This bright, appealing PDF grammar worksheet is an excellent way to practise and revise using antonyms before Year 6.
This primary resource is divided into five sections:
- Understand
Rewrite sentences by changing the adjective in each one to an antonym.
- Challenge
Use the picture to think of 3 adjectives to describe the fish on the left. Next to each one, write an antonym to describe the shark eg friendly, fierce
- Test
Circle the two words which are antonyms in each example sentence, match each word to its antonym and select the correct antonym of ‘valuable’
- Explain
Using your own words, explain what an antonym is, using 3 examples in your explanation
- Apply
Use the image of a very unusual friendship to write a paragraph explaining why the two characters like each other. Make sure you include pairs of antonyms to highlight the differences between them.
This 15-minute challenge features activities that 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].