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Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 248 · 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.Make a compound word: pan + ___ (a) tree (b) pen (c) shoe (d) cake
  2. 2.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) hot – cold (b) win – lose (c) up – down (d) stone – rock
  3. 3.Fill the gap: The young one of a deer is a ___. (a) fawn (b) chick (c) kitten (d) puppy
  4. 4.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
  5. 5.Fill the gap: The young one of a donkey is a ___. (a) cub (b) kitten (c) chick (d) foal
  6. 6.What is the masculine of “tigress”? (a) king (b) lion (c) bull (d) tiger
  7. 7.Choose the best word: The book was so ___ that I finished it in one night. (a) dull (b) heavy (c) boring (d) interesting
  8. 8.Choose the best word: The tiny ant carried a crumb ___ than its own body. (a) smaller (b) softer (c) thinner (d) bigger
  9. 9.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “modern”? (a) ancient (b) rich (c) wide (d) quiet
  10. 10.Choose the best word: The shopkeeper gave me the wrong ___, so I returned two rupees. (a) road (b) shoes (c) change (d) weather
  11. 11.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) gift – present (b) victory – defeat (c) end – finish (d) victory – win
  12. 12.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) rich – wealthy (b) quiet – silent (c) end – finish (d) rough – smooth
  13. 13.Choose the best word: The streets were ___ after the heavy rain. (a) dry (b) flooded (c) sunny (d) dusty
  14. 14.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) mishear (b) dishear (c) unhear (d) rehear
  15. 15.What is the feminine of “father”? (a) sister (b) mother (c) niece (d) aunt
  16. 16.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
  17. 17.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Which (b) Witch
  18. 18.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) ill – well (b) early – late (c) full – empty (d) ill – sick
  19. 19.What is the masculine of “girl”? (a) husband (b) boy (c) uncle (d) king
  20. 20.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “deep”? (a) generous (b) shallow (c) polite (d) ancient
  21. 21.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) brave – cowardly (b) brave – bold (c) quick – fast (d) big – large
  22. 22.Which word means “the state of being lazy”? (a) laziness (b) laziest (c) lazily (d) lazier
  23. 23.Which word means the same as “sick”? (a) tall (b) healthy (c) ill (d) proud
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  25. 25.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) wet – dry (b) quick – slow (c) rich – poor (d) quick – fast
  26. 26.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) begin – finish (b) begin – start (c) happy – sad (d) tall – short
  27. 27.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
  28. 28.Fill the gap: The young one of a hen is a ___. (a) chick (b) kid (c) calf (d) cub
  29. 29.Make a compound word: door + ___ (a) bell (b) milk (c) rice (d) tree
  30. 30.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “guilty”? (a) ancient (b) polite (c) generous (d) innocent
  31. 31.Which word means the same as “start”? (a) stop (b) repair (c) laugh (d) begin
  32. 32.Choose the best word: I ___ my teeth twice a day. (a) wear (b) brush (c) cook (d) paint
  33. 33.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
  34. 34.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “question”? (a) victory (b) answer (c) roof (d) journey
  35. 35.Add the suffix: happy + ly = ? (a) happyly (b) happly (c) happily (d) happiely
  36. 36.Which word means “visit again”? (a) misvisit (b) revisit (c) previsit (d) disvisit
  37. 37.Choose the best word: We need an umbrella because it is ___ heavily. (a) shining (b) smiling (c) raining (d) singing
  38. 38.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) begin – start (b) shut – close (c) arrive – reach (d) arrive – depart
  39. 39.Fill the gap: A cub is the young one of a ___. (a) cow (b) sheep (c) hen (d) lion
  40. 40.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) continue again (c) not continue (d) continue wrongly

Answer key

  1. cake
  2. stone – rock
  3. fawn
  4. they're
  5. foal
  6. tiger
  7. interesting
  8. bigger
  9. ancient
  10. change
  11. victory – defeat
  12. rough – smooth
  13. flooded
  14. mishear
  15. mother
  16. be
  17. Which
  18. ill – sick
  19. boy
  20. shallow
  21. brave – cowardly
  22. laziness
  23. ill
  24. flour
  25. quick – fast
  26. begin – start
  27. steal
  28. chick
  29. bell
  30. innocent
  31. begin
  32. brush
  33. hear
  34. answer
  35. happily
  36. revisit
  37. raining
  38. arrive – depart
  39. lion
  40. not continue

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