Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 190 · 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 word is the antonym (opposite) of “guilty”? (a) generous (b) polite (c) innocent (d) ancient
2. 2.Which word means the same as “pal”? (a) cousin (b) enemy (c) stranger (d) friend
3. 3.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Which (b) Witch
4. 4.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) some (b) sum
5. 5.Fill the gap: The young one of a goat is a ___. (a) kid (b) foal (c) cub (d) lamb
6. 6.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flu (b) flew
7. 7.Fill the gap: A bundle is a group of ___. (a) sticks (b) sailors (c) lions (d) bees
8. 8.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) friend – enemy (b) day – night (c) push – pull (d) friend – pal
9. 9.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) brave – bold (b) quick – fast (c) big – large (d) brave – cowardly
10. 10.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) hot – cold (b) big – large (c) big – small (d) fast – slow
11. 11.Choose the best word: The cat ___ on the warm windowsill all afternoon. (a) swam (b) slept (c) flew (d) barked
12. 12.Which word means the same as “glad”? (a) happy (b) angry (c) quick (d) sleepy
13. 13.Which word means “the state of being sick”? (a) sicker (b) sickness (c) sickly (d) sicken
14. 14.Choose the best word: The ___ fox tricked the crow into dropping its food. (a) sleepy (b) honest (c) clever (d) foolish
15. 15.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) butterfly (c) quickly (d) elephant
16. 16.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “sink”? (a) sing (b) arrive (c) lend (d) float
17. 17.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) disunderstand (b) reunderstand (c) preunderstand (d) misunderstand
18. 18.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -less (b) -er (c) -ful (d) -ly
19. 19.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “blunt”? (a) late (b) polite (c) sharp (d) ancient
20. 20.Fill the gap: A gaggle is a group of ___. (a) keys (b) ships (c) cows (d) geese
21. 21.What is the masculine of “headmistress”? (a) headmaster (b) host (c) uncle (d) king
22. 22.Which is a compound word? (a) headache (b) umbrella (c) banana (d) elephant
23. 23.What is the masculine of “actress”? (a) host (b) hero (c) actor (d) waiter
24. 24.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) mistidy (c) pretidy (d) untidy
25. 25.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “minority”? (a) majority (b) journey (c) answer (d) roof
26. 26.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) stone – rock (b) up – down (c) win – lose (d) hot – cold
27. 27.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) dis-
28. 28.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
29. 29.Fill the gap: A clutch is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) ships (c) eggs (d) lions
30. 30.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) rich – poor (b) quick – slow (c) wet – dry (d) quick – fast
31. 31.Which word means the same as “leap”? (a) sing (b) crawl (c) jump (d) sleep
32. 32.Which word means the same as “big”? (a) angry (b) empty (c) quick (d) large
33. 33.Add the suffix: kind + ness = ? (a) kindnes (b) kindness (c) kindeness (d) kindniss
34. 34.Make a compound word: wheel + ___ (a) chair (b) milk (c) tree (d) pen
35. 35.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
36. 36.Which word means “full of pain”? (a) painful (b) painfully (c) painter (d) painless
37. 37.Fill the gap: A choir is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) singers (c) ships (d) sticks
38. 38.Which word means “the state of being lazy”? (a) lazily (b) lazier (c) laziness (d) laziest
39. 39.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) happy – glad (b) shout – yell (c) mend – repair (d) include – exclude
40. 40.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) push – pull (b) shout – whisper (c) shout – yell (d) buy – sell

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