Playground Antonyms | 4th and 5th Grade Antonym Worksheets - Free Printable

Explanation:
We are given a list of 14 sentences with one underlined word in each. For each sentence, we need to find the antonym (opposite word) from the “Antonym Word Bank” provided.

Let’s go one by one and match each underlined word with its opposite:

1. *The blacktop is paved.*
→ Opposite of paved is unpaved
✔ Word bank has *unpaved*

2. *The big slide is fast.*
→ Opposite of fast is slow
✔ Word bank has *slow*

3. *The bouncy ball is inflated.*
→ Opposite of inflated is deflated
✔ Word bank has *deflated*

4. *The ground is dirty.*
→ Opposite of dirty is clean
✔ Word bank has *clean*

5. *The sunny day is hot.*
→ Opposite of hot is cold
✔ Word bank has *cold*

6. *The playground is noisy.*
→ Opposite of noisy is quiet
✔ Word bank has *quiet*

7. *The girls are walking.*
→ Opposite of walking is running
✔ Word bank has *running*

8. *The students play.*
→ Opposite of play is work
✔ Word bank has *work*

9. *The kids on the swings go high.*
→ Opposite of high is low
✔ Word bank has *low*

10. *The bathrooms are occupied.*
→ Opposite of occupied is unoccupied
✔ Word bank has *unoccupied*

11. *The soccer game is popular.*
→ Opposite of popular is unpopular
✔ Word bank has *unpopular*

12. *Mary’s friends are nice.*
→ Opposite of nice is mean
✔ Word bank has *mean*

13. *The boy who fell was reckless.*
→ Opposite of reckless is cautious
✔ Word bank has *cautious*

14. *The winner was victorious.*
→ Opposite of victorious is defeated
✔ Word bank has *defeated*

Now let’s double-check that all 14 matches use only words from the word bank and no word is reused incorrectly:

Word bank:
deflated, clean, unpaved, work, unoccupied, slow, low, quiet, mean, defeated, running, cautious, unpopular, cold

That’s exactly 14 words — perfect match for 14 items.

Final Answer:
1. unpaved
2. slow
3. deflated
4. clean
5. cold
6. quiet
7. running
8. work
9. low
10. unoccupied
11. unpopular
12. mean
13. cautious
14. defeated