Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 382 · 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.Make a compound word: tea + ___ (a) shoe (b) road (c) cup (d) pen
2. 2.Fill the gap: A fleet is a group of ___. (a) lions (b) grapes (c) bees (d) ships
3. 3.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “transparent”? (a) ancient (b) opaque (c) generous (d) polite
4. 4.Fill the gap: a ___ of dolphins (a) herd (b) pride (c) swarm (d) pod
5. 5.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) place wrongly (c) place again (d) not place
6. 6.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) uncommon (c) discommon (d) miscommon
7. 7.Choose the best word: The baby elephant was ___ and could not find its mother. (a) ripe (b) lost (c) proud (d) found
8. 8.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky again (c) lucky before (d) lucky wrongly
9. 9.Make a compound word: eye + ___ (a) chair (b) brow (c) milk (d) pen
10. 10.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) preclear (c) unclear (d) reclear
11. 11.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
12. 12.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
13. 13.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) teacher (c) kitchen (d) popcorn
14. 14.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) clever – smart (b) generous – selfish (c) talk – speak (d) below – under
15. 15.Which is a compound word? (a) railway (b) umbrella (c) tomato (d) beautiful
16. 16.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) cold – hot (b) buy – sell (c) in – out (d) cold – chilly
17. 17.Which word means the same as “reply”? (a) answer (b) ask (c) smile (d) travel
18. 18.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
19. 19.Add the suffix: swim + er = ? (a) swimmor (b) swimmer (c) swimmar (d) swimer
20. 20.Which word means “full of joy”? (a) enjoy (b) joyless (c) joyful (d) joyfully
21. 21.Fill the gap: a ___ of students (a) herd (b) swarm (c) class (d) fleet
22. 22.Which word means “without a friend”? (a) friendship (b) friendless (c) friends (d) friendly
23. 23.Fill the gap: A herd is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) bees (c) cows (d) grapes
24. 24.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) ill – sick (b) big – large (c) gift – present (d) deep – shallow
25. 25.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
26. 26.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) not judge (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
27. 27.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) ill – sick (b) full – empty (c) ill – well (d) early – late
28. 28.Add the suffix: quick + ly = ? (a) quickly (b) quikly (c) quickley (d) quickely
29. 29.Fill the gap: The young one of a duck is a ___. (a) kitten (b) duckling (c) cub (d) foal
30. 30.What is the feminine of “tiger”? (a) lioness (b) hen (c) mare (d) tigress
31. 31.Fill the gap: a ___ of whales (a) pride (b) pod (c) swarm (d) bunch
32. 32.Choose the best word: The ___ mountain was covered with snow. (a) tiny (b) short (c) tall (d) flat
33. 33.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
34. 34.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
35. 35.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
36. 36.Fill the gap: a ___ of flies (a) pride (b) fleet (c) swarm (d) herd
37. 37.Which word means “the state of being weak”? (a) weaken (b) weaker (c) weakness (d) weakly
38. 38.Which word means the same as “little”? (a) small (b) loud (c) kind (d) big
39. 39.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
40. 40.Fill the gap: The young one of an owl is an ___. (a) cub (b) kid (c) owlet (d) calf

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