Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 423 · 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: bed + ___ (a) pen (b) room (c) milk (d) tree
2. 2.Which word means “full of hope”? (a) hopeless (b) hopefully (c) hoping (d) hopeful
3. 3.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
4. 4.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -er (b) -ful (c) -ly (d) -less
5. 5.Choose the best word: The sky was ___, so we knew it would rain. (a) clear (b) bright (c) sunny (d) cloudy
6. 6.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
7. 7.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
8. 8.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -less (b) -ly (c) -ness (d) -er
9. 9.Choose the best word: Sneha ___ her lunch with a friend who had forgotten his. (a) threw (b) wasted (c) shared (d) hid
10. 10.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) pencil (c) newspaper (d) happiness
11. 11.What is the masculine of “bride”? (a) uncle (b) king (c) nephew (d) bridegroom
12. 12.Fill the gap: The young one of a deer is a ___. (a) puppy (b) fawn (c) chick (d) kitten
13. 13.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) not lead (c) lead again (d) lead before
14. 14.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “sunset”? (a) sunrise (b) journey (c) question (d) window
15. 15.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) read again (c) read wrongly (d) not read
16. 16.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) elephant (c) animal (d) toothpaste
17. 17.Fill the gap: a ___ of locusts (a) swarm (b) pride (c) fleet (d) herd
18. 18.Fill the gap: a ___ of wolves (a) flock (b) bunch (c) fleet (d) pack
19. 19.Make a compound word: moon + ___ (a) light (b) chair (c) milk (d) pen
20. 20.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
21. 21.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear again (c) clear before (d) not clear
22. 22.Add the suffix: angry + ly = ? (a) angryly (b) angrily (c) angrilly (d) angrly
23. 23.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common before (c) common wrongly (d) common again
24. 24.Add the suffix: hope + ful = ? (a) hoapful (b) hopefull (c) hopful (d) hopeful
25. 25.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
26. 26.Fill the gap: a ___ of sailors (a) flock (b) bunch (c) herd (d) crew
27. 27.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) respell (c) misspell (d) prespell
28. 28.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Which (b) Witch
29. 29.Fill the gap: a ___ of dolphins (a) pride (b) herd (c) pod (d) swarm
30. 30.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) quick – fast (b) brave – cowardly (c) brave – bold (d) big – large
31. 31.Add the suffix: easy + ly = ? (a) easyly (b) easly (c) easily (d) easely
32. 32.Choose the best word: The festival lights made the street look ___. (a) dark (b) dull (c) empty (d) bright
33. 33.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -er (b) -ful (c) -less (d) -ness
34. 34.Which word means the same as “begin”? (a) shout (b) choose (c) finish (d) start
35. 35.Fill the gap: The young one of a cat is a ___. (a) cub (b) calf (c) puppy (d) kitten
36. 36.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) rich – poor (b) hard – soft (c) light – dark (d) rich – wealthy
37. 37.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
38. 38.Which word means the same as “afraid”? (a) tired (b) lazy (c) proud (d) scared
39. 39.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
40. 40.Which word means the same as “leap”? (a) crawl (b) sing (c) sleep (d) jump

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