Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 730 · 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 is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) tomato (c) pencil (d) bedroom
2. 2.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “failure”? (a) victory (b) journey (c) question (d) success
3. 3.Which word means the same as “scared”? (a) rich (b) angry (c) afraid (d) hungry
4. 4.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) misjudge (c) rejudge (d) unjudge
5. 5.Fill the gap: a ___ of puppies (a) pride (b) litter (c) flock (d) fleet
6. 6.Which word means “in a quick way”? (a) quickly (b) quicken (c) quicker (d) quickness
7. 7.Fill the gap: A gaggle is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) ships (c) geese (d) keys
8. 8.Choose the best word: It was very ___ outside, so we wore sweaters. (a) sunny (b) dry (c) cold (d) hot
9. 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
10. 10.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) float – sink (b) fast – quick (c) quiet – silent (d) scared – afraid
11. 11.Choose the best word: The music was so ___ that the neighbours complained. (a) loud (b) sweet (c) soft (d) quiet
12. 12.Fill the gap: A team is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) players (c) grapes (d) cows
13. 13.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) early – late (b) full – empty (c) ill – sick (d) ill – well
14. 14.Add the suffix: quick + ly = ? (a) quickley (b) quickly (c) quickely (d) quikly
15. 15.What is the masculine of “queen”? (a) king (b) nephew (c) uncle (d) prince
16. 16.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
17. 17.Fill the gap: The young one of an elephant is a ___. (a) kid (b) calf (c) chick (d) kitten
18. 18.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
19. 19.Choose the best word: The ___ boy never tells a lie. (a) greedy (b) honest (c) rude (d) lazy
20. 20.Choose the best word: The puppy was so ___ that it fit in my hands. (a) small (b) huge (c) tall (d) heavy
21. 21.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) beautiful (c) tomato (d) handbag
22. 22.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
23. 23.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) dislucky (c) mislucky (d) prelucky
24. 24.Which is a compound word? (a) football (b) animal (c) quickly (d) umbrella
25. 25.Fill the gap: a ___ of dolphins (a) swarm (b) pride (c) herd (d) pod
26. 26.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
27. 27.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) eyebrow (c) pencil (d) happiness
28. 28.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
29. 29.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read before (c) read wrongly (d) read again
30. 30.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “loss”? (a) window (b) answer (c) profit (d) journey
31. 31.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -less (b) -ly (c) -er (d) -ful
32. 32.Fill the gap: A joey is the young one of a ___. (a) hen (b) kangaroo (c) cat (d) cow
33. 33.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “sharp”? (a) honest (b) early (c) modern (d) blunt
34. 34.Which word means the same as “thin”? (a) tall (b) fat (c) slim (d) quick
35. 35.Choose the best word: Our class teacher ___ us a story every Friday. (a) tells (b) eats (c) sleeps (d) drinks
36. 36.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
37. 37.Make a compound word: door + ___ (a) rice (b) tree (c) bell (d) milk
38. 38.Which word means the same as “shy”? (a) timid (b) rich (c) bold (d) quick
39. 39.What is the feminine of “bull”? (a) cow (b) ewe (c) mare (d) hen
40. 40.Fill the gap: A range is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) bees (c) cows (d) mountains

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