Grade 1 Describing Words worksheet

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How to explain it

  1. Describing words tell how something looks, feels or sounds.
  2. Opposites mean very different things: big and small.
  3. Other opposites: fast and slow, loud and quiet.

Example: What is the opposite of “hot”? Hot is very warm. Its opposite is cold. Answer: cold

  1. Question 1

    What is the opposite of “loud”?

    📢loud
    • 😢sad
    • 🤫quiet
    • 🌙night

  2. Question 2

    What is the opposite of “hot”?

    🔥hot
    • 📖open
    • 🧊cold
    • 📕closed

  3. Question 3

    Find the describing word: “Jay drank cold milk.”

    • milk
    • drank
    • cold

  4. Question 4

    What is the opposite of “day”?

    ☀️day
    • 📕closed
    • 🌙night
    • 📢loud

  5. Question 5

    Which word tells about the picture?

    🧊ice
    • cold
    • hot
    • loud

  6. Question 6

    Find the describing word: “Priya has a happy puppy.”

    • Priya
    • puppy
    • happy

  7. Question 7

    What is the opposite of “slow”?

    🐢slow
    • 🐇fast
    • 🐭small
    • ⬆️up

  8. Question 8

    Find the describing word: “Leo sees a red bus.”

    • bus
    • red
    • Leo

  9. Question 9

    What is the opposite of “open”?

    📖open
    • 📕closed
    • ⬆️up
    • 🐢slow

  10. Question 10

    What is the opposite of “up”?

    ⬆️up
    • 😀happy
    • ☀️day
    • ⬇️down

Answer key

  1. 1. 🤫 quiet
  2. 2. 🧊 cold
  3. 3. cold
  4. 4. 🌙 night
  5. 5. cold
  6. 6. happy
  7. 7. 🐇 fast
  8. 8. red
  9. 9. 📕 closed
  10. 10. ⬇️ down

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