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Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 796 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “expensive”? (a) early (b) honest (c) polite (d) cheap
  2. 2.Fill the gap: A school is a group of ___. (a) fish (b) keys (c) cows (d) ships
  3. 3.Choose the best word: Please speak softly; the baby is ___. (a) late (b) loud (c) asleep (d) awake
  4. 4.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “exit”? (a) journey (b) question (c) window (d) entrance
  5. 5.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
  6. 6.Choose the best word: The children ___ loudly when India hit a six. (a) cheered (b) slept (c) whispered (d) cried
  7. 7.Which word means the same as “choose”? (a) carry (b) sleep (c) select (d) reject
  8. 8.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) shout – whisper (b) shout – yell (c) buy – sell (d) push – pull
  9. 9.Fill the gap: The young one of a sheep is a ___. (a) chick (b) kid (c) cub (d) lamb
  10. 10.Which word means “full of hope”? (a) hoping (b) hopeful (c) hopefully (d) hopeless
  11. 11.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) open – shut (b) gift – present (c) gift – river (d) up – down
  12. 12.Choose the best word: Kabir was ___ when he saw his surprise birthday party. (a) bored (b) sleepy (c) delighted (d) angry
  13. 13.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write again (c) not write (d) write before
  14. 14.Choose the best word: The doctor was ___ and explained everything slowly to the scared child. (a) patient (b) rude (c) careless (d) angry
  15. 15.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) choose – select (b) choose – reject (c) laugh – cry (d) give – take
  16. 16.Fill the gap: The young one of a camel is a ___. (a) calf (b) chick (c) cub (d) kitten
  17. 17.Choose the best word: Please ___ your hands before you eat. (a) paint (b) wash (c) clap (d) hide
  18. 18.Choose the best word: Arjun is very ___; he is always ready to help others. (a) selfish (b) rude (c) lazy (d) helpful
  19. 19.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
  20. 20.Which word means the same as “little”? (a) small (b) big (c) kind (d) loud
  21. 21.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) discount (b) recount (c) miscount (d) precount
  22. 22.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) borrow – lend (b) yell – shout (c) ill – sick (d) jump – leap
  23. 23.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) quiet – silent (b) rough – smooth (c) end – finish (d) rich – wealthy
  24. 24.Fill the gap: The young one of a swan is a ___. (a) foal (b) cub (c) kid (d) cygnet
  25. 25.Which word means “one who teaches”? (a) teachable (b) teacher (c) teaching (d) taught
  26. 26.Fill the gap: The young one of a tiger is a ___. (a) cub (b) kitten (c) foal (d) lamb
  27. 27.Choose the best word: The soup is too ___; please add some water. (a) cold (b) tasty (c) fresh (d) salty
  28. 28.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear again (c) hear wrongly (d) hear before
  29. 29.Fill the gap: The young one of a fox is a ___. (a) calf (b) cub (c) foal (d) lamb
  30. 30.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
  31. 31.Choose the best word: The kite flew ___ in the sky. (a) high (b) inside (c) under (d) deep
  32. 32.Fill the gap: a ___ of dolphins (a) herd (b) swarm (c) pride (d) pod
  33. 33.Choose the best word: Please ___ the gate behind you so the cows do not get in. (a) shut (b) paint (c) sell (d) open
  34. 34.Which word means “without help”? (a) helping (b) helpless (c) helper (d) helpful
  35. 35.Choose the best word: The milk ___ over when Mum left it on the stove. (a) flew (b) slept (c) boiled (d) froze
  36. 36.Which word means “without sleep”? (a) sleepy (b) sleepless (c) sleeping (d) sleeper
  37. 37.Which word means the same as “thin”? (a) fat (b) tall (c) quick (d) slim
  38. 38.Choose the best word: Riya ___ her grandmother a letter on her birthday. (a) swam (b) ate (c) wrote (d) drank
  39. 39.Make a compound word: honey + ___ (a) shoe (b) pen (c) chair (d) bee
  40. 40.Choose the best word: Arjun ___ the race and got a gold medal. (a) missed (b) feared (c) lost (d) won

Answer key

  1. cheap
  2. fish
  3. asleep
  4. entrance
  5. sew
  6. cheered
  7. select
  8. shout – yell
  9. lamb
  10. hopeful
  11. gift – present
  12. delighted
  13. write again
  14. patient
  15. choose – select
  16. calf
  17. wash
  18. helpful
  19. flew
  20. small
  21. miscount
  22. borrow – lend
  23. rough – smooth
  24. cygnet
  25. teacher
  26. cub
  27. salty
  28. hear wrongly
  29. cub
  30. pear
  31. high
  32. pod
  33. shut
  34. helpless
  35. boiled
  36. sleepless
  37. slim
  38. wrote
  39. bee
  40. won

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