Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 751 · 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 “the state of being”? (a) -er (b) -ness (c) -ly (d) -ful
2. 2.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “absent”? (a) late (b) polite (c) present (d) ancient
3. 3.Choose the best word: After the long journey, we were ___ to reach home. (a) sorry (b) afraid (c) angry (d) glad
4. 4.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) big – small (b) hot – cold (c) big – large (d) fast – slow
5. 5.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
6. 6.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) place again (c) place wrongly (d) not place
7. 7.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -ness (b) -less (c) -er (d) -ful
8. 8.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -less (b) -ful (c) -er (d) -ly
9. 9.Which word means the same as “silent”? (a) rich (b) fast (c) quiet (d) loud
10. 10.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “sink”? (a) sing (b) arrive (c) lend (d) float
11. 11.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) mishonest (c) dishonest (d) rehonest
12. 12.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
13. 13.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
14. 14.Fill the gap: A pod is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) whales (c) bees (d) keys
15. 15.Which word means “play again”? (a) replay (b) misplay (c) unplay (d) display
16. 16.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) victory – win (b) victory – defeat (c) end – finish (d) gift – present
17. 17.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “profit”? (a) question (b) roof (c) journey (d) loss
18. 18.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) banana (c) rainbow (d) kitchen
19. 19.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count before (c) count wrongly (d) count again
20. 20.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “generous”? (a) selfish (b) early (c) brave (d) polite
21. 21.Fill the gap: a ___ of singers (a) choir (b) fleet (c) herd (d) swarm
22. 22.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “majority”? (a) journey (b) victory (c) question (d) minority
23. 23.Fill the gap: a ___ of deer (a) pride (b) swarm (c) fleet (d) herd
24. 24.Add the suffix: lazy + ness = ? (a) lazness (b) lazyness (c) lazines (d) laziness
25. 25.Which word means “the state of being kind”? (a) kindness (b) kindly (c) kinder (d) kindest
26. 26.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) dishappy (c) mishappy (d) prehappy
27. 27.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
28. 28.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) shy – bold (b) old – new (c) shy – timid (d) tall – short
29. 29.Choose the best word: After the match, the players were ___ and thirsty. (a) cold (b) asleep (c) fresh (d) tired
30. 30.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
31. 31.Choose the best word: The ___ boy never tells a lie. (a) greedy (b) rude (c) honest (d) lazy
32. 32.Make a compound word: bed + ___ (a) tree (b) milk (c) room (d) pen
33. 33.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest again (c) honest wrongly (d) not honest
34. 34.Which word means “visit again”? (a) misvisit (b) disvisit (c) revisit (d) previsit
35. 35.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
36. 36.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “question”? (a) victory (b) answer (c) roof (d) journey
37. 37.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “temporary”? (a) modern (b) honest (c) brave (d) permanent
38. 38.Add the suffix: happy + ly = ? (a) happly (b) happiely (c) happily (d) happyly
39. 39.Which word means “full of help”? (a) helpful (b) helpfully (c) helpless (d) helper
40. 40.Fill the gap: a ___ of bees (a) fleet (b) pride (c) herd (d) swarm

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