This bright, appealing grammar worksheet is an excellent way to practise and revise using antonyms in Y6.
This primary resource is divided into five sections:
- Understand
Match words with their antonyms and find two antonyms for the words given
- Challenge
Rewrite the example sentences, replacing each of the words in bold with an antonym
- Test
Circle the antonym for each word below. Then circle two words in each sentence that are antonyms of each other
- Explain
Write an explanation of the difference between antonyms and synonyms, using at least two examples
- Apply
Write a description of the scene shown, using as many antonyms of the four words given as possible
Activities include SATs-style questions and opportunities for creative writing responses, with eye-catching images as prompts.
What is an antonym?
An antonym is a word that means the opposite of another word.
Antonym examples
- Fast and slow
- Big and small
- Light and dark
- Good and bad
- Up and down
National Curriculum English programme of study links
Children will learn how words are related by meaning as synonyms and antonyms [for example, big, large, little].