Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 526 · 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.Fill the gap: A gosling is the young one of a ___. (a) cow (b) cat (c) goose (d) dog
2. 2.Which word means “one who paints”? (a) paints (b) painting (c) painted (d) painter
3. 3.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
4. 4.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) milk (b) chair (c) pen (d) rise
5. 5.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) pretidy (c) distidy (d) untidy
6. 6.Make a compound word: butter + ___ (a) fly (b) pen (c) shoe (d) chair
7. 7.Choose the best word: The road was so ___ that two buses could pass easily. (a) short (b) narrow (c) wide (d) dark
8. 8.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) friend – enemy (b) day – night (c) friend – pal (d) push – pull
9. 9.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) cold – hot (b) in – out (c) buy – sell (d) cold – chilly
10. 10.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) handbag (c) beautiful (d) teacher
11. 11.What is the masculine of “waitress”? (a) host (b) waiter (c) hero (d) actor
12. 12.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) understand again (c) understand wrongly (d) not understand
13. 13.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
14. 14.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) daylight (c) beautiful (d) umbrella
15. 15.Which word means “in a sad way”? (a) sadly (b) sadden (c) sadder (d) sadness
16. 16.What is the masculine of “wife”? (a) uncle (b) son (c) husband (d) nephew
17. 17.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) brave – cowardly (b) big – large (c) brave – bold (d) quick – fast
18. 18.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) mail (b) male
19. 19.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
20. 20.Which word means the same as “hard”? (a) kind (b) easy (c) wet (d) difficult
21. 21.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
22. 22.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) shout – whisper (b) buy – sell (c) shout – yell (d) push – pull
23. 23.Which word means the same as “brave”? (a) tiny (b) scared (c) lazy (d) bold
24. 24.Fill the gap: a ___ of monkeys (a) flock (b) bunch (c) fleet (d) troop
25. 25.Which word means the same as “rock”? (a) cloud (b) leaf (c) sand (d) stone
26. 26.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -less (b) -ly (c) -er (d) -ful
27. 27.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
28. 28.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) big – large (b) ill – sick (c) gift – present (d) deep – shallow
29. 29.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
30. 30.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
31. 31.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
32. 32.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
33. 33.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
34. 34.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) choose – select (b) choose – reject (c) laugh – cry (d) give – take
35. 35.Add the suffix: happy + ly = ? (a) happyly (b) happly (c) happiely (d) happily
36. 36.Fill the gap: A fawn is the young one of a ___. (a) hen (b) duck (c) frog (d) deer
37. 37.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) begin – finish (b) begin – start (c) happy – sad (d) tall – short
38. 38.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) stone – rock (b) win – lose (c) hot – cold (d) up – down
39. 39.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
40. 40.Fill the gap: a ___ of horses (a) fleet (b) herd (c) swarm (d) pride

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