Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 777 · 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) kitchen (b) banana (c) newspaper (d) beautiful
2. 2.Make a compound word: rail + ___ (a) pen (b) tree (c) way (d) milk
3. 3.Choose the best word: Turn off the lights to ___ electricity. (a) waste (b) burn (c) save (d) spill
4. 4.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “decrease”? (a) whisper (b) float (c) arrive (d) increase
5. 5.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) win – lose (b) stone – rock (c) hot – cold (d) up – down
6. 6.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) miscommon (c) discommon (d) recommon
7. 7.Fill the gap: The young one of a cow is a ___. (a) calf (b) cub (c) chick (d) kitten
8. 8.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat wrongly (c) heat before (d) heat again
9. 9.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) previsit (c) revisit (d) misvisit
10. 10.Make a compound word: water + ___ (a) book (b) fall (c) chair (d) pen
11. 11.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -less (b) -ly (c) -ful (d) -er
12. 12.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) not understand (c) understand before (d) understand again
13. 13.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “natural”? (a) generous (b) artificial (c) polite (d) modern
14. 14.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
15. 15.Which is a compound word? (a) wheelchair (b) running (c) beautiful (d) umbrella
16. 16.Choose the best word: We need an umbrella because it is ___ heavily. (a) singing (b) smiling (c) raining (d) shining
17. 17.Choose the best word: Please speak softly; the baby is ___. (a) late (b) loud (c) awake (d) asleep
18. 18.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) mail (b) male
19. 19.Choose the best word: The music was so ___ that the neighbours complained. (a) sweet (b) loud (c) quiet (d) soft
20. 20.Choose the best word: Meera was so ___ that she fell asleep on the sofa. (a) excited (b) hungry (c) tired (d) angry
21. 21.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “artificial”? (a) honest (b) ancient (c) natural (d) brave
22. 22.Fill the gap: A colony is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) ants (c) ships (d) grapes
23. 23.What is the feminine of “god”? (a) goddess (b) queen (c) hostess (d) princess
24. 24.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
25. 25.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
26. 26.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) road (b) shoe (c) brush (d) cup
27. 27.Fill the gap: A joey is the young one of a ___. (a) cat (b) hen (c) kangaroo (d) cow
28. 28.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
29. 29.Choose the best word: The river ___ through the village to the sea. (a) jumps (b) sleeps (c) flies (d) flows
30. 30.Choose the best word: The ___ moon lit up the whole garden. (a) tiny (b) dull (c) bright (d) dark
31. 31.What is the masculine of “waitress”? (a) actor (b) hero (c) host (d) waiter
32. 32.Which word means “full of hope”? (a) hoping (b) hopeful (c) hopefully (d) hopeless
33. 33.Which is a compound word? (a) postman (b) umbrella (c) banana (d) animal
34. 34.Choose the best word: The farmer ___ rice in his field in the rainy season. (a) plants (b) paints (c) reads (d) cooks
35. 35.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “rough”? (a) early (b) smooth (c) polite (d) modern
36. 36.Make a compound word: home + ___ (a) work (b) cup (c) tree (d) pen
37. 37.Fill the gap: A duckling is the young one of a ___. (a) cow (b) goat (c) duck (d) cat
38. 38.Add the suffix: happy + ly = ? (a) happyly (b) happiely (c) happily (d) happly
39. 39.Fill the gap: A pack is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) lions (c) grapes (d) wolves
40. 40.Fill the gap: a ___ of trees (a) swarm (b) pride (c) herd (d) grove

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