Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 67 · 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: hand + ___ (a) milk (b) rice (c) tree (d) bag
2. 2.Which is a compound word? (a) airport (b) happiness (c) yellow (d) quickly
3. 3.Fill the gap: a ___ of players (a) flock (b) swarm (c) team (d) herd
4. 4.Which is a compound word? (a) bedroom (b) quickly (c) umbrella (d) beautiful
5. 5.Fill the gap: A band is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) ships (c) keys (d) musicians
6. 6.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) come – go (b) win – lose (c) mend – break (d) mend – repair
7. 7.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
8. 8.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
9. 9.Add the suffix: heavy + ly = ? (a) heavilly (b) heavyly (c) heavly (d) heavily
10. 10.What is the masculine of “wife”? (a) son (b) nephew (c) uncle (d) husband
11. 11.Make a compound word: book + ___ (a) milk (b) sun (c) shelf (d) rain
12. 12.Choose the best word: The baby elephant was ___ and could not find its mother. (a) lost (b) ripe (c) found (d) proud
13. 13.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
14. 14.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -er (b) -ful (c) -less (d) -ly
15. 15.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “minority”? (a) journey (b) roof (c) answer (d) majority
16. 16.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
17. 17.Fill the gap: a ___ of trees (a) herd (b) swarm (c) grove (d) pride
18. 18.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “borrow”? (a) lend (b) win (c) shout (d) arrive
19. 19.Fill the gap: A flight is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) stairs (c) grapes (d) lions
20. 20.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
21. 21.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) mischeck (c) precheck (d) discheck
22. 22.Which is a compound word? (a) haircut (b) quickly (c) kitchen (d) teacher
23. 23.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) begin – start (b) begin – finish (c) happy – sad (d) tall – short
24. 24.Which word means the same as “brave”? (a) lazy (b) scared (c) bold (d) tiny
25. 25.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) shout – whisper (b) shout – yell (c) buy – sell (d) push – pull
26. 26.Make a compound word: class + ___ (a) milk (b) shoe (c) room (d) tree
27. 27.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) fast – slow (b) big – large (c) big – small (d) hot – cold
28. 28.Which word means the same as “unhappy”? (a) wet (b) sad (c) kind (d) busy
29. 29.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
30. 30.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
31. 31.What is the feminine of “actor”? (a) waitress (b) hostess (c) heroine (d) actress
32. 32.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) mend – repair (b) shout – yell (c) happy – glad (d) include – exclude
33. 33.Choose the best word: The ___ sun made everyone sweat. (a) hot (b) dark (c) cold (d) gentle
34. 34.Fill the gap: A fleet is a group of ___. (a) bees (b) grapes (c) ships (d) lions
35. 35.Fill the gap: A fawn is the young one of a ___. (a) frog (b) hen (c) deer (d) duck
36. 36.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) borrow – lend (b) jump – leap (c) yell – shout (d) ill – sick
37. 37.Fill the gap: a ___ of musicians (a) band (b) herd (c) fleet (d) flock
38. 38.Which word means “fill again”? (a) disfill (b) refill (c) prefill (d) unfill
39. 39.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) old – new (b) scared – afraid (c) in – out (d) scared – brave
40. 40.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) quick – fast (b) big – large (c) brave – bold (d) brave – cowardly

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