Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 253 · 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.Make a compound word: water + ___ (a) pen (b) chair (c) fall (d) book
2. 2.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -ly (b) -er (c) -ful (d) -less
3. 3.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
4. 4.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) teacher (c) animal (d) toothbrush
5. 5.Fill the gap: A troop is a group of ___. (a) grapes (b) monkeys (c) ships (d) bees
6. 6.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
7. 7.Which word means “the state of being lazy”? (a) laziness (b) lazily (c) laziest (d) lazier
8. 8.Which word means the same as “shut”? (a) smile (b) choose (c) close (d) clean
9. 9.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “artificial”? (a) honest (b) natural (c) brave (d) ancient
10. 10.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
11. 11.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
12. 12.Make a compound word: play + ___ (a) milk (b) ground (c) cup (d) rice
13. 13.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
14. 14.Fill the gap: The young one of a swan is a ___. (a) kid (b) foal (c) cub (d) cygnet
15. 15.Choose the best word: The glass vase fell and broke into many ___. (a) drops (b) pieces (c) colours (d) flowers
16. 16.Which word means “full of power”? (a) powerfully (b) powerless (c) powered (d) powerful
17. 17.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) push – pull (b) friend – pal (c) friend – enemy (d) day – night
18. 18.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) umbrella (c) wheelchair (d) quickly
19. 19.Fill the gap: The young one of a butterfly is a ___. (a) cub (b) tadpole (c) kitten (d) caterpillar
20. 20.Fill the gap: A cub is the young one of a ___. (a) hen (b) lion (c) cow (d) sheep
21. 21.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “include”? (a) exclude (b) sink (c) borrow (d) arrive
22. 22.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “accept”? (a) whisper (b) borrow (c) arrive (d) refuse
23. 23.Add the suffix: dig + er = ? (a) diggar (b) diggor (c) digger (d) diger
24. 24.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) elephant (c) yellow (d) pancake
25. 25.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “humble”? (a) wide (b) ancient (c) proud (d) early
26. 26.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “increase”? (a) accept (b) shout (c) borrow (d) decrease
27. 27.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) gift – present (b) end – finish (c) victory – defeat (d) victory – win
28. 28.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) hot – cold (b) big – small (c) fast – slow (d) big – large
29. 29.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
30. 30.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) gift – river (b) open – shut (c) gift – present (d) up – down
31. 31.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “failure”? (a) success (b) victory (c) question (d) journey
32. 32.Which word means the same as “scared”? (a) rich (b) angry (c) hungry (d) afraid
33. 33.Which word means the same as “answer”? (a) travel (b) sleep (c) reply (d) question
34. 34.Which word means “not respect”? (a) rerespect (b) misrespect (c) disrespect (d) unrespect
35. 35.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
36. 36.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) ill – sick (b) gift – present (c) big – large (d) deep – shallow
37. 37.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -er (b) -less (c) -ful (d) -ly
38. 38.Which word means “full of hope”? (a) hopefully (b) hoping (c) hopeless (d) hopeful
39. 39.Which is a compound word? (a) bedroom (b) teacher (c) beautiful (d) elephant
40. 40.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) include – exclude (b) happy – glad (c) mend – repair (d) shout – yell

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