Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 300 · 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.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
2. 2.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
3. 3.What is the masculine of “headmistress”? (a) host (b) uncle (c) headmaster (d) king
4. 4.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) not heat
5. 5.Which word means “in a sad way”? (a) sadden (b) sadder (c) sadness (d) sadly
6. 6.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “success”? (a) question (b) failure (c) answer (d) journey
7. 7.Make a compound word: air + ___ (a) rice (b) book (c) tree (d) port
8. 8.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) not cook (c) cook before (d) cook wrongly
9. 9.Which is a compound word? (a) toothpaste (b) running (c) animal (d) umbrella
10. 10.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) borrow – lend (b) jump – leap (c) ill – sick (d) yell – shout
11. 11.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
12. 12.Which word means the same as “pal”? (a) friend (b) cousin (c) enemy (d) stranger
13. 13.Choose the best word: Dev was ___ to his teacher and said “thank you” for her help. (a) greedy (b) rude (c) lazy (d) polite
14. 14.Make a compound word: every + ___ (a) tree (b) pen (c) milk (d) one
15. 15.What is the feminine of “king”? (a) princess (b) aunt (c) queen (d) niece
16. 16.Choose the best word: Our class teacher ___ us a story every Friday. (a) drinks (b) eats (c) tells (d) sleeps
17. 17.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) arrive – reach (b) shut – close (c) arrive – depart (d) begin – start
18. 18.Fill the gap: A colony is a group of ___. (a) ants (b) ships (c) grapes (d) cows
19. 19.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
20. 20.Choose the best word: The bag was too ___ for little Aarav to lift. (a) heavy (b) light (c) small (d) empty
21. 21.Add the suffix: sad + ly = ? (a) saddly (b) sadley (c) sadely (d) sadly
22. 22.Make a compound word: pan + ___ (a) cake (b) tree (c) pen (d) shoe
23. 23.Add the suffix: lazy + ness = ? (a) lazyness (b) laziness (c) lazness (d) lazines
24. 24.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy again (c) happy wrongly (d) not happy
25. 25.Make a compound word: note + ___ (a) tree (b) milk (c) book (d) shoe
26. 26.Fill the gap: A litter is a group of ___. (a) puppies (b) singers (c) sticks (d) ships
27. 27.Which word means the same as “under”? (a) beside (b) behind (c) below (d) above
28. 28.Fill the gap: A calf is the young one of a ___. (a) cow (b) cat (c) frog (d) hen
29. 29.Make a compound word: foot + ___ (a) rice (b) cup (c) pen (d) ball
30. 30.Fill the gap: A team is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) ships (c) grapes (d) players
31. 31.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) uncook (c) precook (d) discook
32. 32.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “public”? (a) honest (b) modern (c) brave (d) private
33. 33.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) shut – close (b) mend – repair (c) wise – foolish (d) below – under
34. 34.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
35. 35.Choose the best word: The ___ boy never tells a lie. (a) greedy (b) lazy (c) honest (d) rude
36. 36.Which word means “full of thanks”? (a) thankful (b) thanking (c) thankfully (d) thankless
37. 37.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) mend – break (b) win – lose (c) mend – repair (d) come – go
38. 38.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) choose – select (b) laugh – cry (c) choose – reject (d) give – take
39. 39.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) relucky (c) mislucky (d) unlucky
40. 40.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) milk (b) chair (c) rise (d) pen

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