Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 364 · 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.Choose the best word: The tiny ant carried a crumb ___ than its own body. (a) thinner (b) softer (c) bigger (d) smaller
2. 2.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) come – go (b) win – lose (c) mend – break (d) mend – repair
3. 3.Fill the gap: a ___ of kittens (a) flock (b) pride (c) fleet (d) litter
4. 4.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) hard – soft (b) light – dark (c) rich – poor (d) rich – wealthy
5. 5.What is the masculine of “waitress”? (a) host (b) hero (c) actor (d) waiter
6. 6.Fill the gap: A caravan is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) bees (c) camels (d) keys
7. 7.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) sunglasses (c) tomato (d) banana
8. 8.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) disequal (c) misequal (d) unequal
9. 9.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well before (c) well wrongly (d) not well
10. 10.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “artificial”? (a) brave (b) natural (c) ancient (d) honest
11. 11.Choose the best word: The old bridge was ___, so nobody was allowed to cross it. (a) new (b) strong (c) unsafe (d) wide
12. 12.Which word means “fill again”? (a) disfill (b) prefill (c) misfill (d) refill
13. 13.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
14. 14.Fill the gap: A fleet is a group of ___. (a) bees (b) lions (c) ships (d) grapes
15. 15.What is the feminine of “host”? (a) hostess (b) heroine (c) actress (d) waitress
16. 16.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
17. 17.Add the suffix: happy + ness = ? (a) happyness (b) happieness (c) happiness (d) happines
18. 18.Fill the gap: A gang is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) grapes (c) thieves (d) ships
19. 19.Fill the gap: The young one of a butterfly is a ___. (a) kitten (b) caterpillar (c) tadpole (d) cub
20. 20.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
21. 21.Which word means the same as “difficult”? (a) sweet (b) easy (c) early (d) hard
22. 22.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build wrongly (c) build again (d) build before
23. 23.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “question”? (a) victory (b) roof (c) answer (d) journey
24. 24.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “answer”? (a) question (b) victory (c) window (d) journey
25. 25.Which word means “one who dances”? (a) dances (b) dancing (c) danced (d) dancer
26. 26.What is the masculine of “sister”? (a) husband (b) brother (c) nephew (d) uncle
27. 27.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) umbrella (c) popcorn (d) banana
28. 28.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) running (c) sunrise (d) tomato
29. 29.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
30. 30.Fill the gap: A gosling is the young one of a ___. (a) cat (b) dog (c) cow (d) goose
31. 31.Make a compound word: under + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) ground (d) chair
32. 32.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) view again (c) view before (d) not view
33. 33.Choose the best word: Our class teacher ___ us a story every Friday. (a) sleeps (b) eats (c) drinks (d) tells
34. 34.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) not obey (c) obey again (d) obey wrongly
35. 35.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) old – new (b) tall – short (c) shy – timid (d) shy – bold
36. 36.Which word means the same as “shut”? (a) close (b) clean (c) choose (d) smile
37. 37.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
38. 38.Which word means “one who writes”? (a) writer (b) wrote (c) writing (d) written
39. 39.What is the masculine of “hostess”? (a) host (b) actor (c) waiter (d) hero
40. 40.Which word means the same as “quick”? (a) ill (b) quiet (c) rich (d) fast

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