Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 509 · 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: The milk ___ over when Mum left it on the stove. (a) flew (b) froze (c) slept (d) boiled
2. 2.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “cheap”? (a) honest (b) expensive (c) brave (d) modern
3. 3.Make a compound word: every + ___ (a) tree (b) one (c) milk (d) pen
4. 4.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) beautiful (c) sunflower (d) running
5. 5.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “modern”? (a) wide (b) quiet (c) ancient (d) rich
6. 6.Fill the gap: a ___ of zebras (a) bunch (b) fleet (c) swarm (d) herd
7. 7.Which word means the same as “sick”? (a) healthy (b) tall (c) proud (d) ill
8. 8.Which word means the same as “large”? (a) big (b) thin (c) sad (d) quick
9. 9.Fill the gap: The young one of a lion is a ___. (a) calf (b) chick (c) cub (d) kitten
10. 10.Choose the best word: The library is a ___ place; nobody talks loudly there. (a) noisy (b) loud (c) quiet (d) rowdy
11. 11.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
12. 12.What is the masculine of “heroine”? (a) host (b) hero (c) actor (d) prince
13. 13.Which word means the same as “scared”? (a) angry (b) hungry (c) rich (d) afraid
14. 14.Fill the gap: a ___ of singers (a) choir (b) fleet (c) herd (d) swarm
15. 15.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -ly (b) -er (c) -ful (d) -less
16. 16.Choose the best word: Riya ___ her grandmother a letter on her birthday. (a) drank (b) ate (c) wrote (d) swam
17. 17.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) unuse (b) preuse (c) reuse (d) misuse
18. 18.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) yellow (c) kitchen (d) sunglasses
19. 19.Make a compound word: jelly + ___ (a) chair (b) milk (c) pen (d) fish
20. 20.Fill the gap: a ___ of musicians (a) herd (b) flock (c) fleet (d) band
21. 21.Fill the gap: A cub is the young one of a ___. (a) hen (b) sheep (c) cow (d) lion
22. 22.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) come – go (b) win – lose (c) mend – break (d) mend – repair
23. 23.Fill the gap: A fleet is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) lions (c) bees (d) grapes
24. 24.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
25. 25.Fill the gap: a ___ of wolves (a) flock (b) fleet (c) bunch (d) pack
26. 26.Which word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) unuse (c) reuse (d) preuse
27. 27.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “ancient”? (a) modern (b) wet (c) tiny (d) angry
28. 28.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
29. 29.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) happy – glad (b) shout – yell (c) mend – repair (d) include – exclude
30. 30.What is the masculine of “daughter”? (a) uncle (b) son (c) husband (d) nephew
31. 31.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) teacher (c) waterfall (d) yellow
32. 32.Fill the gap: A colony is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) cows (c) grapes (d) ants
33. 33.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) rich – poor (b) rich – wealthy (c) light – dark (d) hard – soft
34. 34.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -ness (b) -ly (c) -ful (d) -er
35. 35.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
36. 36.Make a compound word: foot + ___ (a) pen (b) cup (c) ball (d) rice
37. 37.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
38. 38.Fill the gap: The young one of a swan is a ___. (a) cub (b) cygnet (c) kid (d) foal
39. 39.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check before (c) check again (d) not check
40. 40.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-

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