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