Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 584 · 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) tomato (b) quickly (c) elephant (d) daylight
2. 2.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
3. 3.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) tall – short (b) shy – bold (c) shy – timid (d) old – new
4. 4.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -less (b) -ness (c) -ly (d) -er
5. 5.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
6. 6.Which word means the same as “mend”? (a) laugh (b) choose (c) break (d) repair
7. 7.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
8. 8.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “cowardly”? (a) lazy (b) tiny (c) rude (d) brave
9. 9.Choose the best word: Dad ___ the broken chair with glue and nails. (a) broke (b) ate (c) planted (d) repaired
10. 10.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “rude”? (a) polite (b) lazy (c) wet (d) tall
11. 11.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “hero”? (a) roof (b) question (c) villain (d) journey
12. 12.Choose the best word: The ___ moon lit up the whole garden. (a) dark (b) bright (c) tiny (d) dull
13. 13.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) cell (b) sell
14. 14.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) disread (b) reread (c) unread (d) misread
15. 15.Fill the gap: The young one of a wolf is a ___. (a) calf (b) foal (c) lamb (d) cub
16. 16.What is the masculine of “goddess”? (a) prince (b) god (c) king (d) hero
17. 17.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
18. 18.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
19. 19.Make a compound word: rain + ___ (a) bow (b) chair (c) milk (d) pen
20. 20.Which word means the same as “scared”? (a) rich (b) afraid (c) hungry (d) angry
21. 21.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) prehappy (c) rehappy (d) dishappy
22. 22.Choose the best word: The ___ mountain was covered with snow. (a) short (b) flat (c) tiny (d) tall
23. 23.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) begin – start (b) arrive – reach (c) arrive – depart (d) shut – close
24. 24.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
25. 25.Which is a compound word? (a) firefly (b) kitchen (c) teacher (d) pencil
26. 26.What is the masculine of “wife”? (a) nephew (b) husband (c) son (d) uncle
27. 27.Which word means the same as “friend”? (a) stranger (b) pal (c) teacher (d) enemy
28. 28.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
29. 29.Fill the gap: a ___ of cards (a) fleet (b) herd (c) pack (d) flock
30. 30.Fill the gap: A range is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) ships (c) bees (d) mountains
31. 31.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “deep”? (a) ancient (b) shallow (c) generous (d) polite
32. 32.Which word means “in a sad way”? (a) sadder (b) sadly (c) sadness (d) sadden
33. 33.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) re-
34. 34.Choose the best word: Riya ___ her grandmother a letter on her birthday. (a) ate (b) drank (c) swam (d) wrote
35. 35.Fill the gap: The young one of a bear is a ___. (a) chick (b) foal (c) lamb (d) cub
36. 36.Fill the gap: A joey is the young one of a ___. (a) hen (b) cat (c) kangaroo (d) cow
37. 37.Which word means the same as “thin”? (a) fat (b) tall (c) quick (d) slim
38. 38.Which word means the same as “tiny”? (a) giant (b) angry (c) little (d) brave
39. 39.Which is a compound word? (a) classroom (b) elephant (c) running (d) banana
40. 40.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -ful (b) -ly (c) -er (d) -less

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