Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 324 · 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: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
2. 2.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) prebehave (c) disbehave (d) misbehave
3. 3.Choose the best word: Aditya ___ his grandmother carry the heavy bag. (a) stopped (b) ignored (c) refused (d) helped
4. 4.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) glad – happy (b) cheap – expensive (c) talk – speak (d) jump – leap
5. 5.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
6. 6.Make a compound word: rain + ___ (a) chair (b) pen (c) bow (d) milk
7. 7.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) lead before (c) lead wrongly (d) not lead
8. 8.Which word means the same as “large”? (a) quick (b) sad (c) thin (d) big
9. 9.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
10. 10.Make a compound word: pop + ___ (a) pen (b) tree (c) corn (d) shoe
11. 11.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
12. 12.Choose the best word: The book was so ___ that I finished it in one night. (a) heavy (b) interesting (c) boring (d) dull
13. 13.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “minority”? (a) majority (b) journey (c) answer (d) roof
14. 14.Choose the best word: The old man walked ___ with the help of a stick. (a) quickly (b) slowly (c) loudly (d) angrily
15. 15.Which word means the same as “big”? (a) quick (b) empty (c) angry (d) large
16. 16.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -er (b) -ly (c) -less (d) -ful
17. 17.Which word means the same as “leap”? (a) sleep (b) sing (c) crawl (d) jump
18. 18.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) shoe (b) cup (c) road (d) brush
19. 19.Which word means the same as “huge”? (a) tiny (b) quiet (c) giant (d) kind
20. 20.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) unjudge (c) disjudge (d) rejudge
21. 21.Which is a compound word? (a) kitchen (b) eyebrow (c) running (d) beautiful
22. 22.Fill the gap: a ___ of trees (a) swarm (b) herd (c) pride (d) grove
23. 23.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
24. 24.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
25. 25.Choose the best word: Mum ___ the vegetables with a sharp knife. (a) boiled (b) fried (c) chopped (d) poured
26. 26.Fill the gap: a ___ of musicians (a) herd (b) band (c) fleet (d) flock
27. 27.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) snowman (c) running (d) pencil
28. 28.Which word means “the state of being happy”? (a) unhappy (b) happily (c) happiness (d) happier
29. 29.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
30. 30.Fill the gap: A gang is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) cows (c) grapes (d) thieves
31. 31.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
32. 32.Which is a compound word? (a) umbrella (b) elephant (c) quickly (d) rainbow
33. 33.Which word means the same as “slim”? (a) rich (b) fat (c) short (d) thin
34. 34.Which word means the same as “quick”? (a) fast (b) quiet (c) ill (d) rich
35. 35.Choose the best word: Please ___ the gate behind you so the cows do not get in. (a) open (b) sell (c) shut (d) paint
36. 36.What is the masculine of “empress”? (a) prince (b) emperor (c) bull (d) uncle
37. 37.Make a compound word: door + ___ (a) rice (b) milk (c) bell (d) tree
38. 38.Choose the best word: Dev was ___ to his teacher and said “thank you” for her help. (a) rude (b) polite (c) greedy (d) lazy
39. 39.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) up – down (b) win – lose (c) hot – cold (d) stone – rock
40. 40.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) brave – cowardly (b) big – large (c) quick – fast (d) brave – bold

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