Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 539 · 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 bouquet is a bunch of ___. (a) cows (b) wolves (c) flowers (d) ships
2. 2.Fill the gap: A gang is a group of ___. (a) grapes (b) ships (c) thieves (d) cows
3. 3.What is the masculine of “woman”? (a) king (b) nephew (c) uncle (d) man
4. 4.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy before (d) tidy again
5. 5.Which word means the same as “clever”? (a) tired (b) smart (c) lazy (d) rude
6. 6.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) old – new (b) scared – afraid (c) in – out (d) scared – brave
7. 7.Which word means “in a loud way”? (a) loudness (b) loudly (c) loudest (d) louder
8. 8.Fill the gap: A troop is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) monkeys (c) grapes (d) bees
9. 9.Which is a compound word? (a) headache (b) tomato (c) elephant (d) running
10. 10.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “profit”? (a) roof (b) loss (c) journey (d) question
11. 11.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) day – night (b) friend – enemy (c) push – pull (d) friend – pal
12. 12.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “increase”? (a) borrow (b) shout (c) decrease (d) accept
13. 13.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) hot – cold (b) fast – slow (c) big – large (d) big – small
14. 14.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) borrow – lend (b) jump – leap (c) yell – shout (d) ill – sick
15. 15.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) quickly (c) sunflower (d) happiness
16. 16.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) grandmother (c) pencil (d) beautiful
17. 17.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) choose – reject (b) give – take (c) choose – select (d) laugh – cry
18. 18.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
19. 19.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) mis-
20. 20.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
21. 21.Fill the gap: a ___ of mosquitoes (a) herd (b) bunch (c) pride (d) swarm
22. 22.Which word means the same as “below”? (a) behind (b) beside (c) above (d) under
23. 23.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
24. 24.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “invisible”? (a) visible (b) early (c) generous (d) honest
25. 25.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) discook (c) recook (d) precook
26. 26.Which word means the same as “tiny”? (a) little (b) angry (c) brave (d) giant
27. 27.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) play again (c) not play (d) play before
28. 28.Which word means “one who writes”? (a) writer (b) written (c) wrote (d) writing
29. 29.Which word means the same as “wet”? (a) hot (b) loud (c) damp (d) dry
30. 30.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write before (c) not write (d) write again
31. 31.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “accept”? (a) arrive (b) whisper (c) borrow (d) refuse
32. 32.Choose the best word: It was so ___ that we could hardly hear each other. (a) noisy (b) silent (c) calm (d) quiet
33. 33.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “decrease”? (a) float (b) whisper (c) arrive (d) increase
34. 34.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
35. 35.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) preclear (c) reclear (d) unclear
36. 36.Make a compound word: fish + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) bowl (d) chair
37. 37.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) win – lose (b) hot – cold (c) stone – rock (d) up – down
38. 38.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) elephant (c) pencil (d) playground
39. 39.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
40. 40.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail

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