Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 602 · 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: The bread was ___ because it was a week old. (a) stale (b) fresh (c) soft (d) warm
2. 2.Fill the gap: A herd is a group of ___. (a) bees (b) ships (c) grapes (d) cows
3. 3.What is the masculine of “woman”? (a) king (b) uncle (c) nephew (d) man
4. 4.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
5. 5.Which is a compound word? (a) kitchen (b) umbrella (c) banana (d) handbag
6. 6.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) sunglasses (c) pencil (d) tomato
7. 7.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) build before (c) build wrongly (d) not build
8. 8.Which word means “in a soft way”? (a) softness (b) softer (c) softly (d) soften
9. 9.Fill the gap: a ___ of bees (a) pride (b) swarm (c) fleet (d) herd
10. 10.Fill the gap: a ___ of fish (a) herd (b) bunch (c) pride (d) school
11. 11.Choose the best word: Please speak softly; the baby is ___. (a) asleep (b) awake (c) loud (d) late
12. 12.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “visible”? (a) ancient (b) invisible (c) polite (d) modern
13. 13.Which word means “judge before”? (a) unjudge (b) prejudge (c) disjudge (d) rejudge
14. 14.Fill the gap: A puppy is the young one of a ___. (a) cat (b) dog (c) cow (d) hen
15. 15.Fill the gap: a ___ of people (a) litter (b) crowd (c) pride (d) fleet
16. 16.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) quiet – silent (b) scared – afraid (c) float – sink (d) fast – quick
17. 17.Which word means “full of thanks”? (a) thankfully (b) thankless (c) thankful (d) thanking
18. 18.Choose the best word: Rohan is very ___; he always finishes his homework on time. (a) lazy (b) rude (c) hardworking (d) careless
19. 19.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) rebehave (c) unbehave (d) prebehave
20. 20.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
21. 21.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) disusual (c) preusual (d) unusual
22. 22.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) bookshelf (c) quickly (d) running
23. 23.What is the feminine of “drake”? (a) mare (b) hen (c) ewe (d) duck
24. 24.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) unlucky (c) dislucky (d) relucky
25. 25.Which word means the same as “fast”? (a) empty (b) quick (c) heavy (d) kind
26. 26.Fill the gap: A troop is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) grapes (c) monkeys (d) bees
27. 27.Fill the gap: The young one of a swan is a ___. (a) cub (b) foal (c) kid (d) cygnet
28. 28.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) gift – present (b) open – shut (c) gift – river (d) up – down
29. 29.Choose the best word: The thirsty crow dropped ___ into the pot to raise the water. (a) leaves (b) feathers (c) bubbles (d) pebbles
30. 30.Which word means the same as “shout”? (a) yell (b) smile (c) whisper (d) sleep
31. 31.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) rich – poor (b) quick – fast (c) quick – slow (d) wet – dry
32. 32.Fill the gap: A flight is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) stairs (c) lions (d) grapes
33. 33.Fill the gap: A bouquet is a bunch of ___. (a) cows (b) flowers (c) wolves (d) ships
34. 34.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
35. 35.Which word means the same as “sad”? (a) unhappy (b) tall (c) rich (d) quick
36. 36.Which word means the same as “afraid”? (a) tired (b) proud (c) lazy (d) scared
37. 37.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
38. 38.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “generous”? (a) brave (b) selfish (c) polite (d) early
39. 39.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) light – dark (b) hard – soft (c) rich – wealthy (d) rich – poor
40. 40.Choose the best word: Arjun is very ___; he is always ready to help others. (a) selfish (b) lazy (c) rude (d) helpful

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