Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 830 · 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.Choose the best word: Aditya ___ his grandmother carry the heavy bag. (a) stopped (b) helped (c) refused (d) ignored
2. 2.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
3. 3.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) preplace (c) unplace (d) replace
4. 4.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) refair (c) misfair (d) unfair
5. 5.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) buy – sell (b) push – pull (c) shout – whisper (d) shout – yell
6. 6.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
7. 7.Make a compound word: air + ___ (a) rice (b) tree (c) book (d) port
8. 8.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
9. 9.Which word means the same as “big”? (a) empty (b) large (c) quick (d) angry
10. 10.Which word means the same as “leap”? (a) sleep (b) sing (c) crawl (d) jump
11. 11.Fill the gap: A crew is a group of ___. (a) lions (b) grapes (c) cows (d) sailors
12. 12.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “kind”? (a) cruel (b) lazy (c) wide (d) ancient
13. 13.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) beautiful (c) banana (d) toothbrush
14. 14.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) prebuild (c) rebuild (d) unbuild
15. 15.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) reallow (c) disallow (d) misallow
16. 16.Choose the best word: The soup is too ___; please add some water. (a) cold (b) fresh (c) salty (d) tasty
17. 17.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check before (c) check wrongly (d) check again
18. 18.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
19. 19.Choose the best word: The firefighters were ___ and rescued everyone from the burning house. (a) lazy (b) scared (c) brave (d) careless
20. 20.Fill the gap: A pride is a group of ___. (a) lions (b) ships (c) keys (d) sheep
21. 21.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
22. 22.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
23. 23.Fill the gap: A caravan is a group of ___. (a) keys (b) ships (c) bees (d) camels
24. 24.Which word means “without a home”? (a) homely (b) homeward (c) homework (d) homeless
25. 25.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -ful (b) -er (c) -ly (d) -less
26. 26.Which word means the same as “ill”? (a) well (b) kind (c) brave (d) sick
27. 27.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) fast – quick (b) scared – afraid (c) float – sink (d) quiet – silent
28. 28.Which word means the same as “jump”? (a) crawl (b) sit (c) cry (d) leap
29. 29.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) reheat (c) preheat (d) misheat
30. 30.Choose the best word: The ice cream ___ quickly in the hot sun. (a) melted (b) grew (c) froze (d) slept
31. 31.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy wrongly (c) happy again (d) not happy
32. 32.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
33. 33.Which word means the same as “sad”? (a) quick (b) rich (c) unhappy (d) tall
34. 34.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
35. 35.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
36. 36.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -ful (b) -less (c) -ly (d) -er
37. 37.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) ill – sick (b) big – large (c) deep – shallow (d) gift – present
38. 38.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Would (b) Wood
39. 39.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “arrive”? (a) laugh (b) accept (c) borrow (d) depart
40. 40.Choose the best word: The library is a ___ place; nobody talks loudly there. (a) rowdy (b) noisy (c) quiet (d) loud

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