Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 666 · 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) begin – finish (b) happy – sad (c) tall – short (d) begin – start
2. 2.Which word means the same as “slim”? (a) fat (b) thin (c) short (d) rich
3. 3.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
4. 4.Fill the gap: A choir is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) sticks (c) cows (d) singers
5. 5.Which word means the same as “reply”? (a) travel (b) answer (c) ask (d) smile
6. 6.What is the masculine of “girl”? (a) boy (b) king (c) husband (d) uncle
7. 7.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky wrongly (c) not lucky (d) lucky before
8. 8.Which word means the same as “rock”? (a) cloud (b) sand (c) stone (d) leaf
9. 9.Which word means “without fear”? (a) feared (b) fearfully (c) fearful (d) fearless
10. 10.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
11. 11.Fill the gap: a ___ of flies (a) swarm (b) herd (c) pride (d) fleet
12. 12.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) quickly (c) firefly (d) teacher
13. 13.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
14. 14.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
15. 15.Which is a compound word? (a) waterfall (b) quickly (c) kitchen (d) tomato
16. 16.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) include – exclude (b) mend – repair (c) happy – glad (d) shout – yell
17. 17.Choose the best word: The flowers ___ because nobody watered them. (a) danced (b) grew (c) bloomed (d) wilted
18. 18.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) elephant (c) moonlight (d) banana
19. 19.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
20. 20.Which word means the same as “finish”? (a) end (b) start (c) jump (d) gift
21. 21.Choose the best word: The old bridge was ___, so nobody was allowed to cross it. (a) unsafe (b) strong (c) wide (d) new
22. 22.Which word means “in a loud way”? (a) loudness (b) louder (c) loudest (d) loudly
23. 23.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “generous”? (a) brave (b) early (c) polite (d) selfish
24. 24.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
25. 25.What is the feminine of “nephew”? (a) sister (b) aunt (c) daughter (d) niece
26. 26.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “kind”? (a) ancient (b) wide (c) lazy (d) cruel
27. 27.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -ful (b) -er (c) -ness (d) -less
28. 28.Choose the best word: We need an umbrella because it is ___ heavily. (a) raining (b) singing (c) shining (d) smiling
29. 29.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
30. 30.Choose the best word: The old fort is ___ and visited by many tourists. (a) tiny (b) empty (c) famous (d) unknown
31. 31.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
32. 32.Choose the best word: The glass vase fell and broke into many ___. (a) pieces (b) drops (c) colours (d) flowers
33. 33.Which word means the same as “little”? (a) kind (b) big (c) loud (d) small
34. 34.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
35. 35.Add the suffix: care + ful = ? (a) carful (b) caerful (c) carefull (d) careful
36. 36.Fill the gap: A bundle is a group of ___. (a) sailors (b) sticks (c) bees (d) lions
37. 37.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
38. 38.Fill the gap: A litter is a group of ___. (a) singers (b) ships (c) puppies (d) sticks
39. 39.Which is a compound word? (a) notebook (b) kitchen (c) yellow (d) teacher
40. 40.Fill the gap: The young one of an eagle is an ___. (a) eaglet (b) kid (c) calf (d) cub

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