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Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 230 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.Choose the best word: The milk smelt bad because it had gone ___. (a) cold (b) sweet (c) sour (d) fresh
  2. 2.Fill the gap: A herd is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) grapes (c) ships (d) bees
  3. 3.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) prehonest (c) mishonest (d) dishonest
  4. 4.Fill the gap: a ___ of flowers (a) herd (b) fleet (c) bouquet (d) pride
  5. 5.Choose the best word: Turn off the lights to ___ electricity. (a) spill (b) waste (c) burn (d) save
  6. 6.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) shut – close (b) arrive – depart (c) arrive – reach (d) begin – start
  7. 7.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “wise”? (a) polite (b) brave (c) foolish (d) ancient
  8. 8.Choose the best word: Please speak softly; the baby is ___. (a) late (b) loud (c) awake (d) asleep
  9. 9.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
  10. 10.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) yellow (c) elephant (d) bedroom
  11. 11.Fill the gap: a ___ of flies (a) pride (b) herd (c) fleet (d) swarm
  12. 12.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “transparent”? (a) opaque (b) ancient (c) polite (d) generous
  13. 13.Which word means “one who paints”? (a) painting (b) paints (c) painted (d) painter
  14. 14.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) open – shut (b) gift – river (c) gift – present (d) up – down
  15. 15.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
  16. 16.Choose the best word: Riya ___ the picture with bright colours. (a) ate (b) painted (c) drank (d) threw
  17. 17.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
  18. 18.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) light – dark (b) hard – soft (c) rich – poor (d) rich – wealthy
  19. 19.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “question”? (a) journey (b) victory (c) roof (d) answer
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
  21. 21.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) toothpaste (c) kitchen (d) umbrella
  22. 22.Make a compound word: water + ___ (a) chair (b) fall (c) book (d) pen
  23. 23.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “polite”? (a) honest (b) quick (c) heavy (d) rude
  24. 24.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) reclear (c) preclear (d) unclear
  25. 25.Which word means “without a home”? (a) homeward (b) homework (c) homely (d) homeless
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
  27. 27.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) gift – present (b) ill – sick (c) deep – shallow (d) big – large
  28. 28.Fill the gap: a ___ of sheep (a) swarm (b) flock (c) pride (d) fleet
  29. 29.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “modern”? (a) rich (b) ancient (c) quiet (d) wide
  30. 30.Add the suffix: lucky + ly = ? (a) luckyly (b) lukily (c) luckilly (d) luckily
  31. 31.Choose the best word: The firefighters were ___ and rescued everyone from the burning house. (a) careless (b) lazy (c) scared (d) brave
  32. 32.Which is a compound word? (a) classroom (b) pencil (c) yellow (d) quickly
  33. 33.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) tomato (c) notebook (d) animal
  34. 34.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) choose – reject (b) laugh – cry (c) choose – select (d) give – take
  35. 35.Which word means the same as “large”? (a) thin (b) quick (c) big (d) sad
  36. 36.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
  37. 37.What is the feminine of “nephew”? (a) sister (b) niece (c) aunt (d) daughter
  38. 38.Fill the gap: The young one of a swan is a ___. (a) kid (b) cub (c) cygnet (d) foal
  39. 39.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) preread (c) unread (d) misread
  40. 40.Make a compound word: jelly + ___ (a) milk (b) fish (c) chair (d) pen

Answer key

  1. sour
  2. cows
  3. dishonest
  4. bouquet
  5. save
  6. arrive – depart
  7. foolish
  8. asleep
  9. road
  10. bedroom
  11. swarm
  12. opaque
  13. painter
  14. gift – present
  15. write
  16. painted
  17. ant
  18. rich – wealthy
  19. answer
  20. hair
  21. toothpaste
  22. fall
  23. rude
  24. unclear
  25. homeless
  26. new
  27. deep – shallow
  28. flock
  29. ancient
  30. luckily
  31. brave
  32. classroom
  33. notebook
  34. choose – select
  35. big
  36. right
  37. niece
  38. cygnet
  39. misread
  40. fish

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