Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 132 · 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 suffix means “without”? (a) -ness (b) -ful (c) -er (d) -less
2. 2.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) glad – happy (b) talk – speak (c) cheap – expensive (d) jump – leap
3. 3.Make a compound word: news + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) paper (d) shoe
4. 4.Fill the gap: A herd is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) bees (c) grapes (d) cows
5. 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
6. 6.Which is a compound word? (a) weekend (b) teacher (c) quickly (d) pencil
7. 7.Which word means “the state of being weak”? (a) weaken (b) weaker (c) weakness (d) weakly
8. 8.What is the feminine of “grandfather”? (a) grandmother (b) queen (c) aunt (d) niece
9. 9.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read again (c) read before (d) read wrongly
10. 10.Choose the best word: The ___ boy never tells a lie. (a) lazy (b) greedy (c) rude (d) honest
11. 11.Fill the gap: a ___ of flies (a) swarm (b) pride (c) herd (d) fleet
12. 12.Which word means the same as “happy”? (a) hungry (b) glad (c) tired (d) rude
13. 13.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “superior”? (a) polite (b) ancient (c) inferior (d) early
14. 14.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
15. 15.Fill the gap: a ___ of trees (a) swarm (b) grove (c) pride (d) herd
16. 16.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “decrease”? (a) increase (b) whisper (c) arrive (d) float
17. 17.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -less (b) -er (c) -ly (d) -ful
18. 18.Which word means the same as “bright”? (a) shiny (b) dull (c) slow (d) sad
19. 19.Fill the gap: A crowd is a group of ___. (a) people (b) ships (c) grapes (d) keys
20. 20.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) big – large (b) gift – present (c) deep – shallow (d) ill – sick
21. 21.Choose the best word: The bag was too ___ for little Aarav to lift. (a) empty (b) light (c) small (d) heavy
22. 22.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “expensive”? (a) honest (b) early (c) cheap (d) polite
23. 23.Make a compound word: some + ___ (a) thing (b) tree (c) pen (d) milk
24. 24.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) to (b) too (c) two
25. 25.Which word means the same as “wet”? (a) loud (b) dry (c) damp (d) hot
26. 26.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) diskind (c) rekind (d) unkind
27. 27.Fill the gap: a ___ of birds (a) herd (b) pride (c) bunch (d) flock
28. 28.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
29. 29.What is the masculine of “headmistress”? (a) host (b) uncle (c) headmaster (d) king
30. 30.Which word means the same as “caring”? (a) loud (b) lazy (c) kind (d) busy
31. 31.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) prehappy (c) unhappy (d) mishappy
32. 32.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) reobey (c) misobey (d) disobey
33. 33.Choose the best word: The library is a ___ place; nobody talks loudly there. (a) noisy (b) loud (c) rowdy (d) quiet
34. 34.Make a compound word: wheel + ___ (a) tree (b) pen (c) milk (d) chair
35. 35.Which word means the same as “finish”? (a) start (b) jump (c) end (d) gift
36. 36.Which word means the same as “smart”? (a) clever (b) slow (c) empty (d) angry
37. 37.Choose the best word: Please ___ the gate behind you so the cows do not get in. (a) sell (b) open (c) shut (d) paint
38. 38.What is the masculine of “aunt”? (a) son (b) brother (c) nephew (d) uncle
39. 39.Fill the gap: The young one of a cat is a ___. (a) kitten (b) puppy (c) calf (d) cub
40. 40.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) to (b) too (c) two

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