Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 578 · 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.Choose the best word: It was very ___ outside, so we wore sweaters. (a) sunny (b) hot (c) cold (d) dry
2. 2.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) open again (c) not open (d) open wrongly
3. 3.Make a compound word: play + ___ (a) rice (b) milk (c) cup (d) ground
4. 4.Fill the gap: The young one of a swan is a ___. (a) kid (b) foal (c) cub (d) cygnet
5. 5.Which word means the same as “tiny”? (a) angry (b) brave (c) little (d) giant
6. 6.Add the suffix: bake + er = ? (a) baker (b) bakar (c) bakeer (d) bakor
7. 7.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “innocent”? (a) early (b) guilty (c) brave (d) modern
8. 8.Which word means the same as “thin”? (a) quick (b) tall (c) slim (d) fat
9. 9.Which word means the same as “shiny”? (a) wet (b) soft (c) dull (d) bright
10. 10.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) reobey (c) misobey (d) preobey
11. 11.Choose the best word: The ___ sun made everyone sweat. (a) cold (b) hot (c) gentle (d) dark
12. 12.Make a compound word: home + ___ (a) work (b) tree (c) pen (d) cup
13. 13.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
14. 14.Which is a compound word? (a) kitchen (b) beautiful (c) football (d) animal
15. 15.Which word means the same as “wet”? (a) damp (b) hot (c) loud (d) dry
16. 16.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “sharp”? (a) modern (b) honest (c) early (d) blunt
17. 17.Make a compound word: post + ___ (a) rice (b) tree (c) milk (d) man
18. 18.Fill the gap: The young one of a kangaroo is a ___. (a) chick (b) cub (c) lamb (d) joey
19. 19.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -er (b) -ness (c) -ful (d) -ly
20. 20.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) continue wrongly (c) continue again (d) not continue
21. 21.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “sunset”? (a) window (b) journey (c) sunrise (d) question
22. 22.Add the suffix: dig + er = ? (a) diger (b) diggar (c) diggor (d) digger
23. 23.Which word means the same as “hard”? (a) wet (b) kind (c) easy (d) difficult
24. 24.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
25. 25.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) preequal (c) unequal (d) misequal
26. 26.Choose the best word: The ice cream ___ quickly in the hot sun. (a) melted (b) grew (c) slept (d) froze
27. 27.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) not common (c) common again (d) common wrongly
28. 28.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) glad – happy (b) jump – leap (c) cheap – expensive (d) talk – speak
29. 29.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) build wrongly (c) build again (d) not build
30. 30.Make a compound word: fish + ___ (a) pen (b) bowl (c) milk (d) chair
31. 31.Which word means the same as “quick”? (a) rich (b) quiet (c) ill (d) fast
32. 32.Make a compound word: grand + ___ (a) chair (b) pen (c) milk (d) mother
33. 33.Fill the gap: a ___ of flies (a) fleet (b) swarm (c) pride (d) herd
34. 34.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “temporary”? (a) permanent (b) brave (c) modern (d) honest
35. 35.Which word means “in a slow way”? (a) slowly (b) slower (c) slowness (d) slowest
36. 36.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
37. 37.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
38. 38.Make a compound word: eye + ___ (a) brow (b) milk (c) chair (d) pen
39. 39.Which word means “in a sad way”? (a) sadness (b) sadly (c) sadden (d) sadder
40. 40.Choose the best word: Om ___ the door with his key. (a) ate (b) painted (c) cooked (d) unlocked

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