Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 5 · 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 “peacock”? (a) mare (b) duck (c) peahen (d) hen
2. 2.Which word means the same as “finish”? (a) start (b) gift (c) end (d) jump
3. 3.Make a compound word: snow + ___ (a) man (b) cup (c) pen (d) chair
4. 4.Fill the gap: A troop is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) bees (c) monkeys (d) grapes
5. 5.Fill the gap: A caterpillar is the young one of a ___. (a) hen (b) cow (c) frog (d) butterfly
6. 6.Choose the best word: We ___ for the bus for twenty minutes. (a) waited (b) ran (c) sang (d) ate
7. 7.Choose the best word: Our teacher was ___ with our neat work. (a) worried (b) angry (c) pleased (d) bored
8. 8.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) begin – start (b) shut – close (c) arrive – depart (d) arrive – reach
9. 9.Make a compound word: under + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) ground (d) chair
10. 10.Fill the gap: a ___ of stairs (a) flight (b) herd (c) swarm (d) pride
11. 11.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
12. 12.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) jump – leap (b) glad – happy (c) cheap – expensive (d) talk – speak
13. 13.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) begin – finish (b) begin – start (c) happy – sad (d) tall – short
14. 14.Choose the best word: Rohan ___ his bicycle to school every day. (a) eats (b) reads (c) rides (d) throws
15. 15.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) gift – present (b) ill – sick (c) big – large (d) deep – shallow
16. 16.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
17. 17.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) rise (b) milk (c) pen (d) chair
18. 18.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -ly (b) -er (c) -ful (d) -less
19. 19.Fill the gap: a ___ of lions (a) bunch (b) pride (c) swarm (d) flock
20. 20.Make a compound word: rain + ___ (a) bow (b) chair (c) milk (d) pen
21. 21.Make a compound word: pop + ___ (a) shoe (b) pen (c) corn (d) tree
22. 22.Add the suffix: use + less = ? (a) useless (b) useles (c) usless (d) uselesss
23. 23.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
24. 24.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy again (c) happy wrongly (d) not happy
25. 25.Make a compound word: door + ___ (a) tree (b) milk (c) bell (d) rice
26. 26.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
27. 27.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
28. 28.Fill the gap: a ___ of puppies (a) pride (b) litter (c) flock (d) fleet
29. 29.Make a compound word: home + ___ (a) tree (b) pen (c) cup (d) work
30. 30.Choose the best word: The glass vase fell and broke into many ___. (a) flowers (b) drops (c) pieces (d) colours
31. 31.Which word means the same as “speak”? (a) listen (b) walk (c) eat (d) talk
32. 32.Which word means the same as “mend”? (a) break (b) choose (c) laugh (d) repair
33. 33.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
34. 34.What is the masculine of “daughter”? (a) nephew (b) husband (c) son (d) uncle
35. 35.Choose the best word: The ___ path through the jungle was hard to follow. (a) straight (b) narrow (c) clear (d) wide
36. 36.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -ful (b) -er (c) -less (d) -ly
37. 37.Add the suffix: slow + ly = ? (a) slowely (b) slowley (c) sloly (d) slowly
38. 38.Which word means the same as “rock”? (a) cloud (b) leaf (c) stone (d) sand
39. 39.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
40. 40.Choose the best word: The crowd became ___ when the singer walked onto the stage. (a) tired (b) sleepy (c) bored (d) excited

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