Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 604 · 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: sand + ___ (a) chair (b) castle (c) milk (d) pen
2. 2.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) ill – sick (b) borrow – lend (c) yell – shout (d) jump – leap
3. 3.Fill the gap: A bouquet is a bunch of ___. (a) cows (b) wolves (c) ships (d) flowers
4. 4.Make a compound word: hair + ___ (a) tree (b) cut (c) milk (d) book
5. 5.Choose the best word: The soup is too ___; please add some water. (a) salty (b) fresh (c) cold (d) tasty
6. 6.Add the suffix: tidy + ness = ? (a) tidiness (b) tidyness (c) tidines (d) tidness
7. 7.Add the suffix: pity + ful = ? (a) pitiful (b) pityful (c) pittiful (d) pitifull
8. 8.Add the suffix: happy + ness = ? (a) happyness (b) happiness (c) happines (d) happieness
9. 9.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) teacher (c) popcorn (d) animal
10. 10.Add the suffix: slow + ly = ? (a) sloly (b) slowley (c) slowly (d) slowely
11. 11.Choose the best word: Please ___ the gate behind you so the cows do not get in. (a) sell (b) paint (c) shut (d) open
12. 12.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “sunset”? (a) window (b) sunrise (c) question (d) journey
13. 13.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) not well (c) well before (d) well wrongly
14. 14.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
15. 15.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
16. 16.Choose the best word: The music was so ___ that the neighbours complained. (a) sweet (b) quiet (c) loud (d) soft
17. 17.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) mend – repair (b) include – exclude (c) happy – glad (d) shout – yell
18. 18.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) light – dark (b) rich – poor (c) rich – wealthy (d) hard – soft
19. 19.Which word means the same as “end”? (a) smile (b) begin (c) shout (d) finish
20. 20.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “brave”? (a) early (b) honest (c) cowardly (d) clever
21. 21.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) quick – fast (b) wet – dry (c) quick – slow (d) rich – poor
22. 22.Choose the best word: The ___ of the mango tree gave us cool shade. (a) fruits (b) branches (c) roots (d) seeds
23. 23.Choose the best word: Rohan ___ his bicycle to school every day. (a) throws (b) rides (c) eats (d) reads
24. 24.Fill the gap: a ___ of zebras (a) fleet (b) herd (c) swarm (d) bunch
25. 25.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
26. 26.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
27. 27.Which word means “in a sad way”? (a) sadden (b) sadness (c) sadly (d) sadder
28. 28.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) clever – smart (b) generous – selfish (c) below – under (d) talk – speak
29. 29.Fill the gap: A crew is a group of ___. (a) sailors (b) cows (c) grapes (d) lions
30. 30.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) not safe (c) safe again (d) safe wrongly
31. 31.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) quickly (c) bookshelf (d) teacher
32. 32.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) by (b) buy (c) bye
33. 33.Add the suffix: use + less = ? (a) uselesss (b) usless (c) useles (d) useless
34. 34.Which word means the same as “difficult”? (a) early (b) easy (c) hard (d) sweet
35. 35.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind wrongly (c) kind again (d) kind before
36. 36.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) teacher (c) pencil (d) airport
37. 37.Make a compound word: hand + ___ (a) tree (b) rice (c) bag (d) milk
38. 38.Which word means the same as “friend”? (a) teacher (b) enemy (c) pal (d) stranger
39. 39.Make a compound word: rail + ___ (a) way (b) pen (c) milk (d) tree
40. 40.Make a compound word: fire + ___ (a) cup (b) fly (c) pen (d) milk

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