Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 598 · 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.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) not join (c) join wrongly (d) join before
2. 2.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) not read (c) read wrongly (d) read before
3. 3.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) talk – speak (b) generous – selfish (c) clever – smart (d) below – under
4. 4.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) ill – sick (b) borrow – lend (c) yell – shout (d) jump – leap
5. 5.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
6. 6.Make a compound word: fish + ___ (a) bowl (b) milk (c) chair (d) pen
7. 7.What is the masculine of “actress”? (a) actor (b) hero (c) host (d) waiter
8. 8.Fill the gap: a ___ of thieves (a) pride (b) fleet (c) litter (d) gang
9. 9.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “ancient”? (a) angry (b) modern (c) wet (d) tiny
10. 10.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) there (c) they're
11. 11.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -ful (b) -less (c) -er (d) -ness
12. 12.Which word means “pay before”? (a) repay (b) prepay (c) dispay (d) unpay
13. 13.What is the masculine of “niece”? (a) son (b) nephew (c) brother (d) uncle
14. 14.Fill the gap: A choir is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) sticks (c) singers (d) cows
15. 15.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
16. 16.Choose the best word: The road was so ___ that two buses could pass easily. (a) narrow (b) short (c) wide (d) dark
17. 17.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
18. 18.Choose the best word: Arjun ___ the race and got a gold medal. (a) lost (b) feared (c) missed (d) won
19. 19.What is the feminine of “brother”? (a) aunt (b) sister (c) wife (d) niece
20. 20.Choose the best word: Please speak ___; I cannot hear you. (a) loudly (b) slowly (c) softly (d) quietly
21. 21.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) rebehave (c) prebehave (d) disbehave
22. 22.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) give – take (b) choose – select (c) laugh – cry (d) choose – reject
23. 23.Fill the gap: a ___ of ministers (a) flock (b) herd (c) swarm (d) cabinet
24. 24.What is the masculine of “aunt”? (a) brother (b) son (c) nephew (d) uncle
25. 25.Fill the gap: a ___ of elephants (a) fleet (b) flock (c) bunch (d) herd
26. 26.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
27. 27.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
28. 28.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
29. 29.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “sunrise”? (a) journey (b) sunset (c) answer (d) roof
30. 30.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual before (c) usual again (d) not usual
31. 31.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) grandmother (c) teacher (d) yellow
32. 32.Which word means “full of pain”? (a) painter (b) painfully (c) painful (d) painless
33. 33.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “generous”? (a) brave (b) polite (c) early (d) selfish
34. 34.Which word means “in a sad way”? (a) sadden (b) sadder (c) sadly (d) sadness
35. 35.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
36. 36.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) play before (c) play wrongly (d) not play
37. 37.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -less (b) -ful (c) -er (d) -ly
38. 38.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) hot – cold (b) big – large (c) big – small (d) fast – slow
39. 39.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
40. 40.Which word means the same as “naughty”? (a) tall (b) mischievous (c) quiet (d) obedient

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