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Opposite Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 10: Simple opposites · Set 960 · 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: The sun shines in the day; the moon shines at ___. (a) school (b) morning (c) lunch (d) night
  2. 2.Which word is the opposite of “hot”? (a) early (b) empty (c) tall (d) cold
  3. 3.Fill in the opposite: An elephant is big, but an ant is ___. (a) loud (b) tall (c) small (d) wet
  4. 4.Fill in the opposite: Day is bright, but night is ___. (a) slow (b) dark (c) wet (d) tall
  5. 5.Fill in the opposite: Come in through the front door and go ___ through the back door. (a) tall (b) hot (c) wet (d) out
  6. 6.Which word is the opposite of “early”? (a) big (b) happy (c) late (d) wet
  7. 7.Which word is the opposite of “buy”? (a) sell (b) eat (c) jump (d) sing
  8. 8.Which word is the opposite of “dry”? (a) empty (b) cold (c) slow (d) wet
  9. 9.Fill in the opposite: Ice is cold, but fire is ___. (a) wet (b) small (c) slow (d) hot
  10. 10.Which word is the opposite of “up”? (a) in (b) full (c) down (d) hot
  11. 11.Fill in the opposite: Riya came first in the race and Dev came ___. (a) tall (b) last (c) wet (d) hot
  12. 12.Which word is the opposite of “out”? (a) cold (b) in (c) down (d) dry
  13. 13.Which word is the opposite of “laugh”? (a) eat (b) push (c) cry (d) run
  14. 14.Fill in the opposite: We push a door to open it and ___ it to close it. (a) eat (b) cut (c) sing (d) pull
  15. 15.Which word is the opposite of “small”? (a) big (b) sad (c) slow (d) dry
  16. 16.Which word is the opposite of “inside”? (a) wet (b) slow (c) happy (d) outside
  17. 17.Fill in the opposite: A giraffe is tall, but a puppy is ___. (a) loud (b) hot (c) wet (d) short
  18. 18.Which word is the opposite of “late”? (a) small (b) sad (c) early (d) dry
  19. 19.Which word is the opposite of “stop”? (a) sing (b) start (c) sit (d) eat
  20. 20.Which word is the opposite of “big”? (a) fast (b) wet (c) happy (d) small
  21. 21.Fill in the opposite: The shop is near, but the school is ___. (a) sad (b) wet (c) hot (d) far
  22. 22.Which word is the opposite of “morning”? (a) evening (b) river (c) Monday (d) summer
  23. 23.Which word is the opposite of “young”? (a) wet (b) fast (c) loud (d) old
  24. 24.Which word is the opposite of “above”? (a) early (b) wet (c) happy (d) below
  25. 25.Which word is the opposite of “bottom”? (a) top (b) dry (c) late (d) happy
  26. 26.Which word is the opposite of “summer”? (a) winter (b) morning (c) river (d) Monday
  27. 27.Which word is the opposite of “long”? (a) wet (b) early (c) short (d) happy
  28. 28.Which word is the opposite of “hard”? (a) tall (b) soft (c) fast (d) cold
  29. 29.Fill in the opposite: Winter is cold, but summer is ___. (a) slow (b) sad (c) hot (d) small
  30. 30.Which word is the opposite of “night”? (a) cold (b) day (c) wet (d) down
  31. 31.Which word is the opposite of “empty”? (a) short (b) slow (c) full (d) wet
  32. 32.Which word is the opposite of “stand”? (a) sing (b) eat (c) cry (d) sit
  33. 33.Fill in the opposite: Grandpa is old, but the baby is ___. (a) young (b) dry (c) tall (d) loud
  34. 34.Which word is the opposite of “dirty”? (a) short (b) clean (c) late (d) soft
  35. 35.Which word is the opposite of “push”? (a) sleep (b) pull (c) sing (d) eat
  36. 36.Which word is the opposite of “cold”? (a) short (b) late (c) full (d) hot
  37. 37.Fill in the opposite: A rabbit is fast, but a tortoise is ___. (a) wet (b) loud (c) big (d) slow
  38. 38.Which word is the opposite of “girl”? (a) stone (b) tree (c) cloud (d) boy
  39. 39.Which word is the opposite of “start”? (a) sing (b) cry (c) stop (d) eat
  40. 40.Which word is the opposite of “winter”? (a) Sunday (b) summer (c) mountain (d) evening

Answer key

  1. night
  2. cold
  3. small
  4. dark
  5. out
  6. late
  7. sell
  8. wet
  9. hot
  10. down
  11. last
  12. in
  13. cry
  14. pull
  15. big
  16. outside
  17. short
  18. early
  19. start
  20. small
  21. far
  22. evening
  23. old
  24. below
  25. top
  26. winter
  27. short
  28. soft
  29. hot
  30. day
  31. full
  32. sit
  33. young
  34. clean
  35. pull
  36. hot
  37. slow
  38. boy
  39. stop
  40. summer

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