Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 297 · 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 is a compound word? (a) waterfall (b) banana (c) beautiful (d) yellow
2. 2.Fill the gap: a ___ of monkeys (a) fleet (b) flock (c) bunch (d) troop
3. 3.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) unwell (c) rewell (d) miswell
4. 4.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) not check (c) check again (d) check wrongly
5. 5.Choose the best word: The sky was ___, so we knew it would rain. (a) sunny (b) cloudy (c) clear (d) bright
6. 6.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “float”? (a) shout (b) sink (c) run (d) borrow
7. 7.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) not common (c) common wrongly (d) common again
8. 8.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) fast – slow (b) big – large (c) hot – cold (d) big – small
9. 9.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “loss”? (a) window (b) journey (c) answer (d) profit
10. 10.Fill the gap: a ___ of mosquitoes (a) bunch (b) pride (c) herd (d) swarm
11. 11.Which is a compound word? (a) sunglasses (b) elephant (c) yellow (d) animal
12. 12.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) pretidy (c) distidy (d) untidy
13. 13.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat wrongly (c) not heat (d) heat before
14. 14.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) open – shut (b) gift – river (c) gift – present (d) up – down
15. 15.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -ness (b) -ly (c) -ful (d) -er
16. 16.Which word means “full of pain”? (a) painter (b) painfully (c) painless (d) painful
17. 17.Choose the best word: Our class teacher ___ us a story every Friday. (a) eats (b) sleeps (c) drinks (d) tells
18. 18.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
19. 19.Fill the gap: The young one of a cow is a ___. (a) kitten (b) chick (c) cub (d) calf
20. 20.Choose the best word: The ___ mountain was covered with snow. (a) short (b) tiny (c) tall (d) flat
21. 21.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
22. 22.Which word means the same as “silent”? (a) loud (b) fast (c) rich (d) quiet
23. 23.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) paste (b) milk (c) chair (d) tree
24. 24.Make a compound word: some + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) pen (d) thing
25. 25.Make a compound word: home + ___ (a) tree (b) cup (c) work (d) pen
26. 26.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) respect before (c) respect wrongly (d) not respect
27. 27.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
28. 28.What is the masculine of “woman”? (a) uncle (b) man (c) nephew (d) king
29. 29.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “permanent”? (a) polite (b) ancient (c) temporary (d) generous
30. 30.Which word means the same as “stone”? (a) cloud (b) tree (c) rock (d) river
31. 31.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
32. 32.Which is a compound word? (a) headache (b) banana (c) tomato (d) elephant
33. 33.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear again (c) hear wrongly (d) hear before
34. 34.What is the masculine of “tigress”? (a) bull (b) tiger (c) lion (d) king
35. 35.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) victory – win (b) victory – defeat (c) end – finish (d) gift – present
36. 36.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) cold – chilly (b) cold – hot (c) buy – sell (d) in – out
37. 37.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) teacher (c) notebook (d) beautiful
38. 38.Fill the gap: An eaglet is the young one of an ___. (a) owl (b) ox (c) eagle (d) ant
39. 39.Add the suffix: happy + ly = ? (a) happly (b) happyly (c) happiely (d) happily
40. 40.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) rekind (c) unkind (d) prekind

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