Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 44 · 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) victory – win (b) victory – defeat (c) gift – present (d) end – finish
2. 2.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) not heat (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
3. 3.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) understand again (c) not understand (d) understand before
4. 4.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) headache (c) happiness (d) quickly
5. 5.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
6. 6.Add the suffix: bake + er = ? (a) bakor (b) baker (c) bakeer (d) bakar
7. 7.Make a compound word: cup + ___ (a) shoe (b) tree (c) milk (d) board
8. 8.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
9. 9.Which word means “the state of being weak”? (a) weakly (b) weaker (c) weakness (d) weaken
10. 10.Choose the best word: The ___ boy ate all the sweets and gave none to his sister. (a) kind (b) generous (c) honest (d) greedy
11. 11.Fill the gap: The young one of a cow is a ___. (a) kitten (b) chick (c) calf (d) cub
12. 12.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) misspell (b) respell (c) unspell (d) disspell
13. 13.Choose the best word: The soup is too ___; please add some water. (a) tasty (b) cold (c) fresh (d) salty
14. 14.Fill the gap: A caterpillar is the young one of a ___. (a) frog (b) hen (c) butterfly (d) cow
15. 15.Fill the gap: A school is a group of ___. (a) fish (b) cows (c) ships (d) keys
16. 16.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) arrive – reach (b) begin – start (c) shut – close (d) arrive – depart
17. 17.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “minority”? (a) majority (b) roof (c) answer (d) journey
18. 18.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) beautiful (c) yellow (d) playground
19. 19.Which is a compound word? (a) notebook (b) beautiful (c) tomato (d) quickly
20. 20.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “visible”? (a) ancient (b) invisible (c) polite (d) modern
21. 21.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) well again (c) well before (d) not well
22. 22.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “exclude”? (a) include (b) accept (c) whisper (d) float
23. 23.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) to (b) too (c) two
24. 24.Fill the gap: A herd is a group of ___. (a) bees (b) ships (c) cows (d) grapes
25. 25.Fill the gap: a ___ of ants (a) fleet (b) pride (c) herd (d) colony
26. 26.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
27. 27.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
28. 28.Fill the gap: A bench is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) judges (c) cows (d) bees
29. 29.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) tiny – little (b) ancient – old (c) rich – wealthy (d) ancient – modern
30. 30.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) usual wrongly (c) not usual (d) usual again
31. 31.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) push – pull (b) day – night (c) friend – enemy (d) friend – pal
32. 32.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “honest”? (a) polite (b) brave (c) lazy (d) dishonest
33. 33.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
34. 34.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) yell – shout (b) ill – sick (c) borrow – lend (d) jump – leap
35. 35.Which word means the same as “rock”? (a) cloud (b) sand (c) stone (d) leaf
36. 36.Fill the gap: a ___ of sheep (a) flock (b) swarm (c) fleet (d) pride
37. 37.Which word means the same as “thin”? (a) tall (b) quick (c) fat (d) slim
38. 38.What is the feminine of “god”? (a) princess (b) goddess (c) queen (d) hostess
39. 39.Fill the gap: The young one of a cat is a ___. (a) puppy (b) cub (c) calf (d) kitten
40. 40.What is the feminine of “host”? (a) heroine (b) hostess (c) waitress (d) actress

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