Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 237 · 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.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) cook wrongly (c) not cook (d) cook before
2. 2.Which word means the same as “shut”? (a) clean (b) smile (c) choose (d) close
3. 3.Which word means the same as “huge”? (a) quiet (b) kind (c) tiny (d) giant
4. 4.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) running (c) quickly (d) waterfall
5. 5.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) cheap – expensive (b) jump – leap (c) talk – speak (d) glad – happy
6. 6.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -ly (b) -er (c) -less (d) -ful
7. 7.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “artificial”? (a) natural (b) honest (c) brave (d) ancient
8. 8.Make a compound word: week + ___ (a) shoe (b) milk (c) end (d) tree
9. 9.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) happy – sad (b) begin – start (c) begin – finish (d) tall – short
10. 10.Fill the gap: a ___ of mosquitoes (a) pride (b) bunch (c) herd (d) swarm
11. 11.Fill the gap: A bouquet is a bunch of ___. (a) wolves (b) cows (c) flowers (d) ships
12. 12.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) gift – present (b) big – large (c) ill – sick (d) deep – shallow
13. 13.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) toothbrush (c) tomato (d) running
14. 14.Choose the best word: The tiny ant carried a crumb ___ than its own body. (a) thinner (b) softer (c) bigger (d) smaller
15. 15.Make a compound word: rail + ___ (a) tree (b) milk (c) pen (d) way
16. 16.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “absent”? (a) late (b) present (c) ancient (d) polite
17. 17.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit wrongly (c) visit again (d) visit before
18. 18.Add the suffix: dig + er = ? (a) diggor (b) diggar (c) diger (d) digger
19. 19.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “arrive”? (a) accept (b) laugh (c) depart (d) borrow
20. 20.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) talk – speak (b) generous – selfish (c) clever – smart (d) below – under
21. 21.Which word means the same as “jump”? (a) sit (b) crawl (c) leap (d) cry
22. 22.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) understand before (c) not understand (d) understand again
23. 23.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) so (b) sow (c) sew
24. 24.Which word means the same as “thin”? (a) fat (b) tall (c) quick (d) slim
25. 25.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) mishappy (c) rehappy (d) unhappy
26. 26.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) buy (c) bye
27. 27.Which word means the same as “weary”? (a) happy (b) tired (c) loud (d) fresh
28. 28.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) beautiful (c) sunglasses (d) tomato
29. 29.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) prejudge (c) unjudge (d) rejudge
30. 30.Make a compound word: class + ___ (a) shoe (b) room (c) tree (d) milk
31. 31.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) below – under (b) shut – close (c) wise – foolish (d) mend – repair
32. 32.Fill the gap: The young one of a swan is a ___. (a) foal (b) kid (c) cygnet (d) cub
33. 33.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -ness (b) -ly (c) -er (d) -ful
34. 34.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
35. 35.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) too (b) to (c) two
36. 36.Which word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) unuse (c) preuse (d) reuse
37. 37.Which word means the same as “caring”? (a) busy (b) kind (c) loud (d) lazy
38. 38.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) untidy (c) retidy (d) distidy
39. 39.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) win – lose (b) mend – break (c) come – go (d) mend – repair
40. 40.Which word means the same as “rich”? (a) poor (b) busy (c) clever (d) wealthy

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