Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 156 · 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 “full of”? (a) -er (b) -ful (c) -ly (d) -less
2. 2.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
3. 3.Fill the gap: A crowd is a group of ___. (a) grapes (b) keys (c) people (d) ships
4. 4.Fill the gap: A school is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) keys (c) cows (d) fish
5. 5.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
6. 6.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) railway (c) teacher (d) beautiful
7. 7.Which is a compound word? (a) wheelchair (b) running (c) beautiful (d) quickly
8. 8.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “float”? (a) run (b) borrow (c) shout (d) sink
9. 9.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) running (c) football (d) pencil
10. 10.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) gift – present (b) deep – shallow (c) ill – sick (d) big – large
11. 11.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
12. 12.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
13. 13.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -ful (b) -er (c) -ly (d) -less
14. 14.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
15. 15.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) banana (c) kitchen (d) weekend
16. 16.Which word means “the state of being good”? (a) goodness (b) goodly (c) goods (d) better
17. 17.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) reequal (c) unequal (d) misequal
18. 18.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -er (b) -less (c) -ness (d) -ful
19. 19.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “failure”? (a) victory (b) question (c) success (d) journey
20. 20.Choose the best word: The old fort is ___ and visited by many tourists. (a) unknown (b) tiny (c) empty (d) famous
21. 21.What is the feminine of “gentleman”? (a) bride (b) lady (c) aunt (d) queen
22. 22.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
23. 23.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
24. 24.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) pre-
25. 25.Which word means “full of power”? (a) powerless (b) powerfully (c) powered (d) powerful
26. 26.Add the suffix: happy + ly = ? (a) happily (b) happly (c) happiely (d) happyly
27. 27.Choose the best word: The streets were ___ after the heavy rain. (a) dusty (b) flooded (c) sunny (d) dry
28. 28.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) discook (c) precook (d) miscook
29. 29.Fill the gap: A cygnet is the young one of a ___. (a) cow (b) cat (c) horse (d) swan
30. 30.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) wet – dry (b) quick – fast (c) rich – poor (d) quick – slow
31. 31.Which word means the same as “wet”? (a) hot (b) loud (c) damp (d) dry
32. 32.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
33. 33.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal before (c) not equal (d) equal wrongly
34. 34.What is the masculine of “princess”? (a) nephew (b) uncle (c) prince (d) king
35. 35.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy again (c) happy wrongly (d) not happy
36. 36.Choose the best word: The book was so ___ that I finished it in one night. (a) heavy (b) dull (c) boring (d) interesting
37. 37.Which word means “full of pain”? (a) painful (b) painfully (c) painter (d) painless
38. 38.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) understand wrongly (c) understand before (d) not understand
39. 39.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
40. 40.Fill the gap: A fawn is the young one of a ___. (a) duck (b) deer (c) hen (d) frog

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