Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 258 · 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.Which word means “full of peace”? (a) peacefully (b) peaces (c) peacemaker (d) peaceful
2. 2.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) not equal (c) equal wrongly (d) equal again
3. 3.Choose the best word: Please ___ the gate behind you so the cows do not get in. (a) open (b) paint (c) sell (d) shut
4. 4.Make a compound word: hand + ___ (a) rice (b) bag (c) milk (d) tree
5. 5.Which word means the same as “choose”? (a) carry (b) select (c) sleep (d) reject
6. 6.Choose the best word: I ___ my keys, so I could not open the door. (a) made (b) lost (c) used (d) found
7. 7.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
8. 8.Which word means the same as “start”? (a) laugh (b) begin (c) stop (d) repair
9. 9.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) quickly (c) classroom (d) banana
10. 10.Which word means “in a slow way”? (a) slowly (b) slower (c) slowness (d) slowest
11. 11.Fill the gap: a ___ of buffaloes (a) pride (b) fleet (c) swarm (d) herd
12. 12.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “invisible”? (a) visible (b) honest (c) early (d) generous
13. 13.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) count again (c) not count (d) count wrongly
14. 14.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) by (c) bye
15. 15.Fill the gap: A gang is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) grapes (c) thieves (d) cows
16. 16.Make a compound word: cup + ___ (a) board (b) tree (c) shoe (d) milk
17. 17.Fill the gap: A bouquet is a bunch of ___. (a) cows (b) flowers (c) wolves (d) ships
18. 18.What is the feminine of “peacock”? (a) mare (b) duck (c) hen (d) peahen
19. 19.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) fast – quick (b) scared – afraid (c) float – sink (d) quiet – silent
20. 20.Which word means “in a soft way”? (a) softness (b) softer (c) soften (d) softly
21. 21.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
22. 22.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
23. 23.Fill the gap: a ___ of camels (a) fleet (b) swarm (c) caravan (d) bunch
24. 24.Add the suffix: heavy + ly = ? (a) heavily (b) heavly (c) heavilly (d) heavyly
25. 25.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) build wrongly (c) build before (d) not build
26. 26.Which word means the same as “chilly”? (a) dry (b) warm (c) cold (d) quick
27. 27.Choose the best word: The ___ boy ate all the sweets and gave none to his sister. (a) honest (b) kind (c) generous (d) greedy
28. 28.Which word means “in a happy way”? (a) happiest (b) happier (c) happiness (d) happily
29. 29.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) reopen (c) misopen (d) unopen
30. 30.What is the feminine of “drake”? (a) hen (b) mare (c) ewe (d) duck
31. 31.What is the masculine of “niece”? (a) nephew (b) brother (c) son (d) uncle
32. 32.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “transparent”? (a) ancient (b) generous (c) opaque (d) polite
33. 33.Which word means the same as “kind”? (a) lazy (b) rude (c) tall (d) caring
34. 34.Choose the best word: After the long journey, we were ___ to reach home. (a) glad (b) afraid (c) sorry (d) angry
35. 35.What is the feminine of “prince”? (a) queen (b) princess (c) aunt (d) niece
36. 36.Which is a compound word? (a) umbrella (b) happiness (c) playground (d) kitchen
37. 37.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) glad – happy (b) talk – speak (c) jump – leap (d) cheap – expensive
38. 38.Fill the gap: A troop is a group of ___. (a) grapes (b) bees (c) monkeys (d) ships
39. 39.Choose the best word: The library is a ___ place; nobody talks loudly there. (a) noisy (b) loud (c) quiet (d) rowdy
40. 40.Make a compound word: sea + ___ (a) shore (b) milk (c) rice (d) chair

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