Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 658 · 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.Choose the best word: Please speak ___; I cannot hear you. (a) loudly (b) slowly (c) softly (d) quietly
2. 2.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
3. 3.Which word means the same as “rush”? (a) hurry (b) sleep (c) wait (d) read
4. 4.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
5. 5.Fill the gap: a ___ of people (a) fleet (b) crowd (c) pride (d) litter
6. 6.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
7. 7.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) daylight (c) running (d) teacher
8. 8.Choose the best word: The farmer ___ rice in his field in the rainy season. (a) reads (b) plants (c) cooks (d) paints
9. 9.Fill the gap: A lamb is the young one of a ___. (a) hen (b) dog (c) sheep (d) cat
10. 10.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “wise”? (a) ancient (b) foolish (c) brave (d) polite
11. 11.Fill the gap: a ___ of cars (a) herd (b) fleet (c) swarm (d) flock
12. 12.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) gift – present (b) big – large (c) ill – sick (d) deep – shallow
13. 13.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) quiet – silent (b) end – finish (c) rich – wealthy (d) rough – smooth
14. 14.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) rebehave (b) disbehave (c) prebehave (d) misbehave
15. 15.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) shut – close (b) wise – foolish (c) below – under (d) mend – repair
16. 16.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) big – large (b) brave – bold (c) quick – fast (d) brave – cowardly
17. 17.Add the suffix: tidy + ness = ? (a) tidines (b) tidiness (c) tidness (d) tidyness
18. 18.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
19. 19.Which is a compound word? (a) rainbow (b) yellow (c) beautiful (d) running
20. 20.Add the suffix: angry + ly = ? (a) angryly (b) angrilly (c) angrily (d) angrly
21. 21.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) bye (b) by (c) buy
22. 22.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) elephant (c) running (d) weekend
23. 23.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) arrive – depart (b) shut – close (c) begin – start (d) arrive – reach
24. 24.Fill the gap: The young one of a hen is a ___. (a) kid (b) chick (c) cub (d) calf
25. 25.Choose the best word: The old bridge was ___, so nobody was allowed to cross it. (a) wide (b) new (c) unsafe (d) strong
26. 26.Which word means “not agree”? (a) preagree (b) reagree (c) disagree (d) unagree
27. 27.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
28. 28.Fill the gap: The young one of a cow is a ___. (a) chick (b) kitten (c) calf (d) cub
29. 29.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “generous”? (a) brave (b) polite (c) selfish (d) early
30. 30.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) quick – slow (b) rich – poor (c) wet – dry (d) quick – fast
31. 31.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) early – late (b) full – empty (c) ill – well (d) ill – sick
32. 32.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
33. 33.Which word means the same as “caring”? (a) lazy (b) loud (c) busy (d) kind
34. 34.Fill the gap: The young one of a goat is a ___. (a) lamb (b) kid (c) foal (d) cub
35. 35.Choose the best word: Mum ___ the vegetables with a sharp knife. (a) fried (b) boiled (c) poured (d) chopped
36. 36.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
37. 37.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
38. 38.Fill the gap: a ___ of students (a) herd (b) swarm (c) fleet (d) class
39. 39.Fill the gap: A troop is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) monkeys (c) bees (d) grapes
40. 40.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair

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