Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 716 · 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 means the same as “huge”? (a) kind (b) quiet (c) tiny (d) giant
2. 2.Make a compound word: butter + ___ (a) fly (b) shoe (c) chair (d) pen
3. 3.Choose the best word: The flowers ___ because nobody watered them. (a) wilted (b) bloomed (c) grew (d) danced
4. 4.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
5. 5.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) unheat (c) disheat (d) misheat
6. 6.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey before (c) not obey (d) obey again
7. 7.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) haircut (c) banana (d) beautiful
8. 8.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) arrive – reach (b) shut – close (c) arrive – depart (d) begin – start
9. 9.Fill the gap: A fawn is the young one of a ___. (a) frog (b) duck (c) hen (d) deer
10. 10.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
11. 11.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -ful (b) -er (c) -ly (d) -less
12. 12.Which word means “one who teaches”? (a) teachable (b) teacher (c) taught (d) teaching
13. 13.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) happy – sad (b) begin – finish (c) tall – short (d) begin – start
14. 14.Make a compound word: eye + ___ (a) milk (b) chair (c) brow (d) pen
15. 15.Choose the best word: The shopkeeper gave me the wrong ___, so I returned two rupees. (a) road (b) weather (c) shoes (d) change
16. 16.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) fair again (c) fair wrongly (d) not fair
17. 17.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “innocent”? (a) guilty (b) brave (c) early (d) modern
18. 18.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -ful (b) -er (c) -ness (d) -ly
19. 19.Choose the best word: The crowd became ___ when the singer walked onto the stage. (a) excited (b) sleepy (c) bored (d) tired
20. 20.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) win – lose (b) mend – break (c) come – go (d) mend – repair
21. 21.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) gift – present (b) up – down (c) open – shut (d) gift – river
22. 22.Fill the gap: A lamb is the young one of a ___. (a) cat (b) hen (c) dog (d) sheep
23. 23.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) fast – quick (b) quiet – silent (c) float – sink (d) scared – afraid
24. 24.Which word means “the state of being weak”? (a) weakness (b) weaken (c) weakly (d) weaker
25. 25.Choose the best word: The ___ moon lit up the whole garden. (a) bright (b) dull (c) dark (d) tiny
26. 26.Add the suffix: home + less = ? (a) homelees (b) homless (c) homeles (d) homeless
27. 27.Which word means the same as “correct”? (a) empty (b) late (c) wrong (d) right
28. 28.Choose the best word: Riya ___ her grandmother a letter on her birthday. (a) wrote (b) drank (c) ate (d) swam
29. 29.Fill the gap: A bench is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) judges (c) ships (d) bees
30. 30.What is the masculine of “ewe”? (a) ram (b) lion (c) horse (d) bull
31. 31.Fill the gap: The young one of a bear is a ___. (a) chick (b) cub (c) foal (d) lamb
32. 32.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
33. 33.Choose the best word: The doctor said Dev must take his ___ three times a day. (a) medicine (b) shoes (c) kite (d) homework
34. 34.Fill the gap: A pride is a group of ___. (a) lions (b) keys (c) ships (d) sheep
35. 35.Which word means the same as “repair”? (a) fix (b) choose (c) break (d) laugh
36. 36.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
37. 37.Fill the gap: An eaglet is the young one of an ___. (a) eagle (b) ox (c) owl (d) ant
38. 38.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
39. 39.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) cheap – expensive (b) jump – leap (c) talk – speak (d) glad – happy
40. 40.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) preobey (c) misobey (d) disobey

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