Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 280 · 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 “one who paints”? (a) painting (b) paints (c) painted (d) painter
2. 2.Fill the gap: A swarm is a group of ___. (a) bees (b) grapes (c) cows (d) ships
3. 3.Which word means the same as “rock”? (a) leaf (b) sand (c) cloud (d) stone
4. 4.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
5. 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) re-
6. 6.Which word means “full of pain”? (a) painless (b) painfully (c) painful (d) painter
7. 7.Make a compound word: pop + ___ (a) shoe (b) corn (c) tree (d) pen
8. 8.Which word means “one who drives”? (a) drives (b) driving (c) driver (d) drove
9. 9.What is the masculine of “girl”? (a) husband (b) boy (c) uncle (d) king
10. 10.Choose the best word: Our teacher was ___ with our neat work. (a) bored (b) pleased (c) angry (d) worried
11. 11.Which word means “not respect”? (a) rerespect (b) misrespect (c) disrespect (d) prerespect
12. 12.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
13. 13.Choose the best word: The fruit seller sold ___ mangoes, picked that morning. (a) old (b) rotten (c) fresh (d) stale
14. 14.Which word means the same as “choose”? (a) reject (b) sleep (c) carry (d) select
15. 15.Add the suffix: beauty + ful = ? (a) beautful (b) beautifull (c) beautiful (d) beautyful
16. 16.Make a compound word: jelly + ___ (a) milk (b) chair (c) pen (d) fish
17. 17.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) jump – leap (b) yell – shout (c) borrow – lend (d) ill – sick
18. 18.Fill the gap: The young one of a sheep is a ___. (a) cub (b) kid (c) lamb (d) chick
19. 19.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) milk (b) glasses (c) tree (d) pen
20. 20.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -ness (b) -ful (c) -less (d) -er
21. 21.Fill the gap: A choir is a group of ___. (a) singers (b) ships (c) sticks (d) cows
22. 22.Fill the gap: The young one of a camel is a ___. (a) kitten (b) chick (c) calf (d) cub
23. 23.What is the masculine of “ewe”? (a) horse (b) bull (c) lion (d) ram
24. 24.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) dislead (c) mislead (d) relead
25. 25.Which word means the same as “quiet”? (a) silent (b) quick (c) angry (d) noisy
26. 26.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “visible”? (a) invisible (b) ancient (c) modern (d) polite
27. 27.Fill the gap: A chick is the young one of a ___. (a) dog (b) hen (c) cow (d) cat
28. 28.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
29. 29.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) buy – sell (b) shout – whisper (c) shout – yell (d) push – pull
30. 30.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) not happy (c) happy again (d) happy wrongly
31. 31.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
32. 32.Choose the best word: I ___ my keys, so I could not open the door. (a) lost (b) found (c) used (d) made
33. 33.Fill the gap: A crowd is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) grapes (c) keys (d) people
34. 34.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “cowardly”? (a) lazy (b) rude (c) brave (d) tiny
35. 35.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) not well (c) well before (d) well wrongly
36. 36.Fill the gap: a ___ of fish (a) pride (b) herd (c) school (d) bunch
37. 37.What is the feminine of “boy”? (a) girl (b) queen (c) aunt (d) wife
38. 38.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “artificial”? (a) honest (b) natural (c) brave (d) ancient
39. 39.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) rough – smooth (b) end – finish (c) rich – wealthy (d) quiet – silent
40. 40.Which is a compound word? (a) newspaper (b) tomato (c) elephant (d) teacher

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