Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 373 · 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.What is the feminine of “boy”? (a) aunt (b) queen (c) girl (d) wife
2. 2.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
3. 3.Which word means “without a friend”? (a) friendly (b) friendship (c) friends (d) friendless
4. 4.Which word means “the state of being weak”? (a) weakly (b) weaker (c) weaken (d) weakness
5. 5.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) rough – smooth (b) rich – wealthy (c) end – finish (d) quiet – silent
6. 6.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) weekend (c) umbrella (d) kitchen
7. 7.Choose the best word: Our neighbour’s dog ___ at every stranger. (a) moos (b) smiles (c) barks (d) sings
8. 8.Fill the gap: a ___ of mosquitoes (a) herd (b) swarm (c) pride (d) bunch
9. 9.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) wise – foolish (b) below – under (c) shut – close (d) mend – repair
10. 10.Fill the gap: a ___ of camels (a) bunch (b) fleet (c) caravan (d) swarm
11. 11.Fill the gap: a ___ of players (a) swarm (b) flock (c) team (d) herd
12. 12.Add the suffix: teach + er = ? (a) teachor (b) teacher (c) teachere (d) teachar
13. 13.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky again (c) not lucky (d) lucky wrongly
14. 14.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -ful (b) -er (c) -less (d) -ness
15. 15.Which word means the same as “smart”? (a) angry (b) slow (c) empty (d) clever
16. 16.Fill the gap: A crew is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) lions (c) grapes (d) sailors
17. 17.Fill the gap: A fawn is the young one of a ___. (a) hen (b) deer (c) frog (d) duck
18. 18.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) banana (c) running (d) homework
19. 19.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy again (c) tidy before (d) not tidy
20. 20.Which word means the same as “below”? (a) behind (b) above (c) under (d) beside
21. 21.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) relead (b) mislead (c) prelead (d) unlead
22. 22.Which word means the same as “huge”? (a) tiny (b) giant (c) kind (d) quiet
23. 23.Fill the gap: The young one of a frog is a ___. (a) chick (b) cub (c) lamb (d) tadpole
24. 24.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) popcorn (c) happiness (d) beautiful
25. 25.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “blunt”? (a) polite (b) ancient (c) sharp (d) late
26. 26.What is the masculine of “mother”? (a) uncle (b) brother (c) son (d) father
27. 27.What is the masculine of “waitress”? (a) actor (b) hero (c) host (d) waiter
28. 28.What is the masculine of “daughter”? (a) nephew (b) husband (c) uncle (d) son
29. 29.Fill the gap: A pod is a group of ___. (a) bees (b) cows (c) whales (d) keys
30. 30.Which word means the same as “afraid”? (a) proud (b) tired (c) scared (d) lazy
31. 31.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
32. 32.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
33. 33.Fill the gap: a ___ of kittens (a) litter (b) pride (c) flock (d) fleet
34. 34.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
35. 35.Fill the gap: A fleet is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) grapes (c) bees (d) lions
36. 36.Choose the best word: The baby elephant was ___ and could not find its mother. (a) lost (b) ripe (c) found (d) proud
37. 37.Fill the gap: A school is a group of ___. (a) fish (b) keys (c) cows (d) ships
38. 38.Which word means the same as “road”? (a) river (b) street (c) sky (d) house
39. 39.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “generous”? (a) brave (b) selfish (c) early (d) polite
40. 40.Make a compound word: eye + ___ (a) chair (b) brow (c) pen (d) milk

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