Let's solve this antonym worksheet step by step. The task is to find the
antonym (opposite meaning) of the underlined word in each sentence and fill it in the blank. We are given a word bank to help:
Word Bank:
big, long, hard, wet, clean, win, off, fat, warm, stop
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1. We filled the blue pail with the small marbles and the red pail with the __________ marbles.
- Antonym of *small* =
big
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✔ Answer:
big
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2. My sister was very dirty after playing in the mud, but after her bath, she was nice and __________.
- Antonym of *dirty* =
clean
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✔ Answer:
clean
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3. My mommy had to dry my coat because the rain made it all __________.
- "Dry" means remove moisture → opposite is
wet
- So, the coat was
wet
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✔ Answer:
wet
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4. When I first saw the lamb, it was thin, but now that it is winter, it has become very __________.
- Antonym of *thin* =
fat
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✔ Answer:
fat
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5. When the light is green, cars can go, but when it turns red, cars must __________.
- Opposite of *go* =
stop
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✔ Answer:
stop
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6. Bobby likes to __________, and doesn’t like to lose.
- Antonym of *lose* =
win
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✔ Answer:
win
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7. During Autumn, the weather can be quite cool, but in Spring it might get pretty __________.
- Antonym of *cool* =
warm
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✔ Answer:
warm
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8. Building this ship in a bottle looks __________, but my dad said it would be easy.
- Antonym of *easy* =
hard
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✔ Answer:
hard
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9. The worm my sister caught was short, but the snake I caught was __________.
- Antonym of *short* =
long
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✔ Answer:
long
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10. Katie and Tom know they are supposed to turn the lights __________, but they always leave them on.
- Opposite of *on* =
off
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✔ Answer:
off
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✔ Final Answers:
1. big
2. clean
3. wet
4. fat
5. stop
6. win
7. warm
8. hard
9. long
10. off
All answers come from the provided word bank and are correct antonyms.
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