Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 504 · 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 is the antonym (opposite) of “superior”? (a) inferior (b) ancient (c) polite (d) early
2. 2.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) ancient – modern (b) rich – wealthy (c) tiny – little (d) ancient – old
3. 3.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) mislead (b) prelead (c) relead (d) unlead
4. 4.Which word means “one who writes”? (a) wrote (b) written (c) writer (d) writing
5. 5.Fill the gap: The young one of a hen is a ___. (a) cub (b) calf (c) chick (d) kid
6. 6.What is the masculine of “bride”? (a) uncle (b) king (c) nephew (d) bridegroom
7. 7.Fill the gap: a ___ of sailors (a) crew (b) herd (c) flock (d) bunch
8. 8.Which word means the same as “tiny”? (a) angry (b) brave (c) little (d) giant
9. 9.Make a compound word: class + ___ (a) milk (b) shoe (c) room (d) tree
10. 10.Which word means the same as “rich”? (a) clever (b) wealthy (c) busy (d) poor
11. 11.Fill the gap: A chick is the young one of a ___. (a) cow (b) hen (c) cat (d) dog
12. 12.What is the feminine of “drake”? (a) hen (b) mare (c) duck (d) ewe
13. 13.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) shout – whisper (b) push – pull (c) buy – sell (d) shout – yell
14. 14.Fill the gap: The young one of an eagle is an ___. (a) calf (b) eaglet (c) kid (d) cub
15. 15.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -less (b) -ly (c) -er (d) -ful
16. 16.What is the masculine of “lioness”? (a) bull (b) tiger (c) lion (d) king
17. 17.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
18. 18.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) full – empty (b) ill – well (c) early – late (d) ill – sick
19. 19.Choose the best word: The puppy was ___ after running all day. (a) fresh (b) tired (c) awake (d) lively
20. 20.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) misvisit (c) previsit (d) revisit
21. 21.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) displace (b) misplace (c) preplace (d) replace
22. 22.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “permanent”? (a) temporary (b) generous (c) polite (d) ancient
23. 23.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) scared – brave (b) in – out (c) scared – afraid (d) old – new
24. 24.Which word means “without fear”? (a) fearless (b) fearfully (c) feared (d) fearful
25. 25.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “selfish”? (a) rude (b) quiet (c) generous (d) lazy
26. 26.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
27. 27.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
28. 28.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “guilty”? (a) generous (b) ancient (c) innocent (d) polite
29. 29.Choose the best word: The soup is too ___; please add some water. (a) tasty (b) cold (c) fresh (d) salty
30. 30.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) win – lose (b) up – down (c) stone – rock (d) hot – cold
31. 31.Which word means “the state of being good”? (a) goodly (b) goodness (c) goods (d) better
32. 32.Fill the gap: a ___ of birds (a) pride (b) herd (c) bunch (d) flock
33. 33.Add the suffix: silly + ness = ? (a) silliness (b) silines (c) sillyness (d) sillines
34. 34.Which word means the same as “rock”? (a) cloud (b) stone (c) leaf (d) sand
35. 35.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit wrongly (c) visit again (d) visit before
36. 36.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) rich – poor (b) wet – dry (c) quick – slow (d) quick – fast
37. 37.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
38. 38.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “decrease”? (a) float (b) whisper (c) increase (d) arrive
39. 39.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
40. 40.Which word means “in a slow way”? (a) slowness (b) slowest (c) slower (d) slowly

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