Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 465 · 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 prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
2. 2.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
3. 3.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
4. 4.Choose the best word: It was so ___ that we could hardly hear each other. (a) calm (b) silent (c) quiet (d) noisy
5. 5.Fill the gap: A joey is the young one of a ___. (a) cow (b) kangaroo (c) cat (d) hen
6. 6.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) day – night (b) friend – enemy (c) friend – pal (d) push – pull
7. 7.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) clever – smart (b) generous – selfish (c) talk – speak (d) below – under
8. 8.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) hear before (c) hear wrongly (d) not hear
9. 9.Fill the gap: A herd is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) bees (c) cows (d) grapes
10. 10.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “superior”? (a) ancient (b) polite (c) early (d) inferior
11. 11.Make a compound word: play + ___ (a) rice (b) milk (c) ground (d) cup
12. 12.Fill the gap: The young one of a wolf is a ___. (a) foal (b) cub (c) lamb (d) calf
13. 13.Choose the best word: The road was ___, so the bus moved slowly. (a) clear (b) wide (c) crowded (d) empty
14. 14.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) chair (b) flower (c) bag (d) milk
15. 15.Add the suffix: help + ful = ? (a) helpfel (b) helpfull (c) helpfol (d) helpful
16. 16.Fill the gap: a ___ of ants (a) fleet (b) pride (c) colony (d) herd
17. 17.Fill the gap: a ___ of cattle (a) swarm (b) bunch (c) fleet (d) herd
18. 18.Which word means “not well”? (a) rewell (b) miswell (c) diswell (d) unwell
19. 19.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view again (c) view before (d) view wrongly
20. 20.Fill the gap: a ___ of sticks (a) pride (b) bundle (c) flock (d) herd
21. 21.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) brush (b) shoe (c) cup (d) road
22. 22.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “majority”? (a) journey (b) minority (c) victory (d) question
23. 23.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
24. 24.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) distidy (c) untidy (d) retidy
25. 25.What is the masculine of “sister”? (a) nephew (b) uncle (c) husband (d) brother
26. 26.What is the masculine of “actress”? (a) actor (b) hero (c) host (d) waiter
27. 27.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
28. 28.Which word means the same as “afraid”? (a) scared (b) proud (c) lazy (d) tired
29. 29.Make a compound word: sauce + ___ (a) tree (b) milk (c) pan (d) shoe
30. 30.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) mislead (b) prelead (c) relead (d) unlead
31. 31.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
32. 32.Which word means “without pain”? (a) painful (b) painless (c) painted (d) painter
33. 33.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) misobey (c) reobey (d) unobey
34. 34.Fill the gap: The young one of a fox is a ___. (a) foal (b) lamb (c) cub (d) calf
35. 35.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) quick – fast (b) rich – poor (c) quick – slow (d) wet – dry
36. 36.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
37. 37.Fill the gap: a ___ of birds (a) bunch (b) herd (c) pride (d) flock
38. 38.Which word means “without hope”? (a) hopeless (b) hoping (c) hoped (d) hopeful
39. 39.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) begin – finish (b) tall – short (c) happy – sad (d) begin – start
40. 40.Fill the gap: a ___ of horses (a) pride (b) fleet (c) swarm (d) herd

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