Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 39 · 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.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) tiny – little (b) rich – wealthy (c) ancient – modern (d) ancient – old
2. 2.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear before (c) hear wrongly (d) hear again
3. 3.Choose the best word: The ice cream ___ quickly in the hot sun. (a) grew (b) froze (c) slept (d) melted
4. 4.Make a compound word: pan + ___ (a) shoe (b) pen (c) tree (d) cake
5. 5.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) big – large (b) ill – sick (c) deep – shallow (d) gift – present
6. 6.Fill the gap: A school is a group of ___. (a) keys (b) ships (c) fish (d) cows
7. 7.Which word means “the state of being kind”? (a) kinder (b) kindness (c) kindly (d) kindest
8. 8.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
9. 9.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) kitchen (c) animal (d) wheelchair
10. 10.Which word means the same as “road”? (a) sky (b) house (c) street (d) river
11. 11.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
12. 12.Which word means “the state of being good”? (a) better (b) goods (c) goodness (d) goodly
13. 13.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “brave”? (a) clever (b) honest (c) cowardly (d) early
14. 14.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
15. 15.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) wet – dry (b) quick – fast (c) rich – poor (d) quick – slow
16. 16.Which word means the same as “hard”? (a) easy (b) kind (c) wet (d) difficult
17. 17.Fill the gap: a ___ of mountains (a) swarm (b) flock (c) pride (d) range
18. 18.Choose the best word: Dev was ___ to his teacher and said “thank you” for her help. (a) lazy (b) greedy (c) rude (d) polite
19. 19.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -ly (b) -ful (c) -er (d) -less
20. 20.Make a compound word: moon + ___ (a) chair (b) light (c) pen (d) milk
21. 21.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
22. 22.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) so (b) sow (c) sew
23. 23.Choose the best word: The streets were ___ after the heavy rain. (a) flooded (b) dry (c) dusty (d) sunny
24. 24.Add the suffix: home + less = ? (a) homeless (b) homless (c) homeles (d) homelees
25. 25.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
26. 26.What is the feminine of “ram”? (a) peahen (b) hen (c) ewe (d) mare
27. 27.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) day – night (b) friend – enemy (c) push – pull (d) friend – pal
28. 28.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) ununderstand (b) disunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) preunderstand
29. 29.What is the feminine of “hero”? (a) heroine (b) princess (c) actress (d) hostess
30. 30.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) include – exclude (b) happy – glad (c) mend – repair (d) shout – yell
31. 31.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
32. 32.Choose the best word: The ___ cheetah caught the deer in seconds. (a) lazy (b) sleepy (c) slow (d) swift
33. 33.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) pre-
34. 34.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
35. 35.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
36. 36.Which is a compound word? (a) starfish (b) tomato (c) yellow (d) umbrella
37. 37.What is the masculine of “heroine”? (a) hero (b) host (c) prince (d) actor
38. 38.Which word means the same as “leap”? (a) sing (b) sleep (c) crawl (d) jump
39. 39.Make a compound word: play + ___ (a) ground (b) cup (c) rice (d) milk
40. 40.Make a compound word: under + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) ground (d) chair

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