Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 621 · 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 prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) mis-
2. 2.Fill the gap: a ___ of flies (a) pride (b) swarm (c) fleet (d) herd
3. 3.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) include – exclude (b) mend – repair (c) shout – yell (d) happy – glad
4. 4.What is the masculine of “mother”? (a) father (b) uncle (c) son (d) brother
5. 5.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “brave”? (a) clever (b) early (c) cowardly (d) honest
6. 6.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) there (c) they're
7. 7.Choose the best word: Our class teacher ___ us a story every Friday. (a) sleeps (b) tells (c) eats (d) drinks
8. 8.Fill the gap: A piglet is the young one of a ___. (a) hen (b) frog (c) cat (d) pig
9. 9.Choose the best word: After the long journey, we were ___ to reach home. (a) glad (b) angry (c) afraid (d) sorry
10. 10.Make a compound word: week + ___ (a) end (b) tree (c) milk (d) shoe
11. 11.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common before (c) common again (d) not common
12. 12.Fill the gap: A puppy is the young one of a ___. (a) cow (b) hen (c) cat (d) dog
13. 13.Add the suffix: dance + er = ? (a) dancar (b) dansor (c) danceer (d) dancer
14. 14.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) prepaint (c) dispaint (d) repaint
15. 15.Fill the gap: a ___ of dancers (a) herd (b) troupe (c) fleet (d) swarm
16. 16.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
17. 17.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
18. 18.Choose the best word: The flowers ___ because nobody watered them. (a) grew (b) danced (c) bloomed (d) wilted
19. 19.Fill the gap: a ___ of cards (a) fleet (b) pack (c) herd (d) flock
20. 20.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
21. 21.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) tree (b) pen (c) glasses (d) milk
22. 22.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
23. 23.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
24. 24.Choose the best word: Please speak ___; I cannot hear you. (a) quietly (b) slowly (c) loudly (d) softly
25. 25.Add the suffix: sad + ly = ? (a) saddly (b) sadley (c) sadely (d) sadly
26. 26.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -ly (b) -less (c) -er (d) -ness
27. 27.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
28. 28.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) understand again (c) not understand (d) understand before
29. 29.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
30. 30.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) misvisit (c) revisit (d) unvisit
31. 31.What is the masculine of “sister”? (a) brother (b) uncle (c) husband (d) nephew
32. 32.Fill the gap: The young one of a cat is a ___. (a) puppy (b) calf (c) cub (d) kitten
33. 33.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) continue again (c) continue before (d) not continue
34. 34.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) give – take (b) choose – reject (c) laugh – cry (d) choose – select
35. 35.Fill the gap: a ___ of cattle (a) swarm (b) bunch (c) fleet (d) herd
36. 36.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) too (c) to
37. 37.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) brave – bold (b) brave – cowardly (c) quick – fast (d) big – large
38. 38.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) retell (c) pretell (d) mistell
39. 39.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) eyebrow (c) tomato (d) running
40. 40.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read

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