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Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 245 · 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.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
  2. 2.Choose the best word: The ___ boy shared his lunch with everyone. (a) lazy (b) greedy (c) generous (d) selfish
  3. 3.Fill the gap: a ___ of grapes (a) swarm (b) herd (c) pride (d) bunch
  4. 4.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) yellow (c) sunrise (d) running
  5. 5.Which word means the same as “shut”? (a) clean (b) close (c) choose (d) smile
  6. 6.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
  7. 7.Add the suffix: hope + ful = ? (a) hopful (b) hopeful (c) hoapful (d) hopefull
  8. 8.Which word means “full of beauty”? (a) beautifully (b) beauty (c) beautiful (d) beautify
  9. 9.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) happy – sad (b) begin – finish (c) begin – start (d) tall – short
  10. 10.What is the masculine of “mother”? (a) uncle (b) father (c) brother (d) son
  11. 11.Which word means “not clear”? (a) unclear (b) disclear (c) preclear (d) misclear
  12. 12.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) up – down (b) stone – rock (c) hot – cold (d) win – lose
  13. 13.Choose the best word: The glass vase fell and broke into many ___. (a) pieces (b) drops (c) colours (d) flowers
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) there (c) they're
  15. 15.Choose the best word: Our class teacher ___ us a story every Friday. (a) eats (b) drinks (c) sleeps (d) tells
  16. 16.Fill the gap: A calf is the young one of a ___. (a) hen (b) frog (c) cat (d) cow
  17. 17.What is the feminine of “horse”? (a) hen (b) cow (c) mare (d) ewe
  18. 18.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “cowardly”? (a) rude (b) lazy (c) brave (d) tiny
  19. 19.Make a compound word: fire + ___ (a) fly (b) pen (c) milk (d) cup
  20. 20.What is the masculine of “actress”? (a) waiter (b) host (c) actor (d) hero
  21. 21.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) early – late (b) ill – sick (c) ill – well (d) full – empty
  22. 22.Choose the best word: Sneha ___ her lunch with a friend who had forgotten his. (a) wasted (b) threw (c) hid (d) shared
  23. 23.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
  24. 24.Fill the gap: The young one of a hen is a ___. (a) kid (b) calf (c) chick (d) cub
  25. 25.Which word means “without power”? (a) powering (b) powerful (c) powered (d) powerless
  26. 26.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) animal (c) handbag (d) beautiful
  27. 27.Fill the gap: a ___ of ministers (a) flock (b) herd (c) cabinet (d) swarm
  28. 28.Choose the best word: The shopkeeper gave me the wrong ___, so I returned two rupees. (a) weather (b) change (c) road (d) shoes
  29. 29.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) happy – glad (b) mend – repair (c) include – exclude (d) shout – yell
  30. 30.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  31. 31.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy again
  32. 32.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) rich – poor (b) quick – fast (c) quick – slow (d) wet – dry
  33. 33.Choose the best word: The river ___ through the village to the sea. (a) jumps (b) sleeps (c) flows (d) flies
  34. 34.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “transparent”? (a) generous (b) ancient (c) opaque (d) polite
  35. 35.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
  36. 36.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  37. 37.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “selfish”? (a) rude (b) quiet (c) lazy (d) generous
  38. 38.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “honest”? (a) dishonest (b) lazy (c) polite (d) brave
  39. 39.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  40. 40.Which word means the same as “choose”? (a) sleep (b) carry (c) reject (d) select

Answer key

  1. some
  2. generous
  3. bunch
  4. sunrise
  5. close
  6. weak
  7. hopeful
  8. beautiful
  9. begin – start
  10. father
  11. unclear
  12. stone – rock
  13. pieces
  14. they're
  15. tells
  16. cow
  17. mare
  18. brave
  19. fly
  20. actor
  21. ill – sick
  22. shared
  23. no
  24. chick
  25. powerless
  26. handbag
  27. cabinet
  28. change
  29. include – exclude
  30. un-
  31. not happy
  32. quick – fast
  33. flows
  34. opaque
  35. dear
  36. pre-
  37. generous
  38. dishonest
  39. mis-
  40. select

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