Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 447 · 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 “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) reheat (c) preheat (d) unheat
2. 2.Which word means the same as “rich”? (a) busy (b) clever (c) wealthy (d) poor
3. 3.Which word means the same as “quiet”? (a) angry (b) noisy (c) silent (d) quick
4. 4.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
5. 5.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
6. 6.Fill the gap: The young one of a goose is a ___. (a) cub (b) calf (c) kid (d) gosling
7. 7.Add the suffix: write + er = ? (a) writter (b) writer (c) writeer (d) writar
8. 8.What is the feminine of “horse”? (a) hen (b) cow (c) ewe (d) mare
9. 9.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “sunrise”? (a) answer (b) sunset (c) journey (d) roof
10. 10.Which word means the same as “choose”? (a) carry (b) sleep (c) select (d) reject
11. 11.Which word means the same as “rush”? (a) read (b) sleep (c) hurry (d) wait
12. 12.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
13. 13.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) cold – chilly (b) buy – sell (c) cold – hot (d) in – out
14. 14.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
15. 15.Which word means “the state of being weak”? (a) weaken (b) weaker (c) weakness (d) weakly
16. 16.Fill the gap: A lamb is the young one of a ___. (a) sheep (b) hen (c) cat (d) dog
17. 17.Choose the best word: After the long journey, we were ___ to reach home. (a) angry (b) afraid (c) sorry (d) glad
18. 18.Choose the best word: The doctor was ___ and explained everything slowly to the scared child. (a) angry (b) rude (c) careless (d) patient
19. 19.Choose the best word: The old man walked ___ with the help of a stick. (a) quickly (b) loudly (c) slowly (d) angrily
20. 20.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) wet – dry (b) quick – fast (c) quick – slow (d) rich – poor
21. 21.Which word means the same as “happy”? (a) tired (b) hungry (c) rude (d) glad
22. 22.Make a compound word: foot + ___ (a) rice (b) cup (c) pen (d) ball
23. 23.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) recook (c) precook (d) discook
24. 24.Fill the gap: A foal is the young one of a ___. (a) horse (b) hen (c) cat (d) frog
25. 25.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest again (c) not honest (d) honest before
26. 26.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) disread (b) preread (c) misread (d) reread
27. 27.What is the feminine of “prince”? (a) niece (b) queen (c) princess (d) aunt
28. 28.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “export”? (a) whisper (b) accept (c) float (d) import
29. 29.Choose the best word: Please speak ___; I cannot hear you. (a) quietly (b) softly (c) slowly (d) loudly
30. 30.Make a compound word: rain + ___ (a) chair (b) bow (c) pen (d) milk
31. 31.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “natural”? (a) artificial (b) generous (c) modern (d) polite
32. 32.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) unclear (c) misclear (d) preclear
33. 33.Which word means “full of power”? (a) powerfully (b) powerless (c) powerful (d) powered
34. 34.Which is a compound word? (a) butterfly (b) pencil (c) yellow (d) banana
35. 35.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -less (b) -ly (c) -ful (d) -er
36. 36.Fill the gap: The young one of a duck is a ___. (a) cub (b) kitten (c) foal (d) duckling
37. 37.Which word means “one who dances”? (a) dancer (b) danced (c) dances (d) dancing
38. 38.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “decrease”? (a) increase (b) whisper (c) float (d) arrive
39. 39.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) shoe (b) cup (c) brush (d) road
40. 40.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) by (c) bye

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