Opposites (antonyms) - 4 worksheets

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OPPOSI TES

Task 1

? Wr it e t he opposit es t o t hese wor ds. 1) big small 2) come 3) r ight 4) r ough 5) sell 6) hot

Task 2

? Delet e t he wor ds in bold and put in t he wor d wit h t he opposit e meaning.

1) I t was a f at cucumber .

2) The t r ain went ver y slowly.

3) The glass was empt y.

4) The dog j umped over t he high wall.

5) The quest ions wer e dif f icult .

6) The weat her was hot and dry.

7) The t wist y r oad was ver y long.

8) The t all man ent er ed t he r oom.

Rs/E2.2, Rs/E2.3, Rs/E3.2, Ws/E2.2, Ww/E3.2, Rw/E3.5, Rw/L1.3. Kindly contributed by Laura Jeffrey, Matthew Boulton College, ljeffrey@mbc.ac.uk

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OPPOSI TES

Task 3

? Under line t he wor d in each set t hat is t he opposit e t o t he word in bold.

1) heavy

- t all

light

t hin

2) st rong

- weak long

small

3) f ound

- made went lost

4) enemy

- f r iend child t oy

5) upper

- middle behind lower

6) rude

- noisy polit e t iny

7) blunt

- bad

heavy shar p

8) bit t er

- sweet bent smelly

9) happy

- j oyf ul sad

best

10) wide

- nar r ow near enor mous

Ext ension Task 4 ? Wr it e down as many dif f er ent pair s of opposit es as you

can.

Rs/E2.2, Rs/E2.3, Rs/E3.2, Ws/E2.2, Ww/E3.2, Rw/E3.5, Rw/L1.3. Kindly contributed by Laura Jeffrey, Matthew Boulton College, ljeffrey@mbc.ac.uk

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Ant onyms ar e wor ds t hat mean t he opposit e t o each ot her .

Task 1

? Cr oss out t he under lined wor d and r eplace it wit h t he opposit e wor d f r om t he box below.

1. My Mum made a cake ? it was nice! 2. The r oller coast er was ver y good. 3. The f ilm st ar was ver y beaut if ul. 4. Gr an was pleased wit h her bir t hday pr esent . 5. The lar ge lor r y held up all t he t r af f ic. 6. I had a lovely t ime.

t iny annoyed

awf ul

t er r ible ugly

hor r ible bor ing self ish

? You should have t wo wor ds lef t over ? use t hem t o make t wo good sent ences! * Don't f or get t o use a capit al let t er and a f ull st op.

Rs/E2.2, Rs/E2.3, Rs/E3.2, Ws/E2.2, Ww/E3.2, Rw/E3.5, Rw/L1.3. Kindly contributed by Laura Jeffrey, Matthew Boulton College, ljeffrey@mbc.ac.uk

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Ant onym: a wor d wit h t he opposit e meaning of anot her wor d.

Task 2

? Mat ch up t he ant onyms. Use a r uler .

happy

br ave

sad

upset

f at

t iny

bad

open

cold

t hin

af r aid

slow

huge

j oyf ul

quick

pleased

closed

good

cr oss

hot

Ext ension Task 3

? Find as many wor ds as you can t hat mean t he opposit e of NI CE

Rs/E2.2, Rs/E2.3, Rs/E3.2, Ws/E2.2, Ww/E3.2, Rw/E3.5, Rw/L1.3. Kindly contributed by Laura Jeffrey, Matthew Boulton College, ljeffrey@mbc.ac.uk

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