Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 861 · 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.Fill the gap: a ___ of sailors (a) bunch (b) crew (c) flock (d) herd
2. 2.Which word means “without a home”? (a) homely (b) homework (c) homeward (d) homeless
3. 3.Make a compound word: pop + ___ (a) corn (b) pen (c) shoe (d) tree
4. 4.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
5. 5.Which word means “join again”? (a) disjoin (b) unjoin (c) rejoin (d) prejoin
6. 6.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
7. 7.Choose the best word: The flowers ___ because nobody watered them. (a) danced (b) bloomed (c) grew (d) wilted
8. 8.Fill the gap: A choir is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) sticks (c) singers (d) cows
9. 9.What is the feminine of “ram”? (a) hen (b) ewe (c) peahen (d) mare
10. 10.Which word means “the state of being lazy”? (a) laziness (b) lazily (c) lazier (d) laziest
11. 11.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “export”? (a) whisper (b) float (c) import (d) accept
12. 12.Choose the best word: The milk smelt bad because it had gone ___. (a) sour (b) sweet (c) cold (d) fresh
13. 13.Which is a compound word? (a) railway (b) beautiful (c) quickly (d) animal
14. 14.Add the suffix: angry + ly = ? (a) angryly (b) angrilly (c) angrly (d) angrily
15. 15.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “accept”? (a) arrive (b) borrow (c) refuse (d) whisper
16. 16.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) unallow (c) misallow (d) reallow
17. 17.Which word means the same as “large”? (a) thin (b) sad (c) quick (d) big
18. 18.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
19. 19.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
20. 20.Make a compound word: lunch + ___ (a) pen (b) tree (c) box (d) milk
21. 21.Which is a compound word? (a) wheelchair (b) running (c) umbrella (d) animal
22. 22.Make a compound word: eye + ___ (a) pen (b) milk (c) brow (d) chair
23. 23.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
24. 24.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
25. 25.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) not common (c) common before (d) common wrongly
26. 26.Make a compound word: jelly + ___ (a) milk (b) fish (c) pen (d) chair
27. 27.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
28. 28.What is the feminine of “actor”? (a) actress (b) heroine (c) hostess (d) waitress
29. 29.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
30. 30.Make a compound word: honey + ___ (a) pen (b) bee (c) chair (d) shoe
31. 31.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -er (b) -ful (c) -ly (d) -less
32. 32.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay before (c) pay wrongly (d) pay again
33. 33.Fill the gap: A herd is a group of ___. (a) bees (b) ships (c) cows (d) grapes
34. 34.Which is a compound word? (a) starfish (b) running (c) animal (d) tomato
35. 35.Fill the gap: a ___ of bees (a) fleet (b) herd (c) swarm (d) pride
36. 36.Which word means “in a soft way”? (a) soften (b) softer (c) softness (d) softly
37. 37.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy again (c) happy wrongly (d) not happy
38. 38.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) big – small (b) fast – slow (c) hot – cold (d) big – large
39. 39.Which word means “one who drives”? (a) driving (b) drove (c) drives (d) driver
40. 40.Which word means “the state of being happy”? (a) happily (b) unhappy (c) happiness (d) happier

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