Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 863 · 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: Priya ___ her room every Sunday so that it stays neat. (a) cleans (b) hides (c) breaks (d) dirties
2. 2.Make a compound word: butter + ___ (a) chair (b) shoe (c) fly (d) pen
3. 3.Fill the gap: A pack is a group of ___. (a) grapes (b) wolves (c) lions (d) ships
4. 4.Fill the gap: A puppy is the young one of a ___. (a) cat (b) hen (c) dog (d) cow
5. 5.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -er (b) -ness (c) -ful (d) -ly
6. 6.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
7. 7.Make a compound word: home + ___ (a) pen (b) tree (c) work (d) cup
8. 8.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “foolish”? (a) wise (b) modern (c) rich (d) early
9. 9.Fill the gap: An owlet is the young one of an ___. (a) ox (b) eagle (c) ant (d) owl
10. 10.Which word means “one who teaches”? (a) teaching (b) teachable (c) taught (d) teacher
11. 11.Fill the gap: The young one of a lion is a ___. (a) calf (b) cub (c) chick (d) kitten
12. 12.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
13. 13.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
14. 14.Which word means the same as “sick”? (a) tall (b) proud (c) ill (d) healthy
15. 15.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “answer”? (a) window (b) victory (c) question (d) journey
16. 16.Choose the best word: The farmer ___ rice in his field in the rainy season. (a) reads (b) cooks (c) plants (d) paints
17. 17.Which word means the same as “shout”? (a) smile (b) yell (c) sleep (d) whisper
18. 18.What is the feminine of “host”? (a) actress (b) heroine (c) hostess (d) waitress
19. 19.What is the masculine of “mare”? (a) lion (b) bull (c) horse (d) king
20. 20.Fill the gap: The young one of a horse is a ___. (a) lamb (b) foal (c) kitten (d) cub
21. 21.What is the feminine of “grandfather”? (a) queen (b) grandmother (c) aunt (d) niece
22. 22.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) paste (b) chair (c) milk (d) tree
23. 23.Which word means “full of hope”? (a) hoping (b) hopefully (c) hopeful (d) hopeless
24. 24.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
25. 25.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
26. 26.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) push – pull (b) shout – yell (c) buy – sell (d) shout – whisper
27. 27.Choose the best word: The road was ___, so the bus moved slowly. (a) empty (b) clear (c) wide (d) crowded
28. 28.Choose the best word: Our teacher was ___ with our neat work. (a) angry (b) bored (c) worried (d) pleased
29. 29.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “superior”? (a) inferior (b) ancient (c) early (d) polite
30. 30.Which word means the same as “repair”? (a) choose (b) laugh (c) fix (d) break
31. 31.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy again (c) happy wrongly (d) not happy
32. 32.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “blame”? (a) whisper (b) lend (c) praise (d) sink
33. 33.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) umbrella (c) newspaper (d) animal
34. 34.Fill the gap: A caterpillar is the young one of a ___. (a) frog (b) cow (c) hen (d) butterfly
35. 35.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue before (c) continue again (d) continue wrongly
36. 36.Which word means the same as “rush”? (a) wait (b) hurry (c) sleep (d) read
37. 37.Fill the gap: a ___ of cars (a) herd (b) fleet (c) swarm (d) flock
38. 38.Which word means the same as “talk”? (a) sleep (b) run (c) speak (d) hear
39. 39.Which word means the same as “street”? (a) river (b) roof (c) road (d) garden
40. 40.Which word means “full of help”? (a) helpful (b) helpless (c) helpfully (d) helper

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