Antonym worksheet for students to match words with their opposites.

To solve this worksheet, we need to find the opposite word (antonym) for each word listed in the table. We will look at the list of words provided at the top of the page to find the correct match for each one.

Step-by-Step Matching:

1. big: The opposite of big is small.
2. good: The opposite of good is bad.
3. wet: The opposite of wet is dry.
4. clean: The opposite of clean is messy.
5. enemy: The opposite of an enemy is a friend.
6. slow: The opposite of slow is fast.
7. difficult: The opposite of difficult is easy.
8. day: The opposite of day is night.
9. happy: The opposite of happy is angry (in this specific list, "sad" isn't an option, so "angry" is the intended emotional opposite provided). *Correction*: Looking closely at the list, "sad" is not there. Let's re-evaluate. Is there a better fit? Usually happy/sad. But looking at the remaining words: pretty, icy, hard, right, asleep, noisy, rich, soft, poor, ugly, quiet, wrong, hot, awake.
Let's hold on "happy" and do the others first to see what's left.
10. soft: The opposite of soft is hard.
11. poor: The opposite of poor (having little money) is rich.
12. ugly: The opposite of ugly is pretty.
13. quiet: The opposite of quiet is noisy.
14. wrong: The opposite of wrong is right.
15. hot: The opposite of hot is icy (or cold, but "icy" is in the list).
16. awake: The opposite of awake is asleep.

Now let's go back to happy. The remaining word from the top list that hasn't been used is... wait, let me check the pairs again carefully.

Let's list the pairs clearly:
* big <-> small
* good <-> bad
* wet <-> dry
* clean <-> messy
* enemy <-> friend
* slow <-> fast
* difficult <-> easy
* day <-> night
* soft <-> hard
* poor <-> rich
* ugly <-> pretty
* quiet <-> noisy
* wrong <-> right
* hot <-> icy
* awake <-> asleep

That leaves happy. What is left in the top box?
The words in the top box are: dry, pretty, bad, icy, messy, hard, fast, easy, right, small, noisy, friend, asleep, night, angry, rich.

Let's check the matches again against the table words:
* big -> small (Used)
* good -> bad (Used)
* wet -> dry (Used)
* clean -> messy (Used)
* enemy -> friend (Used)
* slow -> fast (Used)
* difficult -> easy (Used)
* day -> night (Used)
* happy -> ?
* soft -> hard (Used)
* poor -> rich (Used)
* ugly -> pretty (Used)
* quiet -> noisy (Used)
* wrong -> right (Used)
* hot -> icy (Used)
* awake -> asleep (Used)

The only word left in the top list is angry. While "sad" is the most common antonym for happy, in this specific exercise, angry is the intended answer by process of elimination. Sometimes "happy" and "angry" are taught as opposing moods in simpler exercises if "sad" isn't available.

So, the pair is happy <-> angry.

Final Check of All Pairs:
1. big - small
2. good - bad
3. wet - dry
4. clean - messy
5. enemy - friend
6. slow - fast
7. difficult - easy
8. day - night
9. happy - angry
10. soft - hard
11. poor - rich
12. ugly - pretty
13. quiet - noisy
14. wrong - right
15. hot - icy
16. awake - asleep

All words from the top list are used exactly once.

Final Answer:
Here are the correct antonyms to fill in the blanks:

| Word | Antonym | Word | Antonym |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| big | small | happy | angry |
| good | bad | soft | hard |
| wet | dry | poor | rich |
| clean | messy | ugly | pretty |
| enemy | friend | quiet | noisy |
| slow | fast | wrong | right |
| difficult | easy | hot | icy |
| day | night | awake | asleep |