Words that are contrary to each other (A school is large but a pencil is small):

GENDER OPPOSITES

female	male
girl	boy
woman	man
wife	husband
daughter	son
sister	brother

TEST YOURSELF:

Select the correct number representing the opposite word for the following:

A.	opposite 1 2 3 4 5 6 female	1 - male
B.	opposite 1 2 3 4 5 6 boy	2 - daughter
C.	opposite 1 2 3 4 5 6 woman	3 - husband
D.	opposite 1 2 3 4 5 6 son	4 - sister
E.	opposite 1 2 3 4 5 6 wife	5 - girl
F.	opposite 1 2 3 4 5 6 brother	6 - man

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  The word pairs are:
  A.   1         -      D.   2
  B.   5         -      E.   3
  C.   6         -      F.   4
  

ACTION OPPOSITES

find	lose
begin	finish
stop	go
shut	open
sit	stand
pull	push
buy	sell

PHYSICAL OPPOSITES

big	little
tall	short
fat	skinny
young	old
sick	healthy
strong	weak

TEST YOURSELF:

Select the correct number representing the opposite word for the following:

A.	opposite 12 34 56 78 910 1112 weak	1 - find
B.	opposite 12 34 56 78 910 1112 stop	2 - strong
C.	opposite 12 34 56 78 910 1112 finish	3 - sick
D.	opposite 12 34 56 78 910 1112 young	4 - go
E.	opposite 12 34 56 78 910 1112 sit	5 - old
F.	opposite 12 34 56 78 910 1112 big	6 - open
G.	opposite 12 34 56 78 910 1112 tall	7 - little
H.	opposite 12 34 56 78 910 1112 fat	8 - skinny
I.	opposite 12 34 56 78 910 1112 shut	9 - short
J.	opposite 12 34 56 78 910 1112 sell	10 - buy
K.	opposite 12 34 56 78 910 1112 healthy	11 - stand
L.	opposite 12 34 56 78 910 1112 lose	12 - begin

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  The word pairs are:
  A.   2         -      G.   9
  B.   4         -      H.   8
  C.   12       -      I.   6
  D.   5         -      J.   10
  E.   11       -      K.   3
  F.   7         -      L.   1
  

LOCATION OPPOSITES

up	down
in	out
over	under
before	after
north	south
east	west

PERSONALITY OPPOSITES

happy	sad
polite	impolite
good	bad
sour	pleasant
dull	exciting
patient	impatient

TEST YOURSELF:

Select the correct number representing the opposite word for the following:

A.	opposite 12 34 56 78 910 1112 down	1 - bad
B.	opposite 12 34 56 78 910 1112 impatient	2 - dull
C.	opposite 12 34 56 78 910 1112 good	3 - happy
D.	opposite 12 34 56 78 910 1112 south	4 - patient
E.	opposite 12 34 56 78 910 1112 under	5 - after
F.	opposite 12 34 56 78 910 1112 impolite	6 - up
G.	opposite 12 34 56 78 910 1112 exciting	7 - west
H.	opposite 12 34 56 78 910 1112 sad	8 - sour
I.	opposite 12 34 56 78 910 1112 pleasant	9 - north
J.	opposite 12 34 56 78 910 1112 before	10 - out
K.	opposite 12 34 56 78 910 1112 in	11 - over
L.	opposite 12 34 56 78 910 1112 east	12 - polite

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  The word pairs are:
  A.   6         -      G.   2
  B.   4         -      H.   3
  C.   1        -      I.   8
  D.   9         -      J.   5
  E.   11       -      K.   10
  F.   12        -      L.   7