Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 727 · 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.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) glasses (d) tree
2. 2.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -ly (b) -ness (c) -er (d) -ful
3. 3.What is the feminine of “hero”? (a) actress (b) hostess (c) heroine (d) princess
4. 4.Fill the gap: A crew is a group of ___. (a) sailors (b) grapes (c) lions (d) cows
5. 5.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -er (b) -ful (c) -ness (d) -less
6. 6.Choose the best word: It was very ___ outside, so we wore sweaters. (a) cold (b) dry (c) hot (d) sunny
7. 7.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) shout – yell (b) mend – repair (c) happy – glad (d) include – exclude
8. 8.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
9. 9.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “victory”? (a) answer (b) defeat (c) question (d) journey
10. 10.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
11. 11.Fill the gap: A crowd is a group of ___. (a) grapes (b) people (c) ships (d) keys
12. 12.Fill the gap: The young one of a pig is a ___. (a) kitten (b) cub (c) piglet (d) foal
13. 13.Add the suffix: use + less = ? (a) useless (b) uselesss (c) useles (d) usless
14. 14.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) rich – wealthy (b) end – finish (c) rough – smooth (d) quiet – silent
15. 15.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) end – finish (b) victory – defeat (c) victory – win (d) gift – present
16. 16.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) understand before (c) not understand (d) understand wrongly
17. 17.Fill the gap: A litter is a group of ___. (a) singers (b) sticks (c) ships (d) puppies
18. 18.Which word means the same as “jump”? (a) sit (b) leap (c) crawl (d) cry
19. 19.Fill the gap: a ___ of players (a) flock (b) swarm (c) herd (d) team
20. 20.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write again (b) write before (c) write wrongly (d) not write
21. 21.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “increase”? (a) decrease (b) accept (c) borrow (d) shout
22. 22.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “expensive”? (a) cheap (b) early (c) honest (d) polite
23. 23.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) kitchen (c) beautiful (d) airport
24. 24.Choose the best word: The flowers ___ because nobody watered them. (a) wilted (b) danced (c) grew (d) bloomed
25. 25.Which is a compound word? (a) headache (b) pencil (c) quickly (d) happiness
26. 26.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -er (b) -ful (c) -less (d) -ly
27. 27.Which word means “full of power”? (a) powered (b) powerfully (c) powerless (d) powerful
28. 28.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
29. 29.What is the feminine of “tiger”? (a) hen (b) tigress (c) mare (d) lioness
30. 30.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
31. 31.Choose the best word: The shopkeeper gave me the wrong ___, so I returned two rupees. (a) change (b) road (c) weather (d) shoes
32. 32.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
33. 33.Which word means “without help”? (a) helping (b) helpful (c) helpless (d) helper
34. 34.Add the suffix: lucky + ly = ? (a) lukily (b) luckily (c) luckyly (d) luckilly
35. 35.Which word means the same as “road”? (a) sky (b) house (c) street (d) river
36. 36.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) friend – enemy (b) friend – pal (c) push – pull (d) day – night
37. 37.Make a compound word: play + ___ (a) rice (b) cup (c) milk (d) ground
38. 38.Choose the best word: The ___ boy never tells a lie. (a) rude (b) honest (c) greedy (d) lazy
39. 39.Which word means “view before”? (a) preview (b) unview (c) misview (d) disview
40. 40.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) shut – close (b) mend – repair (c) wise – foolish (d) below – under

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