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Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 37 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) ill – sick (b) big – large (c) deep – shallow (d) gift – present
  2. 2.Choose the best word: I ___ my keys, so I could not open the door. (a) found (b) made (c) used (d) lost
  3. 3.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -er (b) -ness (c) -ful (d) -less
  4. 4.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) respell (c) prespell (d) misspell
  5. 5.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “question”? (a) journey (b) roof (c) victory (d) answer
  6. 6.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) view wrongly (c) not view (d) view before
  7. 7.Fill the gap: A gang is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) thieves (c) ships (d) grapes
  8. 8.Fill the gap: A herd is a group of ___. (a) bees (b) grapes (c) ships (d) cows
  9. 9.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair before (c) not fair (d) fair wrongly
  10. 10.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) unkind (c) diskind (d) prekind
  11. 11.Fill the gap: a ___ of dancers (a) fleet (b) swarm (c) troupe (d) herd
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
  13. 13.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) cold – hot (b) buy – sell (c) cold – chilly (d) in – out
  14. 14.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) jump – leap (b) ill – sick (c) borrow – lend (d) yell – shout
  15. 15.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) up – down (b) hot – cold (c) win – lose (d) stone – rock
  16. 16.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) disequal (c) misequal (d) unequal
  17. 17.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -er (b) -ly (c) -less (d) -ful
  18. 18.Make a compound word: air + ___ (a) port (b) tree (c) book (d) rice
  19. 19.Fill the gap: a ___ of cars (a) swarm (b) fleet (c) flock (d) herd
  20. 20.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) brave – bold (b) big – large (c) quick – fast (d) brave – cowardly
  21. 21.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) shout – yell (b) buy – sell (c) push – pull (d) shout – whisper
  22. 22.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
  23. 23.Choose the best word: Arjun ___ the race and got a gold medal. (a) won (b) lost (c) feared (d) missed
  24. 24.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) begin – start (b) happy – sad (c) begin – finish (d) tall – short
  25. 25.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “minority”? (a) majority (b) journey (c) answer (d) roof
  26. 26.Choose the best word: The flowers ___ because nobody watered them. (a) bloomed (b) danced (c) wilted (d) grew
  27. 27.Fill the gap: A band is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) musicians (c) keys (d) cows
  28. 28.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) happiness (c) starfish (d) elephant
  29. 29.Fill the gap: A tadpole is the young one of a ___. (a) cow (b) cat (c) hen (d) frog
  30. 30.Which word means the same as “leap”? (a) sing (b) jump (c) sleep (d) crawl
  31. 31.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) below – under (b) mend – repair (c) wise – foolish (d) shut – close
  32. 32.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) disfill (c) misfill (d) refill
  33. 33.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) in – out (b) scared – afraid (c) scared – brave (d) old – new
  34. 34.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  35. 35.Choose the best word: The baby elephant was ___ and could not find its mother. (a) proud (b) found (c) ripe (d) lost
  36. 36.Fill the gap: The young one of a wolf is a ___. (a) calf (b) foal (c) cub (d) lamb
  37. 37.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
  38. 38.Which word means “build again”? (a) misbuild (b) disbuild (c) rebuild (d) prebuild
  39. 39.Choose the best word: The ___ mountain was covered with snow. (a) tall (b) tiny (c) short (d) flat
  40. 40.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) quiet – silent (b) end – finish (c) rough – smooth (d) rich – wealthy

Answer key

  1. deep – shallow
  2. lost
  3. -less
  4. misspell
  5. answer
  6. view before
  7. thieves
  8. cows
  9. not fair
  10. unkind
  11. troupe
  12. meat
  13. cold – chilly
  14. borrow – lend
  15. stone – rock
  16. unequal
  17. -ful
  18. port
  19. fleet
  20. brave – cowardly
  21. shout – yell
  22. wood
  23. won
  24. begin – start
  25. majority
  26. wilted
  27. musicians
  28. starfish
  29. frog
  30. jump
  31. wise – foolish
  32. refill
  33. scared – afraid
  34. pre-
  35. lost
  36. cub
  37. know
  38. rebuild
  39. tall
  40. rough – smooth

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