Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 535 · 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.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
2. 2.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
3. 3.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest again (c) honest wrongly (d) not honest
4. 4.Fill the gap: The young one of a horse is a ___. (a) kitten (b) foal (c) lamb (d) cub
5. 5.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) yellow (c) newspaper (d) running
6. 6.Fill the gap: The young one of a deer is a ___. (a) fawn (b) puppy (c) kitten (d) chick
7. 7.Which word means “fill again”? (a) prefill (b) misfill (c) refill (d) unfill
8. 8.Which word means the same as “gift”? (a) river (b) shout (c) smile (d) present
9. 9.What is the masculine of “ewe”? (a) lion (b) bull (c) horse (d) ram
10. 10.Fill the gap: A clutch is a group of ___. (a) eggs (b) cows (c) ships (d) lions
11. 11.Choose the best word: The ___ path through the jungle was hard to follow. (a) wide (b) narrow (c) clear (d) straight
12. 12.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “guilty”? (a) polite (b) generous (c) innocent (d) ancient
13. 13.Fill the gap: An army is a group of ___. (a) soldiers (b) keys (c) ships (d) grapes
14. 14.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “visible”? (a) invisible (b) ancient (c) polite (d) modern
15. 15.Choose the best word: The old man walked ___ with the help of a stick. (a) loudly (b) angrily (c) quickly (d) slowly
16. 16.Fill the gap: a ___ of people (a) crowd (b) litter (c) fleet (d) pride
17. 17.Which word means “without hope”? (a) hoping (b) hopeful (c) hoped (d) hopeless
18. 18.What is the masculine of “wife”? (a) son (b) uncle (c) husband (d) nephew
19. 19.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
20. 20.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “loss”? (a) profit (b) journey (c) window (d) answer
21. 21.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
22. 22.Add the suffix: heavy + ly = ? (a) heavilly (b) heavily (c) heavyly (d) heavly
23. 23.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
24. 24.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) tree (b) glasses (c) pen (d) milk
25. 25.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) reallow (c) unallow (d) misallow
26. 26.Which word means the same as “leap”? (a) sing (b) sleep (c) crawl (d) jump
27. 27.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
28. 28.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) ill – sick (b) big – large (c) gift – present (d) deep – shallow
29. 29.Which word means “full of power”? (a) powered (b) powerless (c) powerfully (d) powerful
30. 30.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) shut – close (b) mend – repair (c) below – under (d) wise – foolish
31. 31.Fill the gap: A flight is a group of ___. (a) stairs (b) grapes (c) lions (d) cows
32. 32.What is the masculine of “aunt”? (a) uncle (b) brother (c) nephew (d) son
33. 33.What is the masculine of “girl”? (a) king (b) uncle (c) husband (d) boy
34. 34.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
35. 35.Which word means “the state of being sick”? (a) sickness (b) sicken (c) sickly (d) sicker
36. 36.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) jump – leap (b) ill – sick (c) borrow – lend (d) yell – shout
37. 37.Which is a compound word? (a) toothbrush (b) tomato (c) teacher (d) beautiful
38. 38.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) too (b) to (c) two
39. 39.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) arrive – depart (b) begin – start (c) arrive – reach (d) shut – close
40. 40.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) end – finish (b) gift – present (c) victory – win (d) victory – defeat

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