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Playground Antonyms

Antonyms are two words that mean the opposite, or nearly the opposite, of each other.

There are many antonyms you can find on a school playground if you take a very close look. See if you can figure out which of the antonyms in the word bank match each of the underlined words in the sentences below. Write them on the lines to complete the sentences. Antonym Word Bank
deflated slow cold clean quiet low unpaved work unoccupied defeated running unpopular mean cautious

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

The blacktop is paved. The big slide is fast. The bouncy ball is inflated. The ground is dirty. The sunny day is hot. The playground is noisy. The girls are walking. The students play. The kids on the swings go high.

The field is The small slide is The flat ball is The table is The cloudy day is The hallway is The boys are The supervisors The ants stay down The classrooms are The hockey game is Those girls are This boy is The loser was

10. The bathrooms are occupied. 11. The soccer game is popular. 12. Marys friends are nice. 13. The boy who fell was reckless. 14. The winner was victorious.

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Playground Antonyms

Antonyms are two words that mean the opposite, or nearly the opposite, of each other.

There are many antonyms you can find on a school playground if you take a very close look. See if you can figure out which of the antonyms in the word bank match each of the underlined words in the sentences below. Write them on the lines to complete the sentences. Antonym Word Bank
deflated slow cold clean quiet low unpaved work unoccupied defeated running mean cautious unpopular

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

The blacktop is paved. The big slide is fast. The bouncy ball is inflated. The ground is dirty. The sunny day is hot. The playground is noisy. The girls are walking. The students play. The kids on the swings go high.

The field is The small slide is The flat ball is The table is The cloudy day is The hallway is The boys are The supervisors The ants stay down The classrooms are

unpaved. slow. deflated. clean. cold. quiet. running. work. low. unoccupied.

10. The bathrooms are occupied. 11. The soccer game is popular. 12. Marys friends are nice. 13. The boy who fell was reckless. 14. The winner was victorious.

The hockey game is unpopular. Those girls are This boy is The loser was mean. cautious. defeated.

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