Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 56 · 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 “loss”? (a) journey (b) answer (c) window (d) profit
2. 2.Fill the gap: A kitten is the young one of a ___. (a) cat (b) hen (c) cow (d) dog
3. 3.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) buy – sell (b) shout – yell (c) shout – whisper (d) push – pull
4. 4.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) prekind (c) unkind (d) rekind
5. 5.Choose the best word: Priya ___ her room every Sunday so that it stays neat. (a) hides (b) breaks (c) cleans (d) dirties
6. 6.Which word means the same as “brave”? (a) lazy (b) scared (c) tiny (d) bold
7. 7.Choose the best word: Kavya ___ the bus and had to walk to school. (a) washed (b) drove (c) missed (d) caught
8. 8.Fill the gap: A crew is a group of ___. (a) lions (b) cows (c) sailors (d) grapes
9. 9.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
10. 10.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “generous”? (a) polite (b) early (c) selfish (d) brave
11. 11.Fill the gap: a ___ of eggs (a) swarm (b) fleet (c) clutch (d) herd
12. 12.Choose the best word: Ishaan ___ the ball high into the air. (a) drank (b) threw (c) wore (d) ate
13. 13.Fill the gap: a ___ of sheep (a) pride (b) swarm (c) fleet (d) flock
14. 14.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flu (b) flew
15. 15.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
16. 16.Choose the best word: Aditya ___ his grandmother carry the heavy bag. (a) refused (b) stopped (c) ignored (d) helped
17. 17.Fill the gap: The young one of a fox is a ___. (a) foal (b) lamb (c) cub (d) calf
18. 18.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) banana (c) classroom (d) quickly
19. 19.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
20. 20.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) arrive – reach (b) shut – close (c) arrive – depart (d) begin – start
21. 21.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
22. 22.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
23. 23.Choose the best word: The puppy was ___ after running all day. (a) awake (b) lively (c) fresh (d) tired
24. 24.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) rich – poor (b) wet – dry (c) quick – slow (d) quick – fast
25. 25.Which word means “full of peace”? (a) peacemaker (b) peaces (c) peaceful (d) peacefully
26. 26.Fill the gap: The young one of a pig is a ___. (a) piglet (b) foal (c) cub (d) kitten
27. 27.Fill the gap: The young one of a cat is a ___. (a) calf (b) cub (c) kitten (d) puppy
28. 28.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) disclear (c) unclear (d) reclear
29. 29.Choose the best word: Riya ___ her grandmother a letter on her birthday. (a) ate (b) swam (c) drank (d) wrote
30. 30.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
31. 31.Which word means “in a careful way”? (a) careless (b) carer (c) carefully (d) careful
32. 32.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
33. 33.Which is a compound word? (a) jellyfish (b) happiness (c) tomato (d) teacher
34. 34.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) misuse (b) unuse (c) preuse (d) reuse
35. 35.Add the suffix: home + less = ? (a) homeles (b) homless (c) homeless (d) homelees
36. 36.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) playground (c) tomato (d) teacher
37. 37.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
38. 38.Make a compound word: butter + ___ (a) shoe (b) fly (c) pen (d) chair
39. 39.Fill the gap: A cygnet is the young one of a ___. (a) swan (b) horse (c) cat (d) cow
40. 40.Which word means “one who helps”? (a) helpfully (b) helpless (c) helpful (d) helper

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