Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 266 · 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.Add the suffix: shop + er = ? (a) shopper (b) shoper (c) shoppar (d) shopor
2. 2.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “arrive”? (a) accept (b) laugh (c) borrow (d) depart
3. 3.Fill the gap: A crowd is a group of ___. (a) grapes (b) ships (c) keys (d) people
4. 4.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) not clear (c) clear again (d) clear before
5. 5.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
6. 6.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “hero”? (a) question (b) villain (c) roof (d) journey
7. 7.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -ness (b) -ly (c) -less (d) -er
8. 8.What is the masculine of “niece”? (a) uncle (b) nephew (c) brother (d) son
9. 9.Add the suffix: sad + ly = ? (a) saddly (b) sadley (c) sadely (d) sadly
10. 10.Fill the gap: A herd is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) grapes (c) bees (d) cows
11. 11.Which word means the same as “reply”? (a) answer (b) ask (c) smile (d) travel
12. 12.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
13. 13.Which word means “not honest”? (a) dishonest (b) unhonest (c) mishonest (d) prehonest
14. 14.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) elephant (c) playground (d) beautiful
15. 15.Choose the best word: The cat ___ on the warm windowsill all afternoon. (a) flew (b) barked (c) slept (d) swam
16. 16.Fill the gap: A cygnet is the young one of a ___. (a) horse (b) cat (c) cow (d) swan
17. 17.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) big – large (b) brave – cowardly (c) brave – bold (d) quick – fast
18. 18.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -er (b) -ly (c) -ful (d) -less
19. 19.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
20. 20.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “borrow”? (a) win (b) arrive (c) shout (d) lend
21. 21.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) rehear (c) dishear (d) mishear
22. 22.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
23. 23.Which word means “open again”? (a) unopen (b) disopen (c) reopen (d) misopen
24. 24.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
25. 25.Which word means “without help”? (a) helpless (b) helping (c) helper (d) helpful
26. 26.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit wrongly (c) visit before (d) not visit
27. 27.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -ly (b) -er (c) -ful (d) -less
28. 28.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) victory – defeat (b) victory – win (c) end – finish (d) gift – present
29. 29.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
30. 30.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “import”? (a) export (b) sink (c) arrive (d) borrow
31. 31.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -ness (b) -ly (c) -er (d) -ful
32. 32.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
33. 33.Choose the best word: We must ___ water; turn off the tap while brushing. (a) waste (b) save (c) heat (d) spill
34. 34.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) jump – leap (b) yell – shout (c) ill – sick (d) borrow – lend
35. 35.Make a compound word: sea + ___ (a) horse (b) milk (c) chair (d) pen
36. 36.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual wrongly (c) usual again (d) usual before
37. 37.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) not build (c) build before (d) build wrongly
38. 38.Choose the best word: It was so ___ that we could hardly hear each other. (a) noisy (b) silent (c) quiet (d) calm
39. 39.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) clever – smart (b) talk – speak (c) below – under (d) generous – selfish
40. 40.Which word means the same as “bright”? (a) dull (b) shiny (c) sad (d) slow

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