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Opposites at the Playground

Kindergarten opposites practice: match and choose antonyms for common action words and describing words like hot and cold, push and pull.

KindergartenELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.K.5.b

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What’s included

  • Single worksheet
  • Auto-graded online
  • 1 Common Core standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 10 questions
  • Classroom-ready

Details

Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Kindergarten
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students match common describing words to their opposites.
  • Students match common action words to their opposites.
  • Students use an opposite word to finish a short sentence.

How to use

Read each word and sentence aloud. Ask students to say the opposite before looking at the choices, then let them match, write from the box, or circle on their own.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.K.5.b

Show understanding of frequently occurring verbs and adjectives by relating them to their opposites (antonyms).

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Opposites at the Playground

Find the word that means the opposite.

Opposite describing words

Your teacher reads each word. Find the word that means the opposite.

1.
Match each word to its opposite.
  1. big
  2. fast
  3. wet
  4. loud
  1. A. quiet
  2. B. small
  3. C. dry
  4. D. slow
2.
What is the opposite of hot?
  • A. warm
  • B. cold
  • C. red
3.
Write the word that means the opposite. Use the box.
Word bank: soft · red · empty · short

The tree is tall. The bush is  .
The rock is hard. The pillow is  .
The cup is full. The pail is  .

4.
Ben feels happy. Ava feels the opposite. How does Ava feel?
  • A. sad
  • B. glad
  • C. silly

Opposite action words

Action words have opposites too. Your teacher reads each word.

5.
Match each action word to its opposite.
  1. laugh
  2. wake
  3. throw
  4. hide
  1. A. sleep
  2. B. find
  3. C. cry
  4. D. catch
6.
What is the opposite of give?
  • A. help
  • B. share
  • C. take
7.
Write the opposite word. Use the box.
Word bank: stand · go · pull

The opposite of push is  .
The opposite of sit is  .
The opposite of stop is  .

8.
Circle the two words that are opposites.

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At the playground

Listen to your teacher read. Pick the answer that is the opposite.

9.
Mia says, "The swing is high." Max says the opposite. What does Max say?
  • A. The swing is blue.
  • B. The swing is low.
  • C. The swing is wet.
10.
The gate is open. Lin makes it the opposite. What does she do?
  • A. She will close it.
  • B. She will paint it.
  • C. She will climb it.

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