Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 694 · 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.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
2. 2.What is the feminine of “husband”? (a) niece (b) wife (c) aunt (d) daughter
3. 3.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) uncook (c) precook (d) miscook
4. 4.Fill the gap: A litter is a group of ___. (a) sticks (b) ships (c) singers (d) puppies
5. 5.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) arrive – reach (b) shut – close (c) arrive – depart (d) begin – start
6. 6.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) prewrite (c) rewrite (d) miswrite
7. 7.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) happy – sad (b) begin – finish (c) begin – start (d) tall – short
8. 8.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) disjudge (c) prejudge (d) unjudge
9. 9.Fill the gap: a ___ of puppies (a) flock (b) litter (c) fleet (d) pride
10. 10.Add the suffix: swim + er = ? (a) swimmar (b) swimmor (c) swimer (d) swimmer
11. 11.Make a compound word: air + ___ (a) port (b) tree (c) rice (d) book
12. 12.Which word means the same as “clever”? (a) tired (b) smart (c) lazy (d) rude
13. 13.Fill the gap: a ___ of chicks (a) swarm (b) fleet (c) brood (d) pride
14. 14.Fill the gap: A fleet is a group of ___. (a) lions (b) bees (c) grapes (d) ships
15. 15.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) below – under (b) clever – smart (c) talk – speak (d) generous – selfish
16. 16.Choose the best word: The sky was ___, so we knew it would rain. (a) sunny (b) clear (c) bright (d) cloudy
17. 17.Fill the gap: A pride is a group of ___. (a) keys (b) ships (c) sheep (d) lions
18. 18.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
19. 19.Make a compound word: pop + ___ (a) corn (b) tree (c) shoe (d) pen
20. 20.Fill the gap: a ___ of elephants (a) herd (b) flock (c) bunch (d) fleet
21. 21.Fill the gap: A bundle is a group of ___. (a) sticks (b) sailors (c) bees (d) lions
22. 22.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “deep”? (a) generous (b) ancient (c) shallow (d) polite
23. 23.Which word means the same as “sick”? (a) healthy (b) tall (c) ill (d) proud
24. 24.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
25. 25.Which word means “without fear”? (a) fearless (b) feared (c) fearful (d) fearfully
26. 26.Which word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) unuse (c) reuse (d) preuse
27. 27.Which word means the same as “stone”? (a) river (b) cloud (c) tree (d) rock
28. 28.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
29. 29.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
30. 30.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) day – night (b) push – pull (c) friend – pal (d) friend – enemy
31. 31.Which word means “full of beauty”? (a) beautify (b) beautifully (c) beauty (d) beautiful
32. 32.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
33. 33.Which is a compound word? (a) kitchen (b) pencil (c) quickly (d) toothbrush
34. 34.Fill the gap: A flock is a group of ___. (a) keys (b) ships (c) lions (d) sheep
35. 35.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) rainbow (c) tomato (d) animal
36. 36.Which word means “full of pain”? (a) painfully (b) painless (c) painful (d) painter
37. 37.Which word means “in a sad way”? (a) sadder (b) sadden (c) sadly (d) sadness
38. 38.Which word means the same as “end”? (a) shout (b) begin (c) smile (d) finish
39. 39.Add the suffix: slow + ly = ? (a) slowley (b) slowely (c) sloly (d) slowly
40. 40.Fill the gap: a ___ of sheep (a) fleet (b) pride (c) swarm (d) flock

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