Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 215 · 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 means the same as “brave”? (a) lazy (b) bold (c) scared (d) tiny
2. 2.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) quickly (c) sunglasses (d) banana
3. 3.Which word means “full of thanks”? (a) thankless (b) thankfully (c) thanking (d) thankful
4. 4.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “opaque”? (a) modern (b) honest (c) early (d) transparent
5. 5.Which word means “one who writes”? (a) written (b) writer (c) writing (d) wrote
6. 6.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) arrive – depart (b) arrive – reach (c) begin – start (d) shut – close
7. 7.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “cowardly”? (a) brave (b) tiny (c) rude (d) lazy
8. 8.Fill the gap: A joey is the young one of a ___. (a) cow (b) hen (c) kangaroo (d) cat
9. 9.Choose the best word: The flowers ___ because nobody watered them. (a) danced (b) wilted (c) grew (d) bloomed
10. 10.Which word means the same as “start”? (a) begin (b) repair (c) laugh (d) stop
11. 11.Fill the gap: The young one of a cat is a ___. (a) calf (b) cub (c) kitten (d) puppy
12. 12.Add the suffix: heavy + ly = ? (a) heavilly (b) heavly (c) heavyly (d) heavily
13. 13.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
14. 14.Which is a compound word? (a) sunrise (b) pencil (c) running (d) beautiful
15. 15.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat again (d) heat before
16. 16.What is the masculine of “aunt”? (a) nephew (b) brother (c) son (d) uncle
17. 17.Which word means “the state of being weak”? (a) weaker (b) weakly (c) weaken (d) weakness
18. 18.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) rich – wealthy (b) tiny – little (c) ancient – old (d) ancient – modern
19. 19.Which word means the same as “friend”? (a) stranger (b) enemy (c) pal (d) teacher
20. 20.Which word means “not continue”? (a) miscontinue (b) recontinue (c) discontinue (d) uncontinue
21. 21.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) wheelchair (c) kitchen (d) happiness
22. 22.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) by (c) bye
23. 23.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “maximum”? (a) victory (b) early (c) modern (d) minimum
24. 24.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common before (c) not common (d) common wrongly
25. 25.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook again (c) cook wrongly (d) cook before
26. 26.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -ful (b) -er (c) -ly (d) -less
27. 27.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear wrongly (c) not clear (d) clear before
28. 28.Fill the gap: A chick is the young one of a ___. (a) dog (b) cat (c) hen (d) cow
29. 29.What is the feminine of “headmaster”? (a) queen (b) aunt (c) hostess (d) headmistress
30. 30.Which word means “full of joy”? (a) joyless (b) enjoy (c) joyfully (d) joyful
31. 31.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) unwell (c) miswell (d) prewell
32. 32.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) glad – happy (b) talk – speak (c) jump – leap (d) cheap – expensive
33. 33.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
34. 34.Make a compound word: bed + ___ (a) tree (b) milk (c) pen (d) room
35. 35.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) not join (c) join again (d) join before
36. 36.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “minority”? (a) roof (b) answer (c) majority (d) journey
37. 37.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) precheck (c) uncheck (d) recheck
38. 38.Fill the gap: The young one of a goat is a ___. (a) kid (b) cub (c) lamb (d) foal
39. 39.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) jump – leap (b) yell – shout (c) borrow – lend (d) ill – sick
40. 40.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road

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