Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 398 · 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.Fill the gap: A choir is a group of ___. (a) sticks (b) ships (c) singers (d) cows
2. 2.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “private”? (a) polite (b) early (c) ancient (d) public
3. 3.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) misopen (c) disopen (d) unopen
4. 4.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
5. 5.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) yellow (c) quickly (d) postman
6. 6.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) fast – slow (b) hot – cold (c) big – small (d) big – large
7. 7.Fill the gap: A pod is a group of ___. (a) whales (b) bees (c) cows (d) keys
8. 8.Which word means “one who paints”? (a) painted (b) painting (c) paints (d) painter
9. 9.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) laugh – cry (b) give – take (c) choose – reject (d) choose – select
10. 10.What is the masculine of “grandmother”? (a) son (b) uncle (c) nephew (d) grandfather
11. 11.Fill the gap: a ___ of elephants (a) fleet (b) bunch (c) flock (d) herd
12. 12.Fill the gap: a ___ of fish (a) herd (b) pride (c) bunch (d) school
13. 13.Fill the gap: a ___ of ants (a) pride (b) fleet (c) colony (d) herd
14. 14.Make a compound word: honey + ___ (a) pen (b) shoe (c) chair (d) bee
15. 15.Choose the best word: The festival lights made the street look ___. (a) dull (b) bright (c) dark (d) empty
16. 16.Fill the gap: a ___ of keys (a) pride (b) swarm (c) bunch (d) herd
17. 17.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) victory – win (b) victory – defeat (c) end – finish (d) gift – present
18. 18.What is the feminine of “peacock”? (a) duck (b) mare (c) hen (d) peahen
19. 19.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
20. 20.Which word means “one who writes”? (a) written (b) writer (c) writing (d) wrote
21. 21.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
22. 22.Fill the gap: A joey is the young one of a ___. (a) kangaroo (b) cat (c) hen (d) cow
23. 23.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
24. 24.Make a compound word: home + ___ (a) pen (b) work (c) tree (d) cup
25. 25.Choose the best word: Please speak softly; the baby is ___. (a) awake (b) late (c) asleep (d) loud
26. 26.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy wrongly
27. 27.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “minimum”? (a) journey (b) ancient (c) maximum (d) late
28. 28.Which word means “in a loud way”? (a) loudness (b) loudest (c) loudly (d) louder
29. 29.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) tomato (c) quickly (d) waterfall
30. 30.Fill the gap: An eaglet is the young one of an ___. (a) ox (b) ant (c) owl (d) eagle
31. 31.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) talk – speak (b) clever – smart (c) below – under (d) generous – selfish
32. 32.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -er (b) -less (c) -ful (d) -ly
33. 33.Add the suffix: sad + ly = ? (a) sadley (b) sadely (c) saddly (d) sadly
34. 34.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
35. 35.Which is a compound word? (a) homework (b) running (c) happiness (d) elephant
36. 36.Fill the gap: A swarm is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) ships (c) grapes (d) bees
37. 37.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) dis-
38. 38.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) preallow (c) unallow (d) reallow
39. 39.Which word means the same as “start”? (a) stop (b) repair (c) begin (d) laugh
40. 40.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “artificial”? (a) ancient (b) honest (c) natural (d) brave

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