Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 581 · 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: tooth + ___ (a) tree (b) chair (c) milk (d) paste
2. 2.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “rude”? (a) wet (b) polite (c) lazy (d) tall
3. 3.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) victory – win (b) victory – defeat (c) end – finish (d) gift – present
4. 4.Make a compound word: butter + ___ (a) chair (b) shoe (c) fly (d) pen
5. 5.What is the feminine of “peacock”? (a) hen (b) duck (c) peahen (d) mare
6. 6.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) give – take (b) laugh – cry (c) choose – select (d) choose – reject
7. 7.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) misagree (c) reagree (d) unagree
8. 8.Which word means “full of thanks”? (a) thankfully (b) thankless (c) thankful (d) thanking
9. 9.Fill the gap: A flock is a group of ___. (a) keys (b) ships (c) lions (d) sheep
10. 10.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) not heat
11. 11.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
12. 12.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) umbrella (c) pancake (d) pencil
13. 13.Which is a compound word? (a) starfish (b) umbrella (c) tomato (d) teacher
14. 14.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual wrongly (c) usual before (d) not usual
15. 15.Make a compound word: foot + ___ (a) ball (b) cup (c) pen (d) rice
16. 16.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “minimum”? (a) ancient (b) late (c) maximum (d) journey
17. 17.Fill the gap: a ___ of fish (a) bunch (b) school (c) pride (d) herd
18. 18.Make a compound word: grand + ___ (a) mother (b) chair (c) milk (d) pen
19. 19.Which word means the same as “begin”? (a) choose (b) shout (c) finish (d) start
20. 20.Which word means the same as “caring”? (a) kind (b) lazy (c) busy (d) loud
21. 21.Make a compound word: pan + ___ (a) tree (b) cake (c) pen (d) shoe
22. 22.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) prespell (b) misspell (c) disspell (d) unspell
23. 23.Choose the best word: Kavya ___ the bus and had to walk to school. (a) drove (b) caught (c) washed (d) missed
24. 24.Fill the gap: a ___ of dancers (a) swarm (b) troupe (c) herd (d) fleet
25. 25.What is the feminine of “nephew”? (a) sister (b) daughter (c) niece (d) aunt
26. 26.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
27. 27.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) friend – pal (b) push – pull (c) friend – enemy (d) day – night
28. 28.Choose the best word: The crowd became ___ when the singer walked onto the stage. (a) bored (b) tired (c) excited (d) sleepy
29. 29.Which word means “the state of being good”? (a) goods (b) goodly (c) goodness (d) better
30. 30.Choose the best word: Aditya ___ his grandmother carry the heavy bag. (a) ignored (b) refused (c) helped (d) stopped
31. 31.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) quick – fast (b) rich – poor (c) wet – dry (d) quick – slow
32. 32.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) generous – selfish (b) below – under (c) talk – speak (d) clever – smart
33. 33.Which word means “the state of being happy”? (a) happily (b) happier (c) happiness (d) unhappy
34. 34.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) open before (c) not open (d) open wrongly
35. 35.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
36. 36.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “exit”? (a) window (b) question (c) entrance (d) journey
37. 37.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) elephant (c) beautiful (d) cupboard
38. 38.What is the feminine of “waiter”? (a) waitress (b) actress (c) hostess (d) princess
39. 39.Fill the gap: a ___ of lions (a) flock (b) pride (c) bunch (d) swarm
40. 40.Fill the gap: a ___ of eggs (a) clutch (b) swarm (c) herd (d) fleet

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