Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 858 · 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 prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
2. 2.Which word means “in a slow way”? (a) slowness (b) slowest (c) slower (d) slowly
3. 3.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) quickly (c) firefly (d) umbrella
4. 4.Fill the gap: A pride is a group of ___. (a) sheep (b) lions (c) ships (d) keys
5. 5.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
6. 6.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “increase”? (a) borrow (b) accept (c) shout (d) decrease
7. 7.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) umbrella (c) bedroom (d) happiness
8. 8.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) ill – sick (b) early – late (c) full – empty (d) ill – well
9. 9.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) gift – present (b) big – large (c) ill – sick (d) deep – shallow
10. 10.Choose the best word: Tara was ___ about her exam, so she revised every day. (a) careless (b) serious (c) lazy (d) bored
11. 11.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -less (b) -er (c) -ly (d) -ful
12. 12.Fill the gap: A cub is the young one of a ___. (a) sheep (b) cow (c) lion (d) hen
13. 13.Make a compound word: every + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) tree (d) one
14. 14.Fill the gap: A choir is a group of ___. (a) singers (b) ships (c) cows (d) sticks
15. 15.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) preequal (c) reequal (d) disequal
16. 16.Fill the gap: a ___ of elephants (a) fleet (b) herd (c) bunch (d) flock
17. 17.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “cowardly”? (a) lazy (b) rude (c) brave (d) tiny
18. 18.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write again (c) write wrongly (d) write before
19. 19.Fill the gap: A joey is the young one of a ___. (a) cow (b) hen (c) cat (d) kangaroo
20. 20.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
21. 21.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
22. 22.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -less (b) -ly (c) -er (d) -ful
23. 23.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
24. 24.Choose the best word: The ice cream ___ quickly in the hot sun. (a) froze (b) grew (c) slept (d) melted
25. 25.Choose the best word: Kavya ___ the bus and had to walk to school. (a) drove (b) washed (c) missed (d) caught
26. 26.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
27. 27.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) glad – happy (b) talk – speak (c) jump – leap (d) cheap – expensive
28. 28.What is the masculine of “woman”? (a) king (b) nephew (c) man (d) uncle
29. 29.What is the masculine of “tigress”? (a) king (b) tiger (c) lion (d) bull
30. 30.Which is a compound word? (a) quickly (b) yellow (c) animal (d) eyebrow
31. 31.Choose the best word: Rohan ___ his bicycle to school every day. (a) rides (b) reads (c) throws (d) eats
32. 32.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
33. 33.Which word means “the state of being dark”? (a) darkly (b) darken (c) darker (d) darkness
34. 34.What is the feminine of “lion”? (a) tigress (b) lioness (c) queen (d) mare
35. 35.Which word means the same as “mischievous”? (a) sleepy (b) obedient (c) polite (d) naughty
36. 36.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
37. 37.Which word means “without pain”? (a) painter (b) painful (c) painless (d) painted
38. 38.Which word means the same as “choose”? (a) select (b) carry (c) reject (d) sleep
39. 39.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) misrespect (c) rerespect (d) unrespect
40. 40.Fill the gap: A band is a group of ___. (a) musicians (b) cows (c) keys (d) ships

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