Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 756 · 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: cup + ___ (a) milk (b) board (c) tree (d) shoe
2. 2.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) deep – shallow (b) gift – present (c) big – large (d) ill – sick
3. 3.Choose the best word: The crowd became ___ when the singer walked onto the stage. (a) bored (b) tired (c) sleepy (d) excited
4. 4.Which word means the same as “gift”? (a) smile (b) river (c) present (d) shout
5. 5.Make a compound word: book + ___ (a) sun (b) milk (c) shelf (d) rain
6. 6.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -less (b) -er (c) -ful (d) -ness
7. 7.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) dishear (c) unhear (d) mishear
8. 8.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “arrive”? (a) depart (b) accept (c) laugh (d) borrow
9. 9.Choose the best word: Mum ___ the vegetables with a sharp knife. (a) fried (b) chopped (c) boiled (d) poured
10. 10.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) unlead (b) prelead (c) dislead (d) mislead
11. 11.Fill the gap: A calf is the young one of a ___. (a) cat (b) cow (c) frog (d) hen
12. 12.Choose the best word: It was so ___ that we could hardly hear each other. (a) silent (b) quiet (c) calm (d) noisy
13. 13.Which word means the same as “hard”? (a) easy (b) kind (c) wet (d) difficult
14. 14.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) happiness (c) tomato (d) rainbow
15. 15.Make a compound word: door + ___ (a) bell (b) milk (c) tree (d) rice
16. 16.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) unuse (c) preuse (d) misuse
17. 17.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
18. 18.Add the suffix: write + er = ? (a) writer (b) writter (c) writar (d) writeer
19. 19.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
20. 20.Choose the best word: Neel was ___ because he had forgotten his homework. (a) delighted (b) excited (c) proud (d) worried
21. 21.Which word means the same as “mend”? (a) break (b) choose (c) laugh (d) repair
22. 22.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) misspell (b) disspell (c) unspell (d) prespell
23. 23.Make a compound word: tea + ___ (a) pen (b) shoe (c) cup (d) road
24. 24.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) begin – start (b) shut – close (c) arrive – reach (d) arrive – depart
25. 25.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) wise – foolish (b) mend – repair (c) below – under (d) shut – close
26. 26.Add the suffix: run + er = ? (a) runnar (b) runnor (c) runner (d) runer
27. 27.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -ly (b) -ful (c) -er (d) -ness
28. 28.Add the suffix: joy + ful = ? (a) joyfull (b) joyfel (c) joiful (d) joyful
29. 29.Make a compound word: head + ___ (a) tree (b) milk (c) pen (d) ache
30. 30.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) pencil (c) homework (d) running
31. 31.Fill the gap: A pod is a group of ___. (a) bees (b) whales (c) cows (d) keys
32. 32.Choose the best word: The doctor said Dev must take his ___ three times a day. (a) shoes (b) homework (c) kite (d) medicine
33. 33.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) handbag (c) yellow (d) quickly
34. 34.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
35. 35.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “cruel”? (a) kind (b) modern (c) wide (d) early
36. 36.Fill the gap: A gang is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) grapes (c) thieves (d) ships
37. 37.Make a compound word: sea + ___ (a) shore (b) milk (c) rice (d) chair
38. 38.Which word means “the state of being dark”? (a) darken (b) darker (c) darkness (d) darkly
39. 39.Which word means “one who helps”? (a) helpless (b) helpful (c) helper (d) helpfully
40. 40.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) discheck (c) mischeck (d) recheck

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