Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 542 · 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 “success”? (a) question (b) answer (c) journey (d) failure
2. 2.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) tall – short (b) shy – timid (c) old – new (d) shy – bold
3. 3.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) beautiful (c) doorbell (d) yellow
4. 4.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -ful (b) -ly (c) -ness (d) -er
5. 5.Which word means the same as “quiet”? (a) noisy (b) angry (c) quick (d) silent
6. 6.Choose the best word: The ___ moon lit up the whole garden. (a) dark (b) dull (c) bright (d) tiny
7. 7.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
8. 8.Which word means the same as “quick”? (a) rich (b) ill (c) quiet (d) fast
9. 9.Choose the best word: Riya ___ the picture with bright colours. (a) threw (b) drank (c) ate (d) painted
10. 10.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) unpay (c) dispay (d) repay
11. 11.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -er (b) -ness (c) -ly (d) -less
12. 12.Which word means “without fear”? (a) fearfully (b) feared (c) fearless (d) fearful
13. 13.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
14. 14.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) hot – cold (b) win – lose (c) stone – rock (d) up – down
15. 15.Fill the gap: a ___ of dolphins (a) swarm (b) pride (c) pod (d) herd
16. 16.Choose the best word: The road was ___, so the bus moved slowly. (a) crowded (b) wide (c) clear (d) empty
17. 17.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
18. 18.Make a compound word: pan + ___ (a) tree (b) shoe (c) cake (d) pen
19. 19.Fill the gap: An army is a group of ___. (a) grapes (b) soldiers (c) ships (d) keys
20. 20.Which word means “full of beauty”? (a) beautifully (b) beautiful (c) beautify (d) beauty
21. 21.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -ful (b) -ly (c) -less (d) -er
22. 22.Which word means “tell again”? (a) mistell (b) pretell (c) retell (d) distell
23. 23.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
24. 24.What is the feminine of “tiger”? (a) lioness (b) mare (c) tigress (d) hen
25. 25.Choose the best word: After the long journey, we were ___ to reach home. (a) afraid (b) sorry (c) angry (d) glad
26. 26.Add the suffix: heavy + ly = ? (a) heavyly (b) heavily (c) heavilly (d) heavly
27. 27.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) some (b) sum
28. 28.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) quick – fast (b) rich – poor (c) quick – slow (d) wet – dry
29. 29.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “present”? (a) modern (b) honest (c) early (d) absent
30. 30.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
31. 31.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
32. 32.Choose the best word: The shopkeeper gave me the wrong ___, so I returned two rupees. (a) road (b) weather (c) shoes (d) change
33. 33.What is the masculine of “queen”? (a) uncle (b) nephew (c) prince (d) king
34. 34.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) rehear (b) mishear (c) unhear (d) prehear
35. 35.Choose the best word: Arjun ___ the race and got a gold medal. (a) missed (b) won (c) feared (d) lost
36. 36.Which word means “full of power”? (a) powerful (b) powerless (c) powered (d) powerfully
37. 37.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
38. 38.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) wise – foolish (b) below – under (c) shut – close (d) mend – repair
39. 39.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) old – new (b) in – out (c) scared – brave (d) scared – afraid
40. 40.Fill the gap: A pack is a group of ___. (a) lions (b) grapes (c) wolves (d) ships

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