Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 433 · 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 word means “full of beauty”? (a) beautiful (b) beautifully (c) beautify (d) beauty
2. 2.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
3. 3.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
4. 4.Choose the best word: Please speak ___; I cannot hear you. (a) loudly (b) slowly (c) quietly (d) softly
5. 5.Which word means “without help”? (a) helping (b) helpless (c) helpful (d) helper
6. 6.Choose the best word: Priya ___ her room every Sunday so that it stays neat. (a) cleans (b) dirties (c) breaks (d) hides
7. 7.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
8. 8.Fill the gap: a ___ of students (a) herd (b) swarm (c) fleet (d) class
9. 9.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
10. 10.What is the masculine of “actress”? (a) waiter (b) actor (c) host (d) hero
11. 11.Which word means “one who helps”? (a) helper (b) helpfully (c) helpful (d) helpless
12. 12.What is the feminine of “gentleman”? (a) queen (b) aunt (c) lady (d) bride
13. 13.Fill the gap: A colony is a group of ___. (a) grapes (b) ships (c) cows (d) ants
14. 14.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) pencil (c) playground (d) teacher
15. 15.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) toothpaste (c) teacher (d) umbrella
16. 16.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
17. 17.Which word means the same as “tiny”? (a) little (b) giant (c) brave (d) angry
18. 18.Which word means “not respect”? (a) prerespect (b) rerespect (c) misrespect (d) disrespect
19. 19.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
20. 20.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) fast – slow (b) hot – cold (c) big – small (d) big – large
21. 21.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
22. 22.Fill the gap: The young one of a butterfly is a ___. (a) caterpillar (b) kitten (c) tadpole (d) cub
23. 23.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “minimum”? (a) journey (b) maximum (c) late (d) ancient
24. 24.Choose the best word: We need an umbrella because it is ___ heavily. (a) shining (b) singing (c) smiling (d) raining
25. 25.Which word means “in a careful way”? (a) carefully (b) carer (c) careful (d) careless
26. 26.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
27. 27.Which word means the same as “rock”? (a) cloud (b) leaf (c) stone (d) sand
28. 28.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -ness (b) -ly (c) -er (d) -less
29. 29.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
30. 30.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) unheat (c) misheat (d) reheat
31. 31.Make a compound word: grand + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) mother (d) chair
32. 32.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
33. 33.Fill the gap: A cub is the young one of a ___. (a) hen (b) cow (c) sheep (d) lion
34. 34.Choose the best word: The kite flew ___ in the sky. (a) high (b) deep (c) inside (d) under
35. 35.Fill the gap: A flight is a group of ___. (a) lions (b) grapes (c) stairs (d) cows
36. 36.Which word means the same as “talk”? (a) run (b) sleep (c) hear (d) speak
37. 37.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) open – shut (b) gift – present (c) up – down (d) gift – river
38. 38.Which word means the same as “begin”? (a) choose (b) shout (c) start (d) finish
39. 39.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
40. 40.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-

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