Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 749 · 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 suffix means “without”? (a) -less (b) -ful (c) -ness (d) -er
2. 2.Make a compound word: eye + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) chair (d) brow
3. 3.Add the suffix: slow + ly = ? (a) slowly (b) sloly (c) slowely (d) slowley
4. 4.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) by (b) bye (c) buy
5. 5.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) prejudge (c) rejudge (d) disjudge
6. 6.Which word means the same as “easy”? (a) noisy (b) rude (c) hard (d) simple
7. 7.Which word means the same as “damp”? (a) dry (b) cold (c) fast (d) wet
8. 8.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) banana (c) quickly (d) firefly
9. 9.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
10. 10.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
11. 11.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) hot – cold (b) big – large (c) fast – slow (d) big – small
12. 12.Choose the best word: The cat ___ on the warm windowsill all afternoon. (a) flew (b) barked (c) swam (d) slept
13. 13.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) ill – well (b) full – empty (c) early – late (d) ill – sick
14. 14.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) not open (c) open again (d) open before
15. 15.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) push – pull (b) day – night (c) friend – enemy (d) friend – pal
16. 16.Fill the gap: a ___ of bananas (a) fleet (b) pack (c) bunch (d) flock
17. 17.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) not judge
18. 18.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) rich – poor (b) quick – fast (c) quick – slow (d) wet – dry
19. 19.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “arrive”? (a) laugh (b) borrow (c) accept (d) depart
20. 20.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
21. 21.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) not lucky (c) lucky before (d) lucky wrongly
22. 22.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
23. 23.Fill the gap: A fawn is the young one of a ___. (a) hen (b) duck (c) frog (d) deer
24. 24.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal again (c) equal before (d) equal wrongly
25. 25.Make a compound word: some + ___ (a) tree (b) thing (c) pen (d) milk
26. 26.Fill the gap: The young one of a horse is a ___. (a) cub (b) lamb (c) foal (d) kitten
27. 27.Choose the best word: The library is a ___ place; nobody talks loudly there. (a) loud (b) rowdy (c) quiet (d) noisy
28. 28.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) precommon (c) uncommon (d) discommon
29. 29.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “present”? (a) early (b) honest (c) absent (d) modern
30. 30.Add the suffix: heavy + ly = ? (a) heavyly (b) heavly (c) heavily (d) heavilly
31. 31.Choose the best word: Diya was ___ when she saw a snake in the garden. (a) frightened (b) bored (c) proud (d) delighted
32. 32.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) cold – chilly (b) cold – hot (c) buy – sell (d) in – out
33. 33.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) victory – defeat (b) gift – present (c) victory – win (d) end – finish
34. 34.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
35. 35.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) rebehave (c) unbehave (d) prebehave
36. 36.What is the masculine of “sister”? (a) brother (b) nephew (c) uncle (d) husband
37. 37.Which word means “without hope”? (a) hoped (b) hopeless (c) hoping (d) hopeful
38. 38.Fill the gap: A puppy is the young one of a ___. (a) hen (b) dog (c) cow (d) cat
39. 39.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) open – shut (b) gift – present (c) gift – river (d) up – down
40. 40.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -er (b) -less (c) -ful (d) -ly

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