Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 786 · 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.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
2. 2.Choose the best word: Kavya ___ the bus and had to walk to school. (a) drove (b) missed (c) caught (d) washed
3. 3.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “hero”? (a) villain (b) question (c) roof (d) journey
4. 4.Which word means the same as “cold”? (a) slow (b) chilly (c) wet (d) hot
5. 5.Choose the best word: Rohan ___ his bicycle to school every day. (a) reads (b) throws (c) eats (d) rides
6. 6.Which word means the same as “quiet”? (a) silent (b) angry (c) noisy (d) quick
7. 7.Fill the gap: a ___ of monkeys (a) troop (b) bunch (c) fleet (d) flock
8. 8.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) not continue (c) continue wrongly (d) continue before
9. 9.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
10. 10.Which word means the same as “hurry”? (a) rest (b) rush (c) sing (d) eat
11. 11.Fill the gap: The young one of a butterfly is a ___. (a) kitten (b) tadpole (c) cub (d) caterpillar
12. 12.Fill the gap: a ___ of dancers (a) fleet (b) herd (c) swarm (d) troupe
13. 13.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
14. 14.Fill the gap: A calf is the young one of a ___. (a) cow (b) frog (c) cat (d) hen
15. 15.Which word means “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) preheat (c) unheat (d) misheat
16. 16.What is the masculine of “queen”? (a) uncle (b) nephew (c) king (d) prince
17. 17.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) scared – afraid (b) fast – quick (c) quiet – silent (d) float – sink
18. 18.Fill the gap: A flight is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) lions (c) stairs (d) grapes
19. 19.Which word means “full of power”? (a) powered (b) powerful (c) powerless (d) powerfully
20. 20.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
21. 21.Add the suffix: beauty + ful = ? (a) beautful (b) beautifull (c) beautyful (d) beautiful
22. 22.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well wrongly (c) well again (d) not well
23. 23.Choose the best word: The thief ran away when he heard the police ___. (a) story (b) siren (c) smile (d) song
24. 24.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) shut – close (b) begin – start (c) arrive – reach (d) arrive – depart
25. 25.Choose the best word: Please speak softly; the baby is ___. (a) loud (b) late (c) awake (d) asleep
26. 26.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) judge again
27. 27.Choose the best word: The library is a ___ place; nobody talks loudly there. (a) rowdy (b) quiet (c) loud (d) noisy
28. 28.Which word means “not usual”? (a) preusual (b) unusual (c) disusual (d) misusual
29. 29.Choose the best word: Arjun ___ the race and got a gold medal. (a) feared (b) won (c) lost (d) missed
30. 30.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “victory”? (a) journey (b) defeat (c) question (d) answer
31. 31.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) misspell (b) disspell (c) prespell (d) respell
32. 32.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) misobey (c) reobey (d) preobey
33. 33.Fill the gap: a ___ of whales (a) pod (b) pride (c) swarm (d) bunch
34. 34.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) happiness (c) bedroom (d) elephant
35. 35.Fill the gap: a ___ of cattle (a) herd (b) swarm (c) bunch (d) fleet
36. 36.Fill the gap: A cygnet is the young one of a ___. (a) cow (b) horse (c) cat (d) swan
37. 37.Choose the best word: Our neighbour’s dog ___ at every stranger. (a) barks (b) smiles (c) moos (d) sings
38. 38.Fill the gap: a ___ of mosquitoes (a) pride (b) herd (c) swarm (d) bunch
39. 39.Which word means the same as “hard”? (a) kind (b) difficult (c) easy (d) wet
40. 40.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) not cook (c) cook before (d) cook again

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