Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 124 · 40 questions

Word tip (Name the skill first): Read the question and decide which skill it tests. Use that lesson’s method: swap test for synonyms, opposite end for antonyms, meaning for homophones, split the word for prefixes and suffixes. Check your answer by reading it back in the sentence.

1. 1.Which word means “the state of being weak”? (a) weaken (b) weakness (c) weaker (d) weakly
2. 2.Fill the gap: a ___ of penguins (a) fleet (b) pride (c) herd (d) colony
3. 3.Which word means “full of thanks”? (a) thankfully (b) thanking (c) thankful (d) thankless
4. 4.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) old – new (b) scared – brave (c) in – out (d) scared – afraid
5. 5.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) glad – happy (b) cheap – expensive (c) talk – speak (d) jump – leap
6. 6.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind wrongly (c) kind again (d) not kind
7. 7.Choose the best word: Grandpa tells ___ stories that make us laugh. (a) boring (b) funny (c) scary (d) sad
8. 8.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) presafe (c) dissafe (d) unsafe
9. 9.Fill the gap: a ___ of ministers (a) swarm (b) herd (c) flock (d) cabinet
10. 10.Choose the best word: The ___ sun made everyone sweat. (a) dark (b) hot (c) gentle (d) cold
11. 11.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “float”? (a) shout (b) borrow (c) run (d) sink
12. 12.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
13. 13.Fill the gap: A piglet is the young one of a ___. (a) cat (b) frog (c) pig (d) hen
14. 14.Make a compound word: every + ___ (a) pen (b) one (c) tree (d) milk
15. 15.Which word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) reuse (c) preuse (d) disuse
16. 16.Fill the gap: A range is a group of ___. (a) bees (b) mountains (c) ships (d) cows
17. 17.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) retidy (c) pretidy (d) distidy
18. 18.Which word means the same as “quick”? (a) quiet (b) ill (c) rich (d) fast
19. 19.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
20. 20.Which word means “without pain”? (a) painted (b) painless (c) painter (d) painful
21. 21.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
22. 22.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) mend – repair (b) shout – yell (c) include – exclude (d) happy – glad
23. 23.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) too (b) to (c) two
24. 24.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place again (c) place wrongly (d) place before
25. 25.Fill the gap: a ___ of ants (a) herd (b) pride (c) colony (d) fleet
26. 26.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
27. 27.Make a compound word: bed + ___ (a) tree (b) pen (c) milk (d) room
28. 28.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
29. 29.What is the feminine of “host”? (a) waitress (b) hostess (c) heroine (d) actress
30. 30.Add the suffix: heavy + ly = ? (a) heavilly (b) heavily (c) heavly (d) heavyly
31. 31.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) not allow (c) allow before (d) allow again
32. 32.Fill the gap: A pod is a group of ___. (a) whales (b) bees (c) cows (d) keys
33. 33.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
34. 34.Fill the gap: A herd is a group of ___. (a) bees (b) cows (c) grapes (d) ships
35. 35.Fill the gap: An eaglet is the young one of an ___. (a) ant (b) owl (c) eagle (d) ox
36. 36.Fill the gap: a ___ of singers (a) fleet (b) swarm (c) herd (d) choir
37. 37.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “accept”? (a) arrive (b) whisper (c) borrow (d) refuse
38. 38.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
39. 39.Fill the gap: A caterpillar is the young one of a ___. (a) butterfly (b) hen (c) cow (d) frog
40. 40.What is the feminine of “monk”? (a) bride (b) queen (c) aunt (d) nun

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