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Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 428 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.Make a compound word: out + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) side (d) tree
  2. 2.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) jump – leap (b) cheap – expensive (c) glad – happy (d) talk – speak
  3. 3.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “include”? (a) sink (b) borrow (c) arrive (d) exclude
  4. 4.Make a compound word: every + ___ (a) milk (b) one (c) pen (d) tree
  5. 5.Fill the gap: a ___ of ships (a) flock (b) bunch (c) fleet (d) herd
  6. 6.Choose the best word: It was very ___ outside, so we wore sweaters. (a) cold (b) hot (c) dry (d) sunny
  7. 7.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “hero”? (a) villain (b) question (c) journey (d) roof
  8. 8.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) jump – leap (b) ill – sick (c) yell – shout (d) borrow – lend
  9. 9.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
  10. 10.Which word means the same as “finish”? (a) end (b) jump (c) gift (d) start
  11. 11.Fill the gap: a ___ of players (a) team (b) herd (c) swarm (d) flock
  12. 12.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) shut – close (b) wise – foolish (c) mend – repair (d) below – under
  13. 13.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) prefair (c) misfair (d) disfair
  14. 14.Fill the gap: A puppy is the young one of a ___. (a) dog (b) cow (c) hen (d) cat
  15. 15.Add the suffix: slow + ly = ? (a) slowley (b) slowely (c) slowly (d) sloly
  16. 16.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  17. 17.Which word means “the state of being good”? (a) better (b) goodly (c) goodness (d) goods
  18. 18.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “modern”? (a) ancient (b) quiet (c) wide (d) rich
  19. 19.Which word means the same as “tired”? (a) rich (b) quick (c) fresh (d) weary
  20. 20.Choose the best word: The sky was ___, so we knew it would rain. (a) clear (b) cloudy (c) sunny (d) bright
  21. 21.Fill the gap: A calf is the young one of a ___. (a) cat (b) hen (c) cow (d) frog
  22. 22.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -ly (b) -er (c) -less (d) -ful
  23. 23.Choose the best word: The baby elephant was ___ and could not find its mother. (a) proud (b) found (c) ripe (d) lost
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  25. 25.Which word means “tell again”? (a) mistell (b) untell (c) retell (d) pretell
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
  27. 27.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “loss”? (a) profit (b) answer (c) journey (d) window
  28. 28.Fill the gap: A kid is the young one of a ___. (a) cow (b) cat (c) hen (d) goat
  29. 29.Which word means the same as “shut”? (a) clean (b) choose (c) close (d) smile
  30. 30.Fill the gap: a ___ of chicks (a) pride (b) brood (c) swarm (d) fleet
  31. 31.Which word means the same as “kind”? (a) rude (b) tall (c) caring (d) lazy
  32. 32.Choose the best word: The shopkeeper gave me the wrong ___, so I returned two rupees. (a) shoes (b) change (c) road (d) weather
  33. 33.Make a compound word: class + ___ (a) room (b) milk (c) tree (d) shoe
  34. 34.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill wrongly (c) fill before (d) fill again
  35. 35.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) friend – pal (b) day – night (c) push – pull (d) friend – enemy
  36. 36.Which word means “full of pain”? (a) painful (b) painfully (c) painter (d) painless
  37. 37.What is the masculine of “queen”? (a) king (b) uncle (c) nephew (d) prince
  38. 38.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) big – large (b) big – small (c) fast – slow (d) hot – cold
  39. 39.Choose the best word: The ___ boy shared his lunch with everyone. (a) greedy (b) lazy (c) selfish (d) generous
  40. 40.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) begin – finish (b) tall – short (c) begin – start (d) happy – sad

Answer key

  1. side
  2. cheap – expensive
  3. exclude
  4. one
  5. fleet
  6. cold
  7. villain
  8. borrow – lend
  9. write
  10. end
  11. team
  12. wise – foolish
  13. unfair
  14. dog
  15. slowly
  16. flower
  17. goodness
  18. ancient
  19. weary
  20. cloudy
  21. cow
  22. -ful
  23. lost
  24. flour
  25. retell
  26. bare
  27. profit
  28. goat
  29. close
  30. brood
  31. caring
  32. change
  33. room
  34. fill again
  35. friend – pal
  36. painful
  37. king
  38. big – large
  39. generous
  40. begin – start

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