Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 794 · 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 pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) arrive – reach (b) shut – close (c) begin – start (d) arrive – depart
2. 2.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
3. 3.Make a compound word: pan + ___ (a) shoe (b) tree (c) cake (d) pen
4. 4.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
5. 5.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) open – shut (b) gift – present (c) up – down (d) gift – river
6. 6.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) begin – start (b) tall – short (c) happy – sad (d) begin – finish
7. 7.What is the feminine of “lion”? (a) mare (b) queen (c) tigress (d) lioness
8. 8.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) animal (c) snowman (d) kitchen
9. 9.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
10. 10.Fill the gap: A fawn is the young one of a ___. (a) duck (b) deer (c) hen (d) frog
11. 11.Choose the best word: Rohan ___ his bicycle to school every day. (a) reads (b) rides (c) eats (d) throws
12. 12.Make a compound word: every + ___ (a) pen (b) one (c) tree (d) milk
13. 13.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
14. 14.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flu (b) flew
15. 15.What is the feminine of “waiter”? (a) princess (b) waitress (c) actress (d) hostess
16. 16.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) happiness (c) yellow (d) pancake
17. 17.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) not paint (c) paint again (d) paint before
18. 18.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
19. 19.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “blunt”? (a) sharp (b) polite (c) ancient (d) late
20. 20.Which word means the same as “rock”? (a) sand (b) cloud (c) stone (d) leaf
21. 21.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “permanent”? (a) ancient (b) temporary (c) generous (d) polite
22. 22.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -er (b) -less (c) -ly (d) -ful
23. 23.Make a compound word: book + ___ (a) shelf (b) milk (c) sun (d) rain
24. 24.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) not lucky (c) lucky again (d) lucky wrongly
25. 25.Which word means the same as “big”? (a) empty (b) large (c) angry (d) quick
26. 26.Choose the best word: The sky was ___, so we knew it would rain. (a) cloudy (b) sunny (c) bright (d) clear
27. 27.Which word means “fill again”? (a) refill (b) prefill (c) disfill (d) misfill
28. 28.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) light – dark (b) hard – soft (c) rich – poor (d) rich – wealthy
29. 29.Make a compound word: bed + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) room (d) tree
30. 30.Make a compound word: play + ___ (a) milk (b) rice (c) cup (d) ground
31. 31.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
32. 32.Which word means “in a kind way”? (a) kindest (b) kindness (c) kinder (d) kindly
33. 33.Which word means “heat before”? (a) misheat (b) preheat (c) disheat (d) reheat
34. 34.Make a compound word: news + ___ (a) shoe (b) paper (c) tree (d) milk
35. 35.Which word means “in a slow way”? (a) slower (b) slowly (c) slowness (d) slowest
36. 36.Fill the gap: A cub is the young one of a ___. (a) cow (b) sheep (c) hen (d) lion
37. 37.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) untidy (c) retidy (d) distidy
38. 38.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
39. 39.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
40. 40.Which word means the same as “below”? (a) above (b) behind (c) beside (d) under

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