Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 180 · 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.Choose the best word: The milk smelt bad because it had gone ___. (a) sour (b) sweet (c) cold (d) fresh
2. 2.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
3. 3.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) teacher (c) popcorn (d) beautiful
4. 4.Fill the gap: a ___ of kittens (a) pride (b) fleet (c) litter (d) flock
5. 5.Which word means “in a happy way”? (a) happier (b) happily (c) happiness (d) happiest
6. 6.Make a compound word: pan + ___ (a) pen (b) tree (c) cake (d) shoe
7. 7.Which word means the same as “little”? (a) kind (b) big (c) small (d) loud
8. 8.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) quiet – silent (b) rough – smooth (c) end – finish (d) rich – wealthy
9. 9.Fill the gap: An army is a group of ___. (a) keys (b) grapes (c) soldiers (d) ships
10. 10.Which word means the same as “scared”? (a) hungry (b) afraid (c) angry (d) rich
11. 11.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
12. 12.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
13. 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) dis-
14. 14.Choose the best word: The ___ sun made everyone sweat. (a) gentle (b) cold (c) dark (d) hot
15. 15.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
16. 16.Fill the gap: A flight is a group of ___. (a) grapes (b) lions (c) cows (d) stairs
17. 17.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) bookshelf (c) banana (d) quickly
18. 18.Which word means the same as “caring”? (a) busy (b) lazy (c) kind (d) loud
19. 19.Fill the gap: A flock is a group of ___. (a) keys (b) lions (c) ships (d) sheep
20. 20.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) tiny – little (b) ancient – modern (c) rich – wealthy (d) ancient – old
21. 21.Choose the best word: The fruit seller sold ___ mangoes, picked that morning. (a) old (b) stale (c) fresh (d) rotten
22. 22.Add the suffix: wonder + ful = ? (a) wonderfull (b) wonderfel (c) wondreful (d) wonderful
23. 23.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “export”? (a) accept (b) import (c) whisper (d) float
24. 24.Choose the best word: Our teacher was ___ with our neat work. (a) angry (b) bored (c) worried (d) pleased
25. 25.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
26. 26.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) rich – poor (b) quick – slow (c) quick – fast (d) wet – dry
27. 27.What is the masculine of “hostess”? (a) host (b) waiter (c) actor (d) hero
28. 28.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “rough”? (a) modern (b) polite (c) smooth (d) early
29. 29.What is the feminine of “husband”? (a) wife (b) aunt (c) daughter (d) niece
30. 30.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -less (b) -ly (c) -ful (d) -er
31. 31.Which word means the same as “afraid”? (a) scared (b) lazy (c) tired (d) proud
32. 32.Choose the best word: The old man walked ___ with the help of a stick. (a) angrily (b) quickly (c) slowly (d) loudly
33. 33.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) full – empty (b) ill – sick (c) early – late (d) ill – well
34. 34.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “question”? (a) roof (b) journey (c) answer (d) victory
35. 35.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) rich – poor (b) rich – wealthy (c) hard – soft (d) light – dark
36. 36.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -ness (b) -er (c) -ly (d) -less
37. 37.Fill the gap: a ___ of singers (a) fleet (b) swarm (c) choir (d) herd
38. 38.Choose the best word: Sneha ___ her lunch with a friend who had forgotten his. (a) shared (b) wasted (c) hid (d) threw
39. 39.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) displace (c) unplace (d) misplace
40. 40.Make a compound word: day + ___ (a) light (b) milk (c) pen (d) chair

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