Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 282 · 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: note + ___ (a) shoe (b) tree (c) book (d) milk
2. 2.Which word means “open again”? (a) unopen (b) preopen (c) reopen (d) misopen
3. 3.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) talk – speak (b) glad – happy (c) jump – leap (d) cheap – expensive
4. 4.Fill the gap: a ___ of people (a) litter (b) crowd (c) pride (d) fleet
5. 5.Choose the best word: After the long journey, we were ___ to reach home. (a) afraid (b) sorry (c) glad (d) angry
6. 6.Fill the gap: a ___ of ships (a) bunch (b) herd (c) fleet (d) flock
7. 7.What is the feminine of “lion”? (a) tigress (b) queen (c) mare (d) lioness
8. 8.Fill the gap: A colony is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) ships (c) ants (d) grapes
9. 9.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
10. 10.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) cold – hot (b) in – out (c) cold – chilly (d) buy – sell
11. 11.Add the suffix: pity + ful = ? (a) pittiful (b) pitiful (c) pityful (d) pitifull
12. 12.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear before (c) clear again (d) not clear
13. 13.Fill the gap: An owlet is the young one of an ___. (a) eagle (b) ox (c) owl (d) ant
14. 14.Make a compound word: post + ___ (a) man (b) milk (c) tree (d) rice
15. 15.Fill the gap: The young one of a lion is a ___. (a) kitten (b) calf (c) chick (d) cub
16. 16.Fill the gap: a ___ of sailors (a) crew (b) herd (c) bunch (d) flock
17. 17.Make a compound word: hair + ___ (a) cut (b) book (c) tree (d) milk
18. 18.Choose the best word: It was very ___ outside, so we wore sweaters. (a) sunny (b) cold (c) dry (d) hot
19. 19.Which word means the same as “smart”? (a) slow (b) clever (c) empty (d) angry
20. 20.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand again (c) understand wrongly (d) understand before
21. 21.Make a compound word: sea + ___ (a) shore (b) rice (c) chair (d) milk
22. 22.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
23. 23.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) buy (c) bye
24. 24.Choose the best word: It was so ___ that we could hardly hear each other. (a) silent (b) calm (c) quiet (d) noisy
25. 25.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) stone – rock (b) hot – cold (c) win – lose (d) up – down
26. 26.Fill the gap: a ___ of ants (a) fleet (b) pride (c) herd (d) colony
27. 27.Choose the best word: The thief ran away when he heard the police ___. (a) song (b) siren (c) story (d) smile
28. 28.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
29. 29.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
30. 30.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “temporary”? (a) brave (b) modern (c) honest (d) permanent
31. 31.Fill the gap: a ___ of deer (a) pride (b) swarm (c) herd (d) fleet
32. 32.Fill the gap: a ___ of mountains (a) swarm (b) pride (c) flock (d) range
33. 33.Make a compound word: book + ___ (a) milk (b) rain (c) shelf (d) sun
34. 34.Make a compound word: foot + ___ (a) cup (b) ball (c) pen (d) rice
35. 35.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) friend – enemy (b) push – pull (c) friend – pal (d) day – night
36. 36.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “foolish”? (a) rich (b) early (c) modern (d) wise
37. 37.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) preuse (c) misuse (d) unuse
38. 38.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “superior”? (a) inferior (b) polite (c) early (d) ancient
39. 39.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
40. 40.Choose the best word: Meera was so ___ that she fell asleep on the sofa. (a) tired (b) hungry (c) excited (d) angry

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