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Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 824 · 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 pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) mend – repair (b) include – exclude (c) happy – glad (d) shout – yell
  2. 2.Fill the gap: The young one of a whale is a ___. (a) cub (b) kid (c) chick (d) calf
  3. 3.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) unwrite (c) rewrite (d) diswrite
  4. 4.What is the masculine of “woman”? (a) man (b) king (c) uncle (d) nephew
  5. 5.Make a compound word: air + ___ (a) rice (b) tree (c) book (d) port
  6. 6.Make a compound word: week + ___ (a) tree (b) end (c) shoe (d) milk
  7. 7.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) big – large (b) deep – shallow (c) ill – sick (d) gift – present
  8. 8.Make a compound word: rain + ___ (a) bow (b) pen (c) chair (d) milk
  9. 9.Which is a compound word? (a) pancake (b) animal (c) umbrella (d) teacher
  10. 10.Choose the best word: Turn off the lights to ___ electricity. (a) save (b) spill (c) burn (d) waste
  11. 11.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) unplace (b) preplace (c) displace (d) misplace
  12. 12.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) win – lose (b) up – down (c) hot – cold (d) stone – rock
  13. 13.Add the suffix: bake + er = ? (a) bakor (b) baker (c) bakar (d) bakeer
  14. 14.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
  15. 15.Choose the best word: The thirsty crow dropped ___ into the pot to raise the water. (a) pebbles (b) feathers (c) bubbles (d) leaves
  16. 16.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
  17. 17.Add the suffix: hope + ful = ? (a) hoapful (b) hopeful (c) hopefull (d) hopful
  18. 18.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  19. 19.Choose the best word: Riya ___ the picture with bright colours. (a) drank (b) ate (c) painted (d) threw
  20. 20.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count wrongly (c) not count (d) count before
  21. 21.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) end – finish (b) rich – wealthy (c) rough – smooth (d) quiet – silent
  22. 22.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) beautiful (c) running (d) wheelchair
  23. 23.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
  24. 24.Choose the best word: The ___ boy shared his lunch with everyone. (a) greedy (b) generous (c) selfish (d) lazy
  25. 25.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -er (b) -ness (c) -ful (d) -ly
  26. 26.Choose the best word: The book was so ___ that I finished it in one night. (a) dull (b) heavy (c) boring (d) interesting
  27. 27.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) quick – slow (b) rich – poor (c) quick – fast (d) wet – dry
  28. 28.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  29. 29.Choose the best word: Mum ___ the vegetables with a sharp knife. (a) poured (b) fried (c) boiled (d) chopped
  30. 30.Which word means the same as “under”? (a) above (b) beside (c) behind (d) below
  31. 31.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -er (b) -less (c) -ful (d) -ly
  32. 32.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
  33. 33.Which word means the same as “choose”? (a) reject (b) sleep (c) select (d) carry
  34. 34.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) animal (c) teacher (d) notebook
  35. 35.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
  36. 36.Which word means the same as “bright”? (a) dull (b) sad (c) shiny (d) slow
  37. 37.Choose the best word: The thief ran away when he heard the police ___. (a) song (b) siren (c) story (d) smile
  38. 38.Fill the gap: The young one of a frog is a ___. (a) lamb (b) chick (c) cub (d) tadpole
  39. 39.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “rude”? (a) lazy (b) tall (c) polite (d) wet
  40. 40.Which word means “the state of being dark”? (a) darkly (b) darkness (c) darken (d) darker

Answer key

  1. include – exclude
  2. calf
  3. rewrite
  4. man
  5. port
  6. end
  7. deep – shallow
  8. bow
  9. pancake
  10. save
  11. misplace
  12. stone – rock
  13. baker
  14. male
  15. pebbles
  16. tale
  17. hopeful
  18. dis-
  19. painted
  20. count wrongly
  21. rough – smooth
  22. wheelchair
  23. deer
  24. generous
  25. -ness
  26. interesting
  27. quick – fast
  28. un-
  29. chopped
  30. below
  31. -ful
  32. won
  33. select
  34. notebook
  35. right
  36. shiny
  37. siren
  38. tadpole
  39. polite
  40. darkness

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