Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 805 · 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 is the antonym (opposite) of “increase”? (a) accept (b) decrease (c) shout (d) borrow
2. 2.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) glad – happy (b) talk – speak (c) cheap – expensive (d) jump – leap
3. 3.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “brave”? (a) honest (b) cowardly (c) clever (d) early
4. 4.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “opaque”? (a) modern (b) transparent (c) honest (d) early
5. 5.What is the masculine of “aunt”? (a) uncle (b) son (c) brother (d) nephew
6. 6.Choose the best word: The sky was ___, so we knew it would rain. (a) cloudy (b) sunny (c) clear (d) bright
7. 7.Make a compound word: out + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) tree (d) side
8. 8.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) tall – short (b) happy – sad (c) begin – start (d) begin – finish
9. 9.Which word means the same as “caring”? (a) loud (b) busy (c) lazy (d) kind
10. 10.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) dissafe (c) resafe (d) unsafe
11. 11.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) beautiful (c) moonlight (d) teacher
12. 12.Make a compound word: rain + ___ (a) milk (b) bow (c) chair (d) pen
13. 13.Which is a compound word? (a) haircut (b) happiness (c) yellow (d) umbrella
14. 14.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
15. 15.Fill the gap: A foal is the young one of a ___. (a) frog (b) hen (c) cat (d) horse
16. 16.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) buy – sell (b) push – pull (c) shout – yell (d) shout – whisper
17. 17.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -less (b) -ly (c) -er (d) -ful
18. 18.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) by (c) bye
19. 19.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “artificial”? (a) brave (b) natural (c) honest (d) ancient
20. 20.Choose the best word: Priya ___ her room every Sunday so that it stays neat. (a) cleans (b) hides (c) dirties (d) breaks
21. 21.Make a compound word: home + ___ (a) tree (b) work (c) pen (d) cup
22. 22.Which word means the same as “mend”? (a) choose (b) repair (c) laugh (d) break
23. 23.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
24. 24.Choose the best word: Dev was ___ to his teacher and said “thank you” for her help. (a) lazy (b) greedy (c) polite (d) rude
25. 25.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) pencil (c) toothbrush (d) yellow
26. 26.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -ful (b) -er (c) -less (d) -ly
27. 27.Choose the best word: After the long journey, we were ___ to reach home. (a) sorry (b) afraid (c) angry (d) glad
28. 28.Fill the gap: A flock is a group of ___. (a) lions (b) sheep (c) keys (d) ships
29. 29.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
30. 30.What is the masculine of “mother”? (a) son (b) brother (c) father (d) uncle
31. 31.Choose the best word: Riya ___ the picture with bright colours. (a) ate (b) painted (c) threw (d) drank
32. 32.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
33. 33.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “selfish”? (a) lazy (b) quiet (c) rude (d) generous
34. 34.What is the feminine of “father”? (a) sister (b) mother (c) niece (d) aunt
35. 35.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay before (c) pay wrongly (d) not pay
36. 36.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) open before (c) open wrongly (d) not open
37. 37.Fill the gap: A choir is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) singers (c) ships (d) sticks
38. 38.Fill the gap: a ___ of fish (a) bunch (b) pride (c) school (d) herd
39. 39.Fill the gap: The young one of an eagle is an ___. (a) cub (b) calf (c) eaglet (d) kid
40. 40.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) animal (c) bookshelf (d) yellow

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