Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 788 · 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 word means “heat again”? (a) unheat (b) misheat (c) reheat (d) preheat
2. 2.Fill the gap: a ___ of cars (a) swarm (b) herd (c) fleet (d) flock
3. 3.Choose the best word: The sky was ___, so we knew it would rain. (a) clear (b) bright (c) sunny (d) cloudy
4. 4.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) arrive – reach (b) shut – close (c) arrive – depart (d) begin – start
5. 5.Choose the best word: The farmer ___ rice in his field in the rainy season. (a) paints (b) cooks (c) reads (d) plants
6. 6.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by
7. 7.Add the suffix: dark + ness = ? (a) darknes (b) darckness (c) darkness (d) darkeness
8. 8.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
9. 9.Fill the gap: a ___ of pearls (a) flock (b) herd (c) pride (d) string
10. 10.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) diswell (c) unwell (d) miswell
11. 11.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) prebuild (c) rebuild (d) unbuild
12. 12.What is the masculine of “princess”? (a) uncle (b) king (c) prince (d) nephew
13. 13.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
14. 14.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) below – under (b) wise – foolish (c) shut – close (d) mend – repair
15. 15.Which word means the same as “unhappy”? (a) wet (b) sad (c) busy (d) kind
16. 16.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) gift – present (b) big – large (c) ill – sick (d) deep – shallow
17. 17.Choose the best word: Our teacher was ___ with our neat work. (a) bored (b) angry (c) pleased (d) worried
18. 18.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) shout – whisper (b) buy – sell (c) push – pull (d) shout – yell
19. 19.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) tall – short (b) shy – timid (c) old – new (d) shy – bold
20. 20.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
21. 21.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
22. 22.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -ness (b) -less (c) -er (d) -ly
23. 23.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
24. 24.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “rude”? (a) tall (b) lazy (c) wet (d) polite
25. 25.Which word means “join again”? (a) disjoin (b) prejoin (c) unjoin (d) rejoin
26. 26.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
27. 27.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) toothpaste (c) elephant (d) umbrella
28. 28.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) ill – sick (b) ill – well (c) full – empty (d) early – late
29. 29.Make a compound word: news + ___ (a) milk (b) shoe (c) tree (d) paper
30. 30.Choose the best word: The water of the lake was so ___ that we could see the fish. (a) clean (b) dirty (c) muddy (d) dark
31. 31.What is the masculine of “woman”? (a) king (b) uncle (c) man (d) nephew
32. 32.Which word means the same as “shout”? (a) whisper (b) yell (c) smile (d) sleep
33. 33.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “foolish”? (a) modern (b) rich (c) wise (d) early
34. 34.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) scared – afraid (b) in – out (c) old – new (d) scared – brave
35. 35.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) banana (c) animal (d) firefly
36. 36.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) untell (c) pretell (d) retell
37. 37.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “minimum”? (a) journey (b) late (c) ancient (d) maximum
38. 38.Make a compound word: sea + ___ (a) milk (b) shore (c) chair (d) rice
39. 39.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) classroom (c) kitchen (d) teacher
40. 40.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “sunrise”? (a) roof (b) journey (c) answer (d) sunset

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