Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 652 · 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 pair of words are synonyms? (a) early – late (b) ill – sick (c) ill – well (d) full – empty
2. 2.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) not heat
3. 3.Choose the best word: The book was so ___ that I finished it in one night. (a) heavy (b) boring (c) dull (d) interesting
4. 4.What is the feminine of “host”? (a) actress (b) waitress (c) heroine (d) hostess
5. 5.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) miskind (c) unkind (d) diskind
6. 6.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
7. 7.Make a compound word: head + ___ (a) ache (b) milk (c) tree (d) pen
8. 8.Make a compound word: hand + ___ (a) milk (b) bag (c) tree (d) rice
9. 9.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky before (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky
10. 10.Make a compound word: news + ___ (a) paper (b) milk (c) shoe (d) tree
11. 11.Add the suffix: kind + ness = ? (a) kindniss (b) kindnes (c) kindness (d) kindeness
12. 12.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
13. 13.Which word means the same as “fast”? (a) heavy (b) quick (c) kind (d) empty
14. 14.What is the feminine of “nephew”? (a) aunt (b) niece (c) sister (d) daughter
15. 15.Fill the gap: a ___ of fish (a) school (b) pride (c) herd (d) bunch
16. 16.Make a compound word: tea + ___ (a) road (b) pen (c) shoe (d) cup
17. 17.Fill the gap: a ___ of zebras (a) swarm (b) herd (c) fleet (d) bunch
18. 18.Add the suffix: angry + ly = ? (a) angrily (b) angryly (c) angrilly (d) angrly
19. 19.Which word means the same as “happy”? (a) rude (b) tired (c) hungry (d) glad
20. 20.What is the masculine of “goddess”? (a) king (b) hero (c) god (d) prince
21. 21.Choose the best word: The old man walked ___ with the help of a stick. (a) slowly (b) loudly (c) angrily (d) quickly
22. 22.Which word means “in a quick way”? (a) quickness (b) quicker (c) quicken (d) quickly
23. 23.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
24. 24.Add the suffix: dance + er = ? (a) dancar (b) danceer (c) dansor (d) dancer
25. 25.Which word means “without end”? (a) ending (b) endless (c) ended (d) endings
26. 26.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) hard – soft (b) rich – poor (c) rich – wealthy (d) light – dark
27. 27.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -less (b) -ly (c) -ful (d) -er
28. 28.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) gift – present (b) big – large (c) deep – shallow (d) ill – sick
29. 29.Fill the gap: A flock is a group of ___. (a) keys (b) sheep (c) lions (d) ships
30. 30.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) shout – yell (b) buy – sell (c) shout – whisper (d) push – pull
31. 31.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey again (c) not obey (d) obey wrongly
32. 32.Fill the gap: a ___ of flowers (a) pride (b) herd (c) bouquet (d) fleet
33. 33.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
34. 34.Fill the gap: a ___ of dolphins (a) pod (b) pride (c) swarm (d) herd
35. 35.Which word means the same as “tiny”? (a) little (b) angry (c) brave (d) giant
36. 36.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) tiny – little (b) ancient – old (c) rich – wealthy (d) ancient – modern
37. 37.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “cowardly”? (a) rude (b) brave (c) tiny (d) lazy
38. 38.Fill the gap: A pride is a group of ___. (a) keys (b) lions (c) sheep (d) ships
39. 39.Fill the gap: A clutch is a group of ___. (a) eggs (b) lions (c) cows (d) ships
40. 40.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) rehear (c) mishear (d) dishear

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