Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 474 · 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 “full of beauty”? (a) beautify (b) beauty (c) beautifully (d) beautiful
2. 2.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) quiet – silent (b) float – sink (c) fast – quick (d) scared – afraid
3. 3.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) mishonest (c) dishonest (d) rehonest
4. 4.Choose the best word: Our neighbour’s dog ___ at every stranger. (a) moos (b) smiles (c) sings (d) barks
5. 5.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
6. 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) pre-
7. 7.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) lead before (c) lead again (d) not lead
8. 8.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “include”? (a) borrow (b) arrive (c) exclude (d) sink
9. 9.What is the feminine of “rooster”? (a) hen (b) duck (c) cow (d) mare
10. 10.Fill the gap: A crowd is a group of ___. (a) people (b) ships (c) keys (d) grapes
11. 11.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “lend”? (a) sing (b) float (c) arrive (d) borrow
12. 12.Which word means “full of pain”? (a) painfully (b) painless (c) painful (d) painter
13. 13.Make a compound word: post + ___ (a) milk (b) man (c) tree (d) rice
14. 14.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
15. 15.Make a compound word: note + ___ (a) book (b) milk (c) tree (d) shoe
16. 16.Which is a compound word? (a) popcorn (b) animal (c) kitchen (d) happiness
17. 17.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) ill – sick (b) jump – leap (c) yell – shout (d) borrow – lend
18. 18.Choose the best word: Om ___ the door with his key. (a) cooked (b) painted (c) ate (d) unlocked
19. 19.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) miscommon (c) recommon (d) uncommon
20. 20.Add the suffix: silly + ness = ? (a) silines (b) silliness (c) sillyness (d) sillines
21. 21.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -less (b) -er (c) -ness (d) -ful
22. 22.Add the suffix: hope + ful = ? (a) hopeful (b) hoapful (c) hopefull (d) hopful
23. 23.What is the masculine of “empress”? (a) emperor (b) uncle (c) bull (d) prince
24. 24.Which word means the same as “large”? (a) sad (b) thin (c) quick (d) big
25. 25.Which word means “the state of being happy”? (a) happily (b) unhappy (c) happiness (d) happier
26. 26.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “victory”? (a) question (b) answer (c) defeat (d) journey
27. 27.Which word means “join again”? (a) unjoin (b) rejoin (c) prejoin (d) disjoin
28. 28.Add the suffix: use + less = ? (a) usless (b) useles (c) useless (d) uselesss
29. 29.Fill the gap: a ___ of deer (a) swarm (b) pride (c) herd (d) fleet
30. 30.Fill the gap: A herd is a group of ___. (a) bees (b) ships (c) grapes (d) cows
31. 31.Fill the gap: A caterpillar is the young one of a ___. (a) butterfly (b) hen (c) frog (d) cow
32. 32.Choose the best word: Mum ___ the vegetables with a sharp knife. (a) fried (b) poured (c) boiled (d) chopped
33. 33.Fill the gap: The young one of a swan is a ___. (a) cub (b) foal (c) cygnet (d) kid
34. 34.Add the suffix: wonder + ful = ? (a) wonderfel (b) wonderfull (c) wonderful (d) wondreful
35. 35.Which word means “the state of being sick”? (a) sickness (b) sickly (c) sicken (d) sicker
36. 36.Fill the gap: a ___ of whales (a) swarm (b) pod (c) bunch (d) pride
37. 37.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -ness (b) -ly (c) -er (d) -less
38. 38.Make a compound word: hair + ___ (a) milk (b) cut (c) tree (d) book
39. 39.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) ancient – modern (b) tiny – little (c) ancient – old (d) rich – wealthy
40. 40.Which word means “full of thanks”? (a) thanking (b) thankfully (c) thankful (d) thankless

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