Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 562 · 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 is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) running (c) kitchen (d) doorbell
2. 2.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) umbrella (c) pancake (d) teacher
3. 3.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) unuse (b) preuse (c) misuse (d) reuse
4. 4.Which word means the same as “repair”? (a) break (b) choose (c) laugh (d) fix
5. 5.Add the suffix: tidy + ness = ? (a) tidines (b) tidness (c) tidyness (d) tidiness
6. 6.Fill the gap: A pod is a group of ___. (a) bees (b) keys (c) cows (d) whales
7. 7.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
8. 8.Which word means “the state of being sick”? (a) sicken (b) sickly (c) sickness (d) sicker
9. 9.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
10. 10.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
11. 11.What is the feminine of “husband”? (a) niece (b) aunt (c) wife (d) daughter
12. 12.Add the suffix: teach + er = ? (a) teachere (b) teacher (c) teachor (d) teachar
13. 13.What is the masculine of “lioness”? (a) king (b) bull (c) tiger (d) lion
14. 14.Choose the best word: The streets were ___ after the heavy rain. (a) dusty (b) flooded (c) sunny (d) dry
15. 15.Fill the gap: A range is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) bees (c) mountains (d) cows
16. 16.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
17. 17.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
18. 18.Fill the gap: a ___ of camels (a) bunch (b) caravan (c) fleet (d) swarm
19. 19.Which word means “the state of being dark”? (a) darkness (b) darken (c) darker (d) darkly
20. 20.Which word means the same as “rush”? (a) read (b) hurry (c) wait (d) sleep
21. 21.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) to (b) too (c) two
22. 22.Which word means “in a brave way”? (a) bravest (b) bravery (c) bravely (d) braver
23. 23.Choose the best word: Mum ___ the vegetables with a sharp knife. (a) boiled (b) fried (c) poured (d) chopped
24. 24.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -ly (b) -er (c) -less (d) -ful
25. 25.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “maximum”? (a) minimum (b) victory (c) early (d) modern
26. 26.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
27. 27.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
28. 28.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) banana (c) starfish (d) running
29. 29.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -er (b) -ful (c) -ly (d) -less
30. 30.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) retidy (c) untidy (d) mistidy
31. 31.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “kind”? (a) wide (b) cruel (c) ancient (d) lazy
32. 32.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) gift – present (b) ill – sick (c) big – large (d) deep – shallow
33. 33.Add the suffix: dig + er = ? (a) diger (b) diggar (c) digger (d) diggor
34. 34.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) re-
35. 35.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) running (c) happiness (d) handbag
36. 36.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) preread (b) reread (c) misread (d) disread
37. 37.Fill the gap: The young one of a duck is a ___. (a) cub (b) foal (c) duckling (d) kitten
38. 38.Make a compound word: rail + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) pen (d) way
39. 39.Which word means the same as “reply”? (a) answer (b) travel (c) smile (d) ask
40. 40.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-

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