  29. 29.Which word is the opposite of “first”? (a) wet (b) last (c) tall (d) hot
  30. 30.Which word is the opposite of “out”? (a) cold (b) dry (c) down (d) in
  31. 31.Which word is the opposite of “bottom”? (a) late (b) top (c) happy (d) dry
  32. 32.Fill in the opposite: Ice is cold, but fire is ___. (a) small (b) wet (c) hot (d) slow
  33. 33.Which word is the opposite of “long”? (a) happy (b) wet (c) early (d) short
  34. 34.Which word is the opposite of “poor”? (a) dry (b) rich (c) short (d) late
  35. 35.Fill in the opposite: A pillow is soft, but a rock is ___. (a) happy (b) wet (c) loud (d) hard
  36. 36.Fill in the opposite: We push a door to open it and ___ it to close it. (a) cut (b) pull (c) sing (d) eat
  37. 37.Which word is the opposite of “young”? (a) old (b) wet (c) fast (d) loud
  38. 38.Which word is the opposite of “enemy”? (a) driver (b) farmer (c) doctor (d) friend
  39. 39.Which word is the opposite of “wet”? (a) fast (b) dry (c) hot (d) full
  40. 40.Which word is the opposite of “slow”? (a) cold (b) empty (c) wet (d) fast

Answer key

  1. heavy
  2. thin
  3. slow
  4. evening
  5. hot
  6. weak
  7. light
  8. out
  9. night
  10. far
  11. slow
  12. empty
  13. empty
  14. pull
  15. stand
  16. out
  17. sell
  18. hard
  19. below
  20. asleep
  21. happy
  22. day
  23. full
  24. bottom
  25. first
  26. dark
  27. late
  28. far
  29. last
  30. in
  31. top
  32. hot
  33. short
  34. rich
  35. hard
  36. pull
  37. old
  38. friend
  39. dry
  40. fast

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