Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 187 · 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 ___ mountain was covered with snow. (a) tiny (b) short (c) flat (d) tall
2. 2.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) happy – sad (b) begin – start (c) begin – finish (d) tall – short
3. 3.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) precount (b) recount (c) miscount (d) discount
4. 4.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “decrease”? (a) whisper (b) float (c) arrive (d) increase
5. 5.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “arrive”? (a) laugh (b) accept (c) borrow (d) depart
6. 6.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -ly (b) -ful (c) -er (d) -ness
7. 7.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
8. 8.Fill the gap: A kid is the young one of a ___. (a) cow (b) hen (c) goat (d) cat
9. 9.Choose the best word: The shopkeeper gave me the wrong ___, so I returned two rupees. (a) shoes (b) road (c) change (d) weather
10. 10.Which word means “use again”? (a) preuse (b) unuse (c) misuse (d) reuse
11. 11.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) misusual (c) reusual (d) disusual
12. 12.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -ly (b) -ful (c) -er (d) -less
13. 13.Make a compound word: butter + ___ (a) pen (b) shoe (c) chair (d) fly
14. 14.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “guilty”? (a) polite (b) ancient (c) innocent (d) generous
15. 15.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) brave – bold (b) brave – cowardly (c) quick – fast (d) big – large
16. 16.Fill the gap: The young one of a hen is a ___. (a) kid (b) calf (c) cub (d) chick
17. 17.What is the feminine of “headmaster”? (a) hostess (b) queen (c) aunt (d) headmistress
18. 18.Make a compound word: post + ___ (a) tree (b) milk (c) man (d) rice
19. 19.Which word means the same as “quick”? (a) ill (b) fast (c) rich (d) quiet
20. 20.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) in – out (b) buy – sell (c) cold – chilly (d) cold – hot
21. 21.Which is a compound word? (a) cupboard (b) elephant (c) teacher (d) kitchen
22. 22.Choose the best word: The glass vase fell and broke into many ___. (a) colours (b) drops (c) pieces (d) flowers
23. 23.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
24. 24.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
25. 25.Fill the gap: A swarm is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) bees (c) ships (d) grapes
26. 26.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) pre-
27. 27.Fill the gap: The young one of a wolf is a ___. (a) foal (b) calf (c) lamb (d) cub
28. 28.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) pencil (c) beautiful (d) pancake
29. 29.Which word means the same as “difficult”? (a) early (b) sweet (c) easy (d) hard
30. 30.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) talk – speak (b) glad – happy (c) jump – leap (d) cheap – expensive
31. 31.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
32. 32.Fill the gap: A gang is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) grapes (c) cows (d) thieves
33. 33.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind again (c) kind wrongly (d) not kind
34. 34.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) visit wrongly (c) not visit (d) visit again
35. 35.Choose the best word: The crowd became ___ when the singer walked onto the stage. (a) bored (b) sleepy (c) excited (d) tired
36. 36.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy before (c) happy wrongly (d) happy again
37. 37.Choose the best word: The sky was ___, so we knew it would rain. (a) clear (b) sunny (c) bright (d) cloudy
38. 38.What is the masculine of “woman”? (a) nephew (b) uncle (c) king (d) man
39. 39.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
40. 40.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “exit”? (a) window (b) question (c) entrance (d) journey

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