Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 625 · 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: sauce + ___ (a) shoe (b) milk (c) tree (d) pan
2. 2.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) gift – present (b) victory – defeat (c) victory – win (d) end – finish
3. 3.Make a compound word: grand + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) mother (d) chair
4. 4.Fill the gap: A bouquet is a bunch of ___. (a) flowers (b) ships (c) cows (d) wolves
5. 5.Choose the best word: After the match, the players were ___ and thirsty. (a) fresh (b) asleep (c) tired (d) cold
6. 6.What is the masculine of “waitress”? (a) waiter (b) actor (c) host (d) hero
7. 7.Fill the gap: a ___ of monkeys (a) fleet (b) bunch (c) flock (d) troop
8. 8.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -ly (b) -er (c) -less (d) -ness
9. 9.Make a compound word: out + ___ (a) milk (b) side (c) pen (d) tree
10. 10.Which word means the same as “glad”? (a) angry (b) happy (c) sleepy (d) quick
11. 11.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) shout – whisper (b) shout – yell (c) buy – sell (d) push – pull
12. 12.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
13. 13.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
14. 14.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) milk (b) flower (c) chair (d) bag
15. 15.What is the feminine of “uncle”? (a) niece (b) sister (c) daughter (d) aunt
16. 16.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
17. 17.Which word means “fill again”? (a) refill (b) misfill (c) unfill (d) disfill
18. 18.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “deep”? (a) generous (b) polite (c) shallow (d) ancient
19. 19.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) pretidy (c) retidy (d) distidy
20. 20.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) preloyal (b) unloyal (c) disloyal (d) reloyal
21. 21.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) rejudge (c) misjudge (d) unjudge
22. 22.Which word means the same as “shiny”? (a) wet (b) dull (c) bright (d) soft
23. 23.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint wrongly (c) paint before (d) paint again
24. 24.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “include”? (a) borrow (b) arrive (c) exclude (d) sink
25. 25.Fill the gap: A team is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) cows (c) grapes (d) players
26. 26.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “smooth”? (a) late (b) rough (c) ancient (d) honest
27. 27.Choose the best word: Arjun is very ___; he is always ready to help others. (a) rude (b) selfish (c) lazy (d) helpful
28. 28.Add the suffix: play + ful = ? (a) playfull (b) playful (c) playfel (d) plaiful
29. 29.Choose the best word: Priya ___ her room every Sunday so that it stays neat. (a) dirties (b) breaks (c) hides (d) cleans
30. 30.What is the masculine of “tigress”? (a) king (b) bull (c) tiger (d) lion
31. 31.Fill the gap: a ___ of chicks (a) fleet (b) swarm (c) pride (d) brood
32. 32.Make a compound word: pop + ___ (a) corn (b) shoe (c) tree (d) pen
33. 33.Choose the best word: Tara was ___ about her exam, so she revised every day. (a) serious (b) bored (c) careless (d) lazy
34. 34.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind again (c) kind wrongly (d) not kind
35. 35.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
36. 36.What is the feminine of “boy”? (a) girl (b) aunt (c) queen (d) wife
37. 37.What is the masculine of “bride”? (a) bridegroom (b) nephew (c) king (d) uncle
38. 38.Make a compound word: moon + ___ (a) chair (b) milk (c) light (d) pen
39. 39.Which word means “not fair”? (a) misfair (b) disfair (c) unfair (d) prefair
40. 40.Add the suffix: dig + er = ? (a) digger (b) diger (c) diggar (d) diggor

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