Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 497 · 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.Choose the best word: Rohan ___ his bicycle to school every day. (a) throws (b) reads (c) rides (d) eats
2. 2.Which is a compound word? (a) jellyfish (b) animal (c) tomato (d) teacher
3. 3.Fill the gap: A swarm is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) cows (c) bees (d) grapes
4. 4.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “float”? (a) sink (b) borrow (c) run (d) shout
5. 5.Choose the best word: Riya ___ her grandmother a letter on her birthday. (a) drank (b) ate (c) swam (d) wrote
6. 6.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) mend – repair (b) shout – yell (c) happy – glad (d) include – exclude
7. 7.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sow (c) sew
8. 8.Which word means the same as “large”? (a) sad (b) quick (c) thin (d) big
9. 9.Choose the best word: We ___ for the bus for twenty minutes. (a) ate (b) sang (c) waited (d) ran
10. 10.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
11. 11.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
12. 12.Add the suffix: tidy + ness = ? (a) tidines (b) tidiness (c) tidness (d) tidyness
13. 13.Fill the gap: a ___ of chicks (a) pride (b) brood (c) swarm (d) fleet
14. 14.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “artificial”? (a) natural (b) honest (c) brave (d) ancient
15. 15.Which word means the same as “begin”? (a) finish (b) shout (c) choose (d) start
16. 16.What is the masculine of “lioness”? (a) bull (b) lion (c) king (d) tiger
17. 17.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) not fair (c) fair again (d) fair before
18. 18.Which is a compound word? (a) wheelchair (b) beautiful (c) quickly (d) animal
19. 19.Fill the gap: a ___ of cattle (a) herd (b) swarm (c) fleet (d) bunch
20. 20.Add the suffix: dark + ness = ? (a) darkness (b) darkeness (c) darckness (d) darknes
21. 21.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) bye (b) by (c) buy
22. 22.Which word means “full of help”? (a) helper (b) helpful (c) helpfully (d) helpless
23. 23.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) unusual (c) reusual (d) preusual
24. 24.Make a compound word: day + ___ (a) milk (b) chair (c) pen (d) light
25. 25.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) so (b) sow (c) sew
26. 26.Add the suffix: run + er = ? (a) runner (b) runnor (c) runnar (d) runer
27. 27.Which word means the same as “stone”? (a) tree (b) cloud (c) river (d) rock
28. 28.Fill the gap: a ___ of ministers (a) herd (b) swarm (c) flock (d) cabinet
29. 29.Fill the gap: a ___ of students (a) swarm (b) fleet (c) herd (d) class
30. 30.Which word means “the state of being happy”? (a) unhappy (b) happier (c) happily (d) happiness
31. 31.Which word means the same as “shy”? (a) rich (b) quick (c) timid (d) bold
32. 32.Which word means the same as “finish”? (a) end (b) gift (c) start (d) jump
33. 33.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “superior”? (a) ancient (b) inferior (c) early (d) polite
34. 34.Fill the gap: An owlet is the young one of an ___. (a) eagle (b) ox (c) ant (d) owl
35. 35.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) bedroom (c) animal (d) pencil
36. 36.Choose the best word: The thief ran away when he heard the police ___. (a) song (b) story (c) smile (d) siren
37. 37.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
38. 38.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -ful (b) -less (c) -ness (d) -er
39. 39.Choose the best word: Om ___ the door with his key. (a) unlocked (b) ate (c) painted (d) cooked
40. 40.What is the feminine of “tiger”? (a) lioness (b) mare (c) hen (d) tigress

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