Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 564 · 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.Make a compound word: class + ___ (a) shoe (b) milk (c) tree (d) room
2. 2.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
3. 3.Add the suffix: heavy + ly = ? (a) heavly (b) heavily (c) heavyly (d) heavilly
4. 4.Fill the gap: A bundle is a group of ___. (a) sticks (b) lions (c) sailors (d) bees
5. 5.Which word means “one who paints”? (a) paints (b) painting (c) painter (d) painted
6. 6.Choose the best word: The glass vase fell and broke into many ___. (a) pieces (b) colours (c) drops (d) flowers
7. 7.Choose the best word: Riya ___ her grandmother a letter on her birthday. (a) drank (b) ate (c) wrote (d) swam
8. 8.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
9. 9.What is the feminine of “waiter”? (a) actress (b) princess (c) waitress (d) hostess
10. 10.Which is a compound word? (a) airport (b) teacher (c) yellow (d) kitchen
11. 11.Choose the best word: The old man walked ___ with the help of a stick. (a) quickly (b) angrily (c) loudly (d) slowly
12. 12.What is the feminine of “tiger”? (a) tigress (b) hen (c) mare (d) lioness
13. 13.Fill the gap: The young one of a wolf is a ___. (a) foal (b) cub (c) lamb (d) calf
14. 14.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) pencil (c) teacher (d) pancake
15. 15.Which word means “in a quick way”? (a) quickly (b) quicker (c) quickness (d) quicken
16. 16.Which word means “the state of being good”? (a) better (b) goods (c) goodly (d) goodness
17. 17.Fill the gap: A caterpillar is the young one of a ___. (a) cow (b) butterfly (c) hen (d) frog
18. 18.Fill the gap: The young one of a camel is a ___. (a) chick (b) kitten (c) cub (d) calf
19. 19.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) yell – shout (b) ill – sick (c) borrow – lend (d) jump – leap
20. 20.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
21. 21.Choose the best word: The flowers ___ because nobody watered them. (a) wilted (b) danced (c) bloomed (d) grew
22. 22.Fill the gap: a ___ of mountains (a) flock (b) swarm (c) pride (d) range
23. 23.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “loss”? (a) profit (b) answer (c) window (d) journey
24. 24.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
25. 25.Fill the gap: The young one of a dog is a ___. (a) foal (b) kitten (c) puppy (d) calf
26. 26.Fill the gap: A kid is the young one of a ___. (a) goat (b) cow (c) cat (d) hen
27. 27.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “kind”? (a) ancient (b) cruel (c) lazy (d) wide
28. 28.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) gift – present (b) up – down (c) gift – river (d) open – shut
29. 29.Choose the best word: The firefighters were ___ and rescued everyone from the burning house. (a) brave (b) lazy (c) scared (d) careless
30. 30.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
31. 31.What is the feminine of “prince”? (a) queen (b) niece (c) princess (d) aunt
32. 32.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) misfair (c) disfair (d) unfair
33. 33.Which word means the same as “under”? (a) below (b) beside (c) behind (d) above
34. 34.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) chair (b) milk (c) pen (d) rise
35. 35.Which word means the same as “rush”? (a) read (b) sleep (c) hurry (d) wait
36. 36.Fill the gap: A foal is the young one of a ___. (a) frog (b) cat (c) hen (d) horse
37. 37.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
38. 38.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
39. 39.Fill the gap: A flight is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) lions (c) stairs (d) grapes
40. 40.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Would (b) Wood

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