Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 463 · 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 “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) relucky (c) unlucky (d) mislucky
2. 2.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
3. 3.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
4. 4.Which is a compound word? (a) sunflower (b) kitchen (c) teacher (d) yellow
5. 5.Make a compound word: sauce + ___ (a) tree (b) shoe (c) pan (d) milk
6. 6.What is the feminine of “waiter”? (a) princess (b) waitress (c) hostess (d) actress
7. 7.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) disopen (c) preopen (d) unopen
8. 8.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “loss”? (a) profit (b) window (c) answer (d) journey
9. 9.Fill the gap: The young one of a cat is a ___. (a) kitten (b) puppy (c) cub (d) calf
10. 10.Which is a compound word? (a) rainbow (b) elephant (c) umbrella (d) running
11. 11.Choose the best word: The ___ path through the jungle was hard to follow. (a) clear (b) wide (c) straight (d) narrow
12. 12.Fill the gap: A troupe is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) dancers (c) keys (d) ships
13. 13.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Which (b) Witch
14. 14.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -er (b) -ness (c) -ful (d) -ly
15. 15.Which word means “without a friend”? (a) friendly (b) friendship (c) friendless (d) friends
16. 16.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
17. 17.Make a compound word: post + ___ (a) tree (b) milk (c) man (d) rice
18. 18.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “float”? (a) borrow (b) shout (c) sink (d) run
19. 19.Which word means the same as “thin”? (a) tall (b) quick (c) fat (d) slim
20. 20.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) win – lose (b) stone – rock (c) hot – cold (d) up – down
21. 21.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
22. 22.Fill the gap: a ___ of bats (a) herd (b) fleet (c) colony (d) pride
23. 23.Choose the best word: The cat ___ on the warm windowsill all afternoon. (a) slept (b) barked (c) swam (d) flew
24. 24.Fill the gap: A pack is a group of ___. (a) lions (b) ships (c) grapes (d) wolves
25. 25.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) shout – yell (b) push – pull (c) buy – sell (d) shout – whisper
26. 26.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -less (b) -er (c) -ness (d) -ly
27. 27.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) running (c) sunglasses (d) yellow
28. 28.Fill the gap: A pod is a group of ___. (a) whales (b) cows (c) keys (d) bees
29. 29.Fill the gap: a ___ of players (a) team (b) swarm (c) flock (d) herd
30. 30.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
31. 31.What is the feminine of “bull”? (a) cow (b) mare (c) ewe (d) hen
32. 32.Which word means “in a careful way”? (a) careful (b) carefully (c) careless (d) carer
33. 33.Fill the gap: The young one of a goat is a ___. (a) foal (b) kid (c) lamb (d) cub
34. 34.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
35. 35.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
36. 36.Which word means “use again”? (a) preuse (b) reuse (c) unuse (d) disuse
37. 37.Fill the gap: a ___ of soldiers (a) army (b) flock (c) swarm (d) bunch
38. 38.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
39. 39.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -er (b) -less (c) -ful (d) -ly
40. 40.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) mend – repair (b) wise – foolish (c) below – under (d) shut – close

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