Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 137 · 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.Make a compound word: note + ___ (a) book (b) shoe (c) milk (d) tree
2. 2.Make a compound word: sea + ___ (a) rice (b) shore (c) milk (d) chair
3. 3.Choose the best word: The school bus was ___ of children laughing and singing. (a) empty (b) full (c) short (d) tired
4. 4.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) chair (b) milk (c) bag (d) flower
5. 5.Make a compound word: every + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) pen (d) one
6. 6.Fill the gap: A range is a group of ___. (a) mountains (b) bees (c) ships (d) cows
7. 7.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) push – pull (b) friend – enemy (c) friend – pal (d) day – night
8. 8.Fill the gap: The young one of a cow is a ___. (a) chick (b) cub (c) calf (d) kitten
9. 9.Fill the gap: a ___ of zebras (a) swarm (b) fleet (c) bunch (d) herd
10. 10.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “invisible”? (a) early (b) visible (c) honest (d) generous
11. 11.Which word means “in a sad way”? (a) sadden (b) sadder (c) sadness (d) sadly
12. 12.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) beautiful (c) umbrella (d) playground
13. 13.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) shout – yell (b) push – pull (c) shout – whisper (d) buy – sell
14. 14.Which word means the same as “end”? (a) shout (b) smile (c) begin (d) finish
15. 15.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
16. 16.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest wrongly (c) not honest (d) honest again
17. 17.Make a compound word: tea + ___ (a) cup (b) road (c) shoe (d) pen
18. 18.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) not loyal (c) loyal again (d) loyal wrongly
19. 19.What is the feminine of “brother”? (a) niece (b) sister (c) aunt (d) wife
20. 20.Fill the gap: The young one of a butterfly is a ___. (a) kitten (b) cub (c) tadpole (d) caterpillar
21. 21.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “humble”? (a) early (b) ancient (c) proud (d) wide
22. 22.Fill the gap: The young one of a wolf is a ___. (a) calf (b) lamb (c) foal (d) cub
23. 23.Which word means the same as “mend”? (a) repair (b) choose (c) laugh (d) break
24. 24.Make a compound word: cup + ___ (a) tree (b) milk (c) shoe (d) board
25. 25.Which word means “full of hope”? (a) hopeful (b) hoping (c) hopefully (d) hopeless
26. 26.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
27. 27.Fill the gap: a ___ of penguins (a) fleet (b) herd (c) pride (d) colony
28. 28.Fill the gap: a ___ of geese (a) swarm (b) bunch (c) fleet (d) gaggle
29. 29.Fill the gap: The young one of a kangaroo is a ___. (a) cub (b) lamb (c) joey (d) chick
30. 30.Add the suffix: teach + er = ? (a) teachere (b) teachar (c) teachor (d) teacher
31. 31.Make a compound word: wheel + ___ (a) tree (b) pen (c) milk (d) chair
32. 32.Choose the best word: The old fort is ___ and visited by many tourists. (a) famous (b) tiny (c) unknown (d) empty
33. 33.What is the feminine of “host”? (a) waitress (b) actress (c) heroine (d) hostess
34. 34.Which word means “in a careful way”? (a) carer (b) careful (c) carefully (d) careless
35. 35.Fill the gap: A troop is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) grapes (c) bees (d) monkeys
36. 36.Choose the best word: Meera was so ___ that she fell asleep on the sofa. (a) tired (b) excited (c) hungry (d) angry
37. 37.Fill the gap: The young one of a pig is a ___. (a) piglet (b) kitten (c) foal (d) cub
38. 38.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) not paint (c) paint wrongly (d) paint before
39. 39.What is the masculine of “woman”? (a) uncle (b) nephew (c) man (d) king
40. 40.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won

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