Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 134 · 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 pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) ancient – old (b) tiny – little (c) ancient – modern (d) rich – wealthy
2. 2.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “minority”? (a) answer (b) roof (c) journey (d) majority
3. 3.Which word means the same as “yell”? (a) sit (b) whisper (c) eat (d) shout
4. 4.Which word means the same as “speak”? (a) talk (b) walk (c) eat (d) listen
5. 5.What is the feminine of “monk”? (a) bride (b) nun (c) queen (d) aunt
6. 6.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) buy – sell (b) shout – yell (c) push – pull (d) shout – whisper
7. 7.Choose the best word: The old man walked ___ with the help of a stick. (a) angrily (b) loudly (c) quickly (d) slowly
8. 8.Add the suffix: slow + ly = ? (a) slowley (b) slowely (c) slowly (d) sloly
9. 9.Fill the gap: A fleet is a group of ___. (a) bees (b) grapes (c) ships (d) lions
10. 10.Make a compound word: air + ___ (a) port (b) rice (c) tree (d) book
11. 11.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
12. 12.Fill the gap: The young one of an elephant is a ___. (a) kid (b) chick (c) calf (d) kitten
13. 13.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) mistidy (c) untidy (d) retidy
14. 14.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
15. 15.Choose the best word: The thirsty crow dropped ___ into the pot to raise the water. (a) pebbles (b) leaves (c) bubbles (d) feathers
16. 16.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
17. 17.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) misfair (c) unfair (d) prefair
18. 18.Choose the best word: The bread was ___ because it was a week old. (a) fresh (b) soft (c) warm (d) stale
19. 19.Fill the gap: a ___ of zebras (a) herd (b) fleet (c) swarm (d) bunch
20. 20.What is the masculine of “mare”? (a) lion (b) king (c) bull (d) horse
21. 21.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead before (c) lead again (d) lead wrongly
22. 22.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
23. 23.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
24. 24.Which word means the same as “start”? (a) laugh (b) repair (c) begin (d) stop
25. 25.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “hero”? (a) roof (b) journey (c) question (d) villain
26. 26.Add the suffix: pity + ful = ? (a) pittiful (b) pitiful (c) pityful (d) pitifull
27. 27.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
28. 28.Fill the gap: a ___ of wolves (a) fleet (b) pack (c) bunch (d) flock
29. 29.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) usual wrongly (c) usual again (d) not usual
30. 30.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “sunrise”? (a) journey (b) sunset (c) answer (d) roof
31. 31.Choose the best word: After the long journey, we were ___ to reach home. (a) angry (b) afraid (c) glad (d) sorry
32. 32.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “villain”? (a) answer (b) journey (c) hero (d) window
33. 33.Add the suffix: sad + ly = ? (a) sadly (b) saddly (c) sadely (d) sadley
34. 34.Make a compound word: wheel + ___ (a) tree (b) pen (c) milk (d) chair
35. 35.Choose the best word: The ___ elephant lifted the heavy log easily. (a) tiny (b) tired (c) strong (d) weak
36. 36.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
37. 37.Fill the gap: The young one of a swan is a ___. (a) cub (b) foal (c) cygnet (d) kid
38. 38.Choose the best word: The river ___ through the village to the sea. (a) flows (b) flies (c) sleeps (d) jumps
39. 39.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
40. 40.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -less (b) -er (c) -ly (d) -ful

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