Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 170 · 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.What is the feminine of “man”? (a) woman (b) niece (c) aunt (d) queen
2. 2.Choose the best word: The farmer ___ rice in his field in the rainy season. (a) reads (b) plants (c) paints (d) cooks
3. 3.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
4. 4.Fill the gap: a ___ of zebras (a) herd (b) fleet (c) swarm (d) bunch
5. 5.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) prespell (c) disspell (d) misspell
6. 6.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “import”? (a) export (b) arrive (c) sink (d) borrow
7. 7.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) old – new (b) in – out (c) scared – brave (d) scared – afraid
8. 8.Fill the gap: A troupe is a group of ___. (a) dancers (b) keys (c) cows (d) ships
9. 9.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) quickly (c) happiness (d) newspaper
10. 10.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
11. 11.Which word means the same as “caring”? (a) lazy (b) loud (c) kind (d) busy
12. 12.Make a compound word: wheel + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) tree (d) chair
13. 13.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) animal (c) airport (d) running
14. 14.Choose the best word: The ___ moon lit up the whole garden. (a) bright (b) tiny (c) dark (d) dull
15. 15.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -ful (b) -less (c) -er (d) -ly
16. 16.Make a compound word: fish + ___ (a) chair (b) bowl (c) milk (d) pen
17. 17.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) happiness (c) headache (d) teacher
18. 18.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
19. 19.Which word means “in a careful way”? (a) careless (b) carer (c) carefully (d) careful
20. 20.Choose the best word: Our class teacher ___ us a story every Friday. (a) sleeps (b) drinks (c) eats (d) tells
21. 21.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell before (c) not spell (d) spell wrongly
22. 22.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) wet – dry (b) quick – fast (c) rich – poor (d) quick – slow
23. 23.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -ness (b) -ful (c) -less (d) -er
24. 24.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
25. 25.Fill the gap: The young one of an eagle is an ___. (a) kid (b) cub (c) calf (d) eaglet
26. 26.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
27. 27.Fill the gap: a ___ of mosquitoes (a) bunch (b) swarm (c) herd (d) pride
28. 28.Fill the gap: a ___ of deer (a) fleet (b) swarm (c) pride (d) herd
29. 29.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -ly (b) -less (c) -er (d) -ful
30. 30.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) unjudge (c) misjudge (d) disjudge
31. 31.Add the suffix: easy + ly = ? (a) easyly (b) easely (c) easily (d) easly
32. 32.Which word means “join again”? (a) disjoin (b) unjoin (c) rejoin (d) misjoin
33. 33.Make a compound word: day + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) light (d) chair
34. 34.Fill the gap: a ___ of ministers (a) swarm (b) flock (c) cabinet (d) herd
35. 35.Fill the gap: A chick is the young one of a ___. (a) cow (b) cat (c) hen (d) dog
36. 36.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) by (c) bye
37. 37.Fill the gap: a ___ of dancers (a) herd (b) troupe (c) fleet (d) swarm
38. 38.Fill the gap: a ___ of whales (a) bunch (b) pod (c) pride (d) swarm
39. 39.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) shut – close (b) arrive – reach (c) arrive – depart (d) begin – start
40. 40.Choose the best word: I ___ my keys, so I could not open the door. (a) made (b) lost (c) found (d) used

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