Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 558 · 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 pair of words are synonyms? (a) come – go (b) mend – repair (c) mend – break (d) win – lose
2. 2.What is the masculine of “actress”? (a) waiter (b) host (c) actor (d) hero
3. 3.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy wrongly (c) happy again (d) happy before
4. 4.Which word means “in a quick way”? (a) quickly (b) quicker (c) quicken (d) quickness
5. 5.Which word means “not allow”? (a) reallow (b) disallow (c) unallow (d) preallow
6. 6.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) shout – yell (b) happy – glad (c) include – exclude (d) mend – repair
7. 7.Fill the gap: a ___ of thieves (a) litter (b) gang (c) fleet (d) pride
8. 8.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) light – dark (b) rich – wealthy (c) rich – poor (d) hard – soft
9. 9.Which word means “the state of being weak”? (a) weaken (b) weakness (c) weakly (d) weaker
10. 10.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “brave”? (a) cowardly (b) clever (c) honest (d) early
11. 11.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
12. 12.Which is a compound word? (a) wheelchair (b) animal (c) running (d) teacher
13. 13.Choose the best word: The ___ boy never tells a lie. (a) greedy (b) lazy (c) rude (d) honest
14. 14.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -ful (b) -ness (c) -er (d) -ly
15. 15.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) not spell (c) spell wrongly (d) spell before
16. 16.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay wrongly (c) pay before (d) not pay
17. 17.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
18. 18.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “float”? (a) shout (b) borrow (c) sink (d) run
19. 19.Which word means “one who farms”? (a) farmer (b) farming (c) farmed (d) farmland
20. 20.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) mend – repair (b) wise – foolish (c) below – under (d) shut – close
21. 21.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
22. 22.Fill the gap: a ___ of pearls (a) string (b) herd (c) flock (d) pride
23. 23.Choose the best word: The firefighters were ___ and rescued everyone from the burning house. (a) careless (b) brave (c) scared (d) lazy
24. 24.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) shy – bold (b) shy – timid (c) tall – short (d) old – new
25. 25.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “invisible”? (a) early (b) generous (c) visible (d) honest
26. 26.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) hot – cold (b) up – down (c) win – lose (d) stone – rock
27. 27.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) preread (c) disread (d) misread
28. 28.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well wrongly (c) well again (d) not well
29. 29.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
30. 30.Fill the gap: A gaggle is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) geese (c) ships (d) keys
31. 31.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) deep – shallow (b) ill – sick (c) big – large (d) gift – present
32. 32.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -er (b) -less (c) -ful (d) -ly
33. 33.Which word means “in a sad way”? (a) sadder (b) sadness (c) sadden (d) sadly
34. 34.Fill the gap: a ___ of soldiers (a) bunch (b) flock (c) army (d) swarm
35. 35.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
36. 36.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
37. 37.What is the feminine of “nephew”? (a) daughter (b) niece (c) sister (d) aunt
38. 38.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
39. 39.Fill the gap: a ___ of players (a) herd (b) flock (c) swarm (d) team
40. 40.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) there (b) they're (c) their

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