Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 483 · 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.What is the feminine of “gentleman”? (a) queen (b) aunt (c) bride (d) lady
2. 2.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
3. 3.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) unuse (b) misuse (c) preuse (d) disuse
4. 4.Fill the gap: The young one of a sheep is a ___. (a) kid (b) cub (c) chick (d) lamb
5. 5.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
6. 6.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) elephant (c) beautiful (d) jellyfish
7. 7.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) hard – soft (b) rich – poor (c) rich – wealthy (d) light – dark
8. 8.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) well again (c) not well (d) well before
9. 9.Make a compound word: sea + ___ (a) chair (b) rice (c) milk (d) shore
10. 10.Choose the best word: Riya ___ her grandmother a letter on her birthday. (a) drank (b) ate (c) swam (d) wrote
11. 11.Which word means “not respect”? (a) unrespect (b) prerespect (c) rerespect (d) disrespect
12. 12.Fill the gap: a ___ of sailors (a) herd (b) bunch (c) crew (d) flock
13. 13.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual again (c) usual before (d) usual wrongly
14. 14.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “kind”? (a) ancient (b) lazy (c) wide (d) cruel
15. 15.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
16. 16.Add the suffix: run + er = ? (a) runner (b) runnar (c) runnor (d) runer
17. 17.Fill the gap: The young one of a fox is a ___. (a) cub (b) foal (c) calf (d) lamb
18. 18.Choose the best word: Sneha ___ her lunch with a friend who had forgotten his. (a) hid (b) threw (c) wasted (d) shared
19. 19.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
20. 20.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
21. 21.Choose the best word: The road was so ___ that two buses could pass easily. (a) dark (b) narrow (c) short (d) wide
22. 22.Add the suffix: home + less = ? (a) homless (b) homelees (c) homeles (d) homeless
23. 23.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
24. 24.Which word means the same as “street”? (a) river (b) road (c) roof (d) garden
25. 25.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) bookshelf (c) pencil (d) happiness
26. 26.Which word means the same as “big”? (a) empty (b) angry (c) large (d) quick
27. 27.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat again (d) heat before
28. 28.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) cold – chilly (b) cold – hot (c) in – out (d) buy – sell
29. 29.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) deep – shallow (b) ill – sick (c) gift – present (d) big – large
30. 30.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
31. 31.Add the suffix: angry + ly = ? (a) angrly (b) angryly (c) angrily (d) angrilly
32. 32.Fill the gap: A school is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) cows (c) fish (d) keys
33. 33.Fill the gap: A litter is a group of ___. (a) singers (b) ships (c) sticks (d) puppies
34. 34.Fill the gap: A pod is a group of ___. (a) keys (b) cows (c) bees (d) whales
35. 35.Add the suffix: pity + ful = ? (a) pitifull (b) pittiful (c) pitiful (d) pityful
36. 36.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) prespell (b) unspell (c) disspell (d) misspell
37. 37.Choose the best word: Rohan ___ his bicycle to school every day. (a) rides (b) reads (c) throws (d) eats
38. 38.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “sharp”? (a) blunt (b) modern (c) honest (d) early
39. 39.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) gift – river (b) open – shut (c) gift – present (d) up – down
40. 40.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare

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