Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 702 · 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 ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
2. 2.Which word means “full of help”? (a) helpful (b) helper (c) helpless (d) helpfully
3. 3.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
4. 4.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
5. 5.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
6. 6.Make a compound word: snow + ___ (a) chair (b) pen (c) man (d) cup
7. 7.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “rude”? (a) lazy (b) wet (c) polite (d) tall
8. 8.Which word means the same as “leap”? (a) crawl (b) sleep (c) sing (d) jump
9. 9.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) fill wrongly (c) fill again (d) not fill
10. 10.What is the feminine of “husband”? (a) daughter (b) niece (c) aunt (d) wife
11. 11.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) glad – happy (b) talk – speak (c) cheap – expensive (d) jump – leap
12. 12.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
13. 13.Choose the best word: It was so ___ that we could hardly hear each other. (a) quiet (b) silent (c) noisy (d) calm
14. 14.Fill the gap: The young one of an owl is an ___. (a) cub (b) calf (c) kid (d) owlet
15. 15.Which word means the same as “silent”? (a) fast (b) loud (c) quiet (d) rich
16. 16.Choose the best word: We need an umbrella because it is ___ heavily. (a) raining (b) shining (c) smiling (d) singing
17. 17.Choose the best word: The water of the lake was so ___ that we could see the fish. (a) dark (b) muddy (c) dirty (d) clean
18. 18.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) not agree (c) agree before (d) agree wrongly
19. 19.Add the suffix: sad + ness = ? (a) saddness (b) sadness (c) sadeness (d) sadnes
20. 20.Choose the best word: The fruit seller sold ___ mangoes, picked that morning. (a) fresh (b) rotten (c) old (d) stale
21. 21.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
22. 22.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
23. 23.Add the suffix: play + ful = ? (a) playfel (b) playful (c) plaiful (d) playfull
24. 24.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) miswrite (c) rewrite (d) unwrite
25. 25.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) ill – sick (b) early – late (c) full – empty (d) ill – well
26. 26.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) quick – slow (b) quick – fast (c) rich – poor (d) wet – dry
27. 27.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) animal (c) headache (d) banana
28. 28.Which word means the same as “big”? (a) quick (b) empty (c) large (d) angry
29. 29.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) big – small (b) hot – cold (c) fast – slow (d) big – large
30. 30.Fill the gap: A school is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) ships (c) keys (d) fish
31. 31.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) mislucky (c) dislucky (d) relucky
32. 32.Which word means the same as “easy”? (a) hard (b) simple (c) rude (d) noisy
33. 33.Choose the best word: Grandpa tells ___ stories that make us laugh. (a) sad (b) scary (c) funny (d) boring
34. 34.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) mail (b) male
35. 35.Which word means “full of pain”? (a) painter (b) painfully (c) painful (d) painless
36. 36.Choose the best word: Please speak softly; the baby is ___. (a) loud (b) awake (c) late (d) asleep
37. 37.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -less (b) -ness (c) -er (d) -ful
38. 38.What is the feminine of “tiger”? (a) lioness (b) mare (c) hen (d) tigress
39. 39.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
40. 40.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) push – pull (b) friend – pal (c) day – night (d) friend – enemy

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