Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 684 · 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 word is the antonym (opposite) of “increase”? (a) decrease (b) borrow (c) accept (d) shout
2. 2.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) pencil (c) waterfall (d) running
3. 3.Which word means the same as “speak”? (a) talk (b) walk (c) listen (d) eat
4. 4.Fill the gap: a ___ of puppies (a) fleet (b) pride (c) flock (d) litter
5. 5.Choose the best word: The ___ boy never tells a lie. (a) rude (b) honest (c) greedy (d) lazy
6. 6.Fill the gap: A gaggle is a group of ___. (a) keys (b) ships (c) geese (d) cows
7. 7.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -er (b) -ful (c) -ly (d) -less
8. 8.Fill the gap: a ___ of bananas (a) pack (b) fleet (c) flock (d) bunch
9. 9.Fill the gap: a ___ of bees (a) herd (b) swarm (c) fleet (d) pride
10. 10.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) preunderstand (b) reunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) misunderstand
11. 11.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) umbrella (c) teacher (d) headache
12. 12.Which word means the same as “road”? (a) river (b) street (c) house (d) sky
13. 13.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) big – large (b) gift – present (c) ill – sick (d) deep – shallow
14. 14.Choose the best word: The ___ of the mango tree gave us cool shade. (a) fruits (b) roots (c) seeds (d) branches
15. 15.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) gift – present (b) gift – river (c) up – down (d) open – shut
16. 16.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “expensive”? (a) early (b) honest (c) polite (d) cheap
17. 17.Which word means the same as “repair”? (a) choose (b) break (c) laugh (d) fix
18. 18.Add the suffix: sad + ly = ? (a) saddly (b) sadely (c) sadley (d) sadly
19. 19.Choose the best word: The flowers ___ because nobody watered them. (a) bloomed (b) danced (c) wilted (d) grew
20. 20.Which word means “full of power”? (a) powerless (b) powerfully (c) powerful (d) powered
21. 21.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -ful (b) -less (c) -ly (d) -er
22. 22.What is the feminine of “husband”? (a) daughter (b) niece (c) wife (d) aunt
23. 23.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) early – late (b) ill – well (c) full – empty (d) ill – sick
24. 24.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) animal (c) football (d) tomato
25. 25.Fill the gap: a ___ of penguins (a) pride (b) fleet (c) colony (d) herd
26. 26.What is the feminine of “host”? (a) heroine (b) waitress (c) actress (d) hostess
27. 27.Choose the best word: Our neighbour’s dog ___ at every stranger. (a) barks (b) sings (c) moos (d) smiles
28. 28.What is the feminine of “drake”? (a) ewe (b) hen (c) mare (d) duck
29. 29.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) dissafe (c) missafe (d) resafe
30. 30.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
31. 31.Which word means “the state of being sick”? (a) sicken (b) sicker (c) sickly (d) sickness
32. 32.Fill the gap: The young one of a frog is a ___. (a) cub (b) tadpole (c) lamb (d) chick
33. 33.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) chair (b) paste (c) milk (d) tree
34. 34.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “praise”? (a) float (b) borrow (c) blame (d) arrive
35. 35.Which word means the same as “answer”? (a) sleep (b) question (c) travel (d) reply
36. 36.Choose the best word: Arjun ___ the race and got a gold medal. (a) feared (b) won (c) missed (d) lost
37. 37.Choose the best word: The thirsty crow dropped ___ into the pot to raise the water. (a) feathers (b) pebbles (c) bubbles (d) leaves
38. 38.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) buy – sell (b) in – out (c) cold – hot (d) cold – chilly
39. 39.Add the suffix: kind + ness = ? (a) kindeness (b) kindness (c) kindnes (d) kindniss
40. 40.Make a compound word: sand + ___ (a) castle (b) chair (c) milk (d) pen

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