Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 284 · 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) milk (c) book (d) tree
2. 2.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
3. 3.Choose the best word: Arjun ___ the race and got a gold medal. (a) lost (b) feared (c) missed (d) won
4. 4.Choose the best word: The milk ___ over when Mum left it on the stove. (a) froze (b) boiled (c) flew (d) slept
5. 5.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
6. 6.Make a compound word: wheel + ___ (a) milk (b) chair (c) pen (d) tree
7. 7.Fill the gap: A flight is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) grapes (c) lions (d) stairs
8. 8.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) sunflower (c) animal (d) pencil
9. 9.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) banana (c) football (d) teacher
10. 10.Fill the gap: A bouquet is a bunch of ___. (a) flowers (b) cows (c) ships (d) wolves
11. 11.Which word means “in a kind way”? (a) kindness (b) kindest (c) kinder (d) kindly
12. 12.What is the feminine of “grandfather”? (a) queen (b) niece (c) grandmother (d) aunt
13. 13.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
14. 14.Which word means the same as “damp”? (a) wet (b) dry (c) cold (d) fast
15. 15.Make a compound word: hair + ___ (a) book (b) milk (c) cut (d) tree
16. 16.Fill the gap: a ___ of cows (a) swarm (b) fleet (c) bunch (d) herd
17. 17.Fill the gap: A pod is a group of ___. (a) keys (b) cows (c) bees (d) whales
18. 18.Which is a compound word? (a) kitchen (b) snowman (c) banana (d) running
19. 19.Fill the gap: A tadpole is the young one of a ___. (a) cow (b) frog (c) cat (d) hen
20. 20.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
21. 21.Fill the gap: The young one of a pig is a ___. (a) cub (b) piglet (c) foal (d) kitten
22. 22.Which word means the same as “difficult”? (a) hard (b) early (c) sweet (d) easy
23. 23.Fill the gap: A foal is the young one of a ___. (a) cat (b) horse (c) frog (d) hen
24. 24.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “cheap”? (a) honest (b) modern (c) brave (d) expensive
25. 25.Fill the gap: A bundle is a group of ___. (a) bees (b) lions (c) sailors (d) sticks
26. 26.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) begin – start (b) shut – close (c) arrive – depart (d) arrive – reach
27. 27.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “ancient”? (a) wet (b) angry (c) tiny (d) modern
28. 28.Which word means the same as “pal”? (a) cousin (b) enemy (c) friend (d) stranger
29. 29.Add the suffix: angry + ly = ? (a) angrly (b) angrily (c) angrilly (d) angryly
30. 30.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “proud”? (a) early (b) humble (c) modern (d) rich
31. 31.Make a compound word: sea + ___ (a) chair (b) shore (c) rice (d) milk
32. 32.Fill the gap: A kitten is the young one of a ___. (a) hen (b) cat (c) dog (d) cow
33. 33.What is the masculine of “sister”? (a) husband (b) brother (c) uncle (d) nephew
34. 34.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) reagree (c) preagree (d) unagree
35. 35.Add the suffix: tidy + ness = ? (a) tidiness (b) tidyness (c) tidines (d) tidness
36. 36.Choose the best word: The sky was ___, so we knew it would rain. (a) clear (b) bright (c) sunny (d) cloudy
37. 37.Fill the gap: A chick is the young one of a ___. (a) cat (b) dog (c) hen (d) cow
38. 38.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey before (c) obey wrongly (d) not obey
39. 39.Fill the gap: a ___ of whales (a) pod (b) pride (c) bunch (d) swarm
40. 40.Choose the best word: The ___ fox tricked the crow into dropping its food. (a) foolish (b) honest (c) sleepy (d) clever

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