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Grade Competency level 4.

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Finds synonyms and antonyms
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1. Select the opposite word and write in the blank.


1. Dangerous - safety (perilous, harmful, safety)

2. Happy - ………………….. (gleeful, sad, delight)

3. Expensive - ………………….. (lavish, cheap, costly)

4. Courteous - ………………….. (patient, impolite, honest)

5. Intelligent - ………………….. (clever, foolish, talented)

6. Great - ………………….. (big, enormous, little)

2. Replace the words in each sentence with a relevant opposite words.


Ex -: She ate a apple.
He ate a small apple.

(1) Raja is absent today.


But he was …………………. yesterday.

2) I am unable to come for the meeting.


But my friend is ……………………to come for the meeting.

3) We must kind to the animals.


Hunters are ……………………… to the animals.

4) Loris is an ugly animal.


Butterfly is a ……………….. insect.

5) This saree is Cheap.


But that saree is very ……………………………..

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3. Find the antonyms for given words.

empty, hot, calm, poor, sad, start, first, young, boy, few

1. loud - ……………………….
2. old - ………………………….
3. several - …………………….
4. last - ………………………….
5. stop - …………………………
6. full - …………………………..
7. cold - …………………………
8. girl - …………………………..
9. wealthy - …………………….
10. happy - …………………….

4. Fill in the blanks with the antonyms of the words in the brackets. Choose from
the list below.

Questions, complex, rural, victory, wide, expensive, foreign, happy, late, most

1. ………………………..….. of the people watch tele-dramas on the T.V. (least)


2. Farmers are …………………………….…… when they harvest their crop. (sad)
3. The nervous system is the most ……………………… of the human body. (simple)
4. Mercedes Benz is the most ………………………..…….. car of all. (cheap)
5. We had ten ………………………………….… for our first term. (answer)
6. Shreya is always …………………………………..… to office. (early)
7. Buses and cars run very fast on the …………….…………….. highways. (narrow)
8. A large number of …………………………….. tourists visit Sigiriya rock. (local)
9. The government is spending a lot of money on ……………..…development. (urban)
10. The brave man drove back the enemies and achieved ………………….… (defeat)

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5. Write the opposites of the following words by adding “prefix”. One is done for
you.

Eg : ………possible - impossible

1. ………. legal - …………………………


2. ……….. patient - …………………………
3. ……….. take - …………………………
4. ……….. safe - …………………………
5. ……… expensive - …………………………

6.Write the opposite by adding “ in” “ un” “ im ” “ill ” and “dis” First one is done
for you.

polite
healthy
obey
treat
justice
possibl

7. Complete the sentences by adding the opposite word. One is done for you.

1. Some parents are kind but some are ………unkind……………….


2. Most of the people in the queue were patient but few were ………………………..
3. Some children obey their parents but some ……………………..
4. My mother was unhappy about losing her purse but she was ………………………..when
she found it.
5. It is legal to go out when curfew is removed but it is ……………….to go during curfew
hours.
6. The moon is visible during night but it is …………………..during day time.

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T/T/Mullipothanai Vigneswara Vidyalaya
8. Find the opposite words from the box and write them in blanks.

minimum , discourage , major , near , unpleasant , expensive , late , unhappy , high , foreign

1. Early - -------------------------------
2. Cheap - -------------------------------
3. Low - -------------------------------
4. Minor - -------------------------------
5. Local - -------------------------------
6. Far - -------------------------------
7. Happy - -------------------------------
8. Pleasant - -------------------------------
9. Encourage - -------------------------------
10. Maximum - -------------------------------

9. Select and Write the opposite words.

uncommon / foreign / big / old / hot / hard / fast / illegal / question

1. Cold - ______________
2. Soft - ______________
3. Young - ______________
4. Slow - ______________
5. Small - ______________
6. Legal - ______________
7. Local - _______________
8. Answer - _______________
9. Common - _______________

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T/T/Mullipothanai Vigneswara Vidyalaya
10. Fill in the blanks of the following sentences using the opposite of the words in
brackets.

1. It was .............................................. to drive up the hill . ( possible )


2. I suddenly .............................................. that I had to attend a meeting . ( forgot )
3. There was a .............................................. purchasing a marshy land. ( advantage )
4. The .............................................. ruins of Anuradhapura add glory to our history. ( modern )
5. Rakith is a .............................................. prefect. ( senior )
6. My class teacher is ................................ to all the students. ( unkind )
7. This bag is ............................................. ( cheap )
8. There are many ...................................... things in my room. ( necessary )
9. The teacher advised us not to .............................................. in the trip. ( behave )
10. I am .............................................. hear that your uncle has met with an accident. ( happy )

11. Underline the word opposite in meaning for the given words

E.g. big –(small, large, narrow)

1. victory - (defeat, achievement, triumph)


2. urban - (city, rural, district)
3. pretty - (beautiful, handsome, ugly)
4. major - (minor, great, vital)
5. correct - (right, exact, incorrect)
6. empty - (full, bare, vacant)
7. 7.difficult - (tough, hard, easy)
8. wide - (broad, narrow, vast)
9. rough - (hard, rugged, soft)
10. expensive - (cheap, costly, valuable)

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