Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 457 · 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.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
2. 2.Fill the gap: a ___ of people (a) fleet (b) litter (c) crowd (d) pride
3. 3.What is the masculine of “woman”? (a) nephew (b) king (c) uncle (d) man
4. 4.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “profit”? (a) loss (b) question (c) journey (d) roof
5. 5.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) mend – break (b) win – lose (c) mend – repair (d) come – go
6. 6.Which word means the same as “road”? (a) sky (b) street (c) house (d) river
7. 7.Fill the gap: a ___ of bananas (a) pack (b) bunch (c) flock (d) fleet
8. 8.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) happiness (c) pancake (d) animal
9. 9.Add the suffix: teach + er = ? (a) teachar (b) teacher (c) teachere (d) teachor
10. 10.Which word means the same as “ill”? (a) sick (b) well (c) kind (d) brave
11. 11.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) full – empty (b) ill – well (c) ill – sick (d) early – late
12. 12.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) not place (c) place wrongly (d) place before
13. 13.Which word means “in a quick way”? (a) quickly (b) quicken (c) quickness (d) quicker
14. 14.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
15. 15.Which word means “fill again”? (a) prefill (b) misfill (c) refill (d) unfill
16. 16.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
17. 17.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “visible”? (a) modern (b) ancient (c) polite (d) invisible
18. 18.Which word means “in a brave way”? (a) braver (b) bravely (c) bravest (d) bravery
19. 19.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) animal (c) yellow (d) snowman
20. 20.Fill the gap: A puppy is the young one of a ___. (a) cow (b) hen (c) dog (d) cat
21. 21.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -less (b) -ly (c) -ful (d) -er
22. 22.What is the feminine of “king”? (a) queen (b) niece (c) princess (d) aunt
23. 23.Make a compound word: tea + ___ (a) shoe (b) pen (c) road (d) cup
24. 24.Which word means the same as “difficult”? (a) sweet (b) early (c) easy (d) hard
25. 25.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) unobey (c) preobey (d) disobey
26. 26.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
27. 27.Choose the best word: The streets were ___ after the heavy rain. (a) flooded (b) dry (c) sunny (d) dusty
28. 28.Choose the best word: The glass vase fell and broke into many ___. (a) colours (b) flowers (c) pieces (d) drops
29. 29.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by
30. 30.Make a compound word: eye + ___ (a) milk (b) chair (c) pen (d) brow
31. 31.Which word means the same as “smart”? (a) empty (b) slow (c) clever (d) angry
32. 32.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave before (c) not behave (d) behave again
33. 33.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) misusual (c) disusual (d) unusual
34. 34.Fill the gap: The young one of a cow is a ___. (a) chick (b) calf (c) cub (d) kitten
35. 35.Make a compound word: sea + ___ (a) shore (b) chair (c) milk (d) rice
36. 36.What is the feminine of “bull”? (a) mare (b) cow (c) hen (d) ewe
37. 37.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) build before (c) not build (d) build wrongly
38. 38.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) gift – present (b) victory – defeat (c) end – finish (d) victory – win
39. 39.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -er (b) -less (c) -ly (d) -ful
40. 40.Fill the gap: A team is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) players (c) grapes (d) ships

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