Let’s go through each sentence one by one. We need to find the
antonym (opposite) of the underlined word, using only words from the box:
> 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.”
→ Opposite of *small* is
big
2. “My sister was very *dirty* after playing in the mud, but after her bath, she was nice and ________.”
→ Opposite of *dirty* is
clean
3. “My mommy had to *dry* my coat because the rain made it all ________.”
→ If you dry something, it was *wet*. So opposite of *dry* is
wet
4. “When I first saw the lamb, it was *thin*, but now that it is winter, it has become very ________.”
→ Opposite of *thin* is
fat
5. “When the light is green, cars can *go*, but when it turns red, cars must ________.”
→ Opposite of *go* is
stop
6. “Bobby likes to ________, and doesn’t like to *lose*.”
→ Opposite of *lose* is
win
7. “During Autumn, the weather can be quite *cool*, but in Spring it might get pretty ________.”
→ Opposite of *cool* is
warm
8. “Building this ship in a bottle looks ________, but my dad said it would be *easy*.”
→ Opposite of *easy* is
hard
9. “The worm my sister caught was *short*, but the snake I caught was ________.”
→ Opposite of *short* is
long
10. “Katie and Tom know they are supposed to turn the lights ________, but they always leave them *on*.”
→ Opposite of *on* is
off
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All answers come from the word bank and match logically.
Final Answer:
1. big
2. clean
3. wet
4. fat
5. stop
6. win
7. warm
8. hard
9. long
10. off
Parent Tip: Review the logic above to help your child master the concept of antonyms worksheet.
