Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 628 · 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: head + ___ (a) milk (b) ache (c) tree (d) pen
2. 2.Fill the gap: a ___ of geese (a) fleet (b) gaggle (c) swarm (d) bunch
3. 3.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “brave”? (a) early (b) clever (c) honest (d) cowardly
4. 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
5. 5.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -er (b) -ness (c) -ful (d) -less
6. 6.Fill the gap: a ___ of buffaloes (a) fleet (b) swarm (c) herd (d) pride
7. 7.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit before (c) visit wrongly (d) visit again
8. 8.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
9. 9.Fill the gap: The young one of a duck is a ___. (a) kitten (b) duckling (c) cub (d) foal
10. 10.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “success”? (a) journey (b) failure (c) answer (d) question
11. 11.Choose the best word: Ishaan ___ the ball high into the air. (a) wore (b) drank (c) threw (d) ate
12. 12.Which word means “in a slow way”? (a) slowness (b) slower (c) slowest (d) slowly
13. 13.Choose the best word: The ___ moon lit up the whole garden. (a) dark (b) bright (c) dull (d) tiny
14. 14.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) homework (c) teacher (d) tomato
15. 15.Fill the gap: A crowd is a group of ___. (a) keys (b) grapes (c) ships (d) people
16. 16.Fill the gap: a ___ of ants (a) herd (b) colony (c) fleet (d) pride
17. 17.Fill the gap: a ___ of students (a) fleet (b) class (c) swarm (d) herd
18. 18.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
19. 19.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “guilty”? (a) innocent (b) ancient (c) generous (d) polite
20. 20.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
21. 21.Which is a compound word? (a) haircut (b) banana (c) elephant (d) beautiful
22. 22.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
23. 23.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “inferior”? (a) honest (b) superior (c) late (d) modern
24. 24.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) gift – present (b) deep – shallow (c) big – large (d) ill – sick
25. 25.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
26. 26.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
27. 27.Choose the best word: The ___ boy never tells a lie. (a) honest (b) greedy (c) lazy (d) rude
28. 28.Which word means “full of help”? (a) helpless (b) helpful (c) helpfully (d) helper
29. 29.Add the suffix: home + less = ? (a) homeles (b) homelees (c) homeless (d) homless
30. 30.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) elephant (c) doorbell (d) yellow
31. 31.Choose the best word: The puppy was so ___ that it fit in my hands. (a) heavy (b) small (c) huge (d) tall
32. 32.Which word means the same as “large”? (a) sad (b) thin (c) big (d) quick
33. 33.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “rough”? (a) early (b) polite (c) modern (d) smooth
34. 34.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) displace (b) preplace (c) misplace (d) unplace
35. 35.Choose the best word: The ___ of the mango tree gave us cool shade. (a) seeds (b) fruits (c) roots (d) branches
36. 36.Choose the best word: The ___ path through the jungle was hard to follow. (a) straight (b) clear (c) narrow (d) wide
37. 37.Add the suffix: lazy + ness = ? (a) lazness (b) laziness (c) lazyness (d) lazines
38. 38.Which word means the same as “rich”? (a) wealthy (b) clever (c) busy (d) poor
39. 39.What is the masculine of “mother”? (a) son (b) father (c) uncle (d) brother
40. 40.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge again

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