Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 450 · 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.Add the suffix: shop + er = ? (a) shoppar (b) shopor (c) shoper (d) shopper
2. 2.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
3. 3.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) prebuild (c) disbuild (d) unbuild
4. 4.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) football (c) elephant (d) beautiful
5. 5.Choose the best word: The cat ___ on the warm windowsill all afternoon. (a) swam (b) barked (c) slept (d) flew
6. 6.What is the masculine of “heroine”? (a) host (b) hero (c) actor (d) prince
7. 7.Which word means “the state of being lazy”? (a) lazily (b) laziest (c) lazier (d) laziness
8. 8.Make a compound word: butter + ___ (a) chair (b) fly (c) pen (d) shoe
9. 9.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
10. 10.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
11. 11.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
12. 12.Fill the gap: a ___ of puppies (a) flock (b) pride (c) litter (d) fleet
13. 13.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) buy – sell (b) in – out (c) cold – chilly (d) cold – hot
14. 14.Which word means “full of hope”? (a) hoping (b) hopefully (c) hopeless (d) hopeful
15. 15.What is the masculine of “ewe”? (a) bull (b) ram (c) lion (d) horse
16. 16.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “increase”? (a) borrow (b) accept (c) shout (d) decrease
17. 17.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
18. 18.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
19. 19.Fill the gap: An eaglet is the young one of an ___. (a) eagle (b) owl (c) ox (d) ant
20. 20.Choose the best word: The milk ___ over when Mum left it on the stove. (a) slept (b) boiled (c) flew (d) froze
21. 21.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) quiet – silent (b) rough – smooth (c) end – finish (d) rich – wealthy
22. 22.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) kitchen (c) quickly (d) notebook
23. 23.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “loss”? (a) answer (b) profit (c) journey (d) window
24. 24.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) unlucky (c) prelucky (d) mislucky
25. 25.Choose the best word: Mum ___ the vegetables with a sharp knife. (a) poured (b) fried (c) boiled (d) chopped
26. 26.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
27. 27.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) fast – quick (b) scared – afraid (c) quiet – silent (d) float – sink
28. 28.Fill the gap: A band is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) keys (c) ships (d) musicians
29. 29.Add the suffix: dig + er = ? (a) digger (b) diggar (c) diggor (d) diger
30. 30.Choose the best word: The road was ___, so the bus moved slowly. (a) empty (b) crowded (c) wide (d) clear
31. 31.Choose the best word: The milk smelt bad because it had gone ___. (a) sweet (b) fresh (c) cold (d) sour
32. 32.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -er (b) -ful (c) -ness (d) -ly
33. 33.Fill the gap: a ___ of dolphins (a) pride (b) pod (c) swarm (d) herd
34. 34.Which word means the same as “hurry”? (a) rush (b) rest (c) eat (d) sing
35. 35.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
36. 36.Which is a compound word? (a) grandmother (b) happiness (c) yellow (d) banana
37. 37.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
38. 38.Choose the best word: The ___ fox tricked the crow into dropping its food. (a) foolish (b) honest (c) sleepy (d) clever
39. 39.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “profit”? (a) journey (b) roof (c) loss (d) question
40. 40.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail

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