Name: ______________________________ Date: ______________________________

English Vocabulary - Antonyms

(A). Write an antonym for the bolded word.

simple fertile admit hectic calm

imaginary dry unbreakable unachievable

1. All the characters in the movie are real. _________________

2. Lisa felt that her goal of winning the speech contest was _________________
attainable.

3. Bats live in the dank and dark caves. _________________

4. John had a very relaxing Sunday morning. _________________

5. Mary and James deny breaking the antique vase. _________________

6. The farmers are working hard on the barren ground so that they _________________
can settle down there.

7. My mother said that she is fed up with all my convoluted excuses. _________________

8. Terry became agitated when she heard from them calling him _________________
name.

9. The sales assistance claimed that the pair of spectacles are fragile. _________________

(B). Write antonyms for the underlined words to make the passage have the opposite
meanings.
She was waiting in the departure lounge at the airport. She was feeling sad because her
brother would be leaving soon. She had been waiting a long time. Fortunately, she had
always been a very patient person.
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It was very early and the sun was rising over the sea. She had decided to wake up early
so that she could take some photographs of the morning sky. She was very pleased to see
that the colours of the sunrise were quite bright.
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