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