Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 70 · 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: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
2. 2.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -ful (b) -ness (c) -er (d) -less
3. 3.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) tall – short (b) happy – sad (c) begin – finish (d) begin – start
4. 4.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “absent”? (a) ancient (b) polite (c) late (d) present
5. 5.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) banana (c) popcorn (d) umbrella
6. 6.Fill the gap: A gosling is the young one of a ___. (a) cat (b) goose (c) cow (d) dog
7. 7.Fill the gap: a ___ of sheep (a) swarm (b) pride (c) fleet (d) flock
8. 8.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
9. 9.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) light – dark (b) rich – wealthy (c) hard – soft (d) rich – poor
10. 10.Choose the best word: The milk smelt bad because it had gone ___. (a) cold (b) sweet (c) fresh (d) sour
11. 11.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “brave”? (a) cowardly (b) honest (c) clever (d) early
12. 12.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) beautiful (c) notebook (d) kitchen
13. 13.Which word means the same as “stone”? (a) tree (b) cloud (c) river (d) rock
14. 14.Add the suffix: silly + ness = ? (a) silliness (b) silines (c) sillyness (d) sillines
15. 15.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) milk (b) glasses (c) tree (d) pen
16. 16.Fill the gap: a ___ of flowers (a) bouquet (b) pride (c) fleet (d) herd
17. 17.Which word means the same as “sick”? (a) ill (b) healthy (c) proud (d) tall
18. 18.Fill the gap: a ___ of birds (a) bunch (b) flock (c) herd (d) pride
19. 19.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
20. 20.Which word means the same as “finish”? (a) gift (b) start (c) jump (d) end
21. 21.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) buy – sell (b) cold – hot (c) cold – chilly (d) in – out
22. 22.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
23. 23.Which word means the same as “sad”? (a) unhappy (b) rich (c) tall (d) quick
24. 24.Choose the best word: Please speak ___; I cannot hear you. (a) softly (b) slowly (c) quietly (d) loudly
25. 25.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
26. 26.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) shout – yell (b) shout – whisper (c) buy – sell (d) push – pull
27. 27.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
28. 28.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
29. 29.Add the suffix: use + less = ? (a) useles (b) usless (c) useless (d) uselesss
30. 30.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “arrive”? (a) borrow (b) accept (c) laugh (d) depart
31. 31.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) mend – repair (b) below – under (c) wise – foolish (d) shut – close
32. 32.Which word means the same as “friend”? (a) enemy (b) teacher (c) stranger (d) pal
33. 33.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “transparent”? (a) ancient (b) generous (c) opaque (d) polite
34. 34.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
35. 35.Which word means the same as “kind”? (a) rude (b) tall (c) caring (d) lazy
36. 36.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) deep – shallow (b) ill – sick (c) gift – present (d) big – large
37. 37.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) headache (c) quickly (d) running
38. 38.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) happiness (c) playground (d) teacher
39. 39.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
40. 40.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -er (b) -ly (c) -less (d) -ness

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