Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 867 · 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.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
2. 2.Choose the best word: The cat ___ on the warm windowsill all afternoon. (a) swam (b) barked (c) flew (d) slept
3. 3.What is the masculine of “wife”? (a) son (b) uncle (c) nephew (d) husband
4. 4.Which word means “join again”? (a) unjoin (b) rejoin (c) misjoin (d) disjoin
5. 5.Which word means the same as “begin”? (a) start (b) shout (c) choose (d) finish
6. 6.Choose the best word: Please speak softly; the baby is ___. (a) late (b) asleep (c) loud (d) awake
7. 7.What is the masculine of “princess”? (a) king (b) prince (c) nephew (d) uncle
8. 8.Fill the gap: A pod is a group of ___. (a) whales (b) cows (c) bees (d) keys
9. 9.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
10. 10.Choose the best word: The ice cream ___ quickly in the hot sun. (a) melted (b) slept (c) grew (d) froze
11. 11.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
12. 12.Which word means “full of beauty”? (a) beautify (b) beauty (c) beautifully (d) beautiful
13. 13.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
14. 14.Choose the best word: The tiny ant carried a crumb ___ than its own body. (a) thinner (b) softer (c) smaller (d) bigger
15. 15.Which word means the same as “end”? (a) begin (b) smile (c) finish (d) shout
16. 16.Which is a compound word? (a) playground (b) pencil (c) tomato (d) banana
17. 17.Fill the gap: The young one of a donkey is a ___. (a) cub (b) chick (c) foal (d) kitten
18. 18.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
19. 19.Fill the gap: A crew is a group of ___. (a) sailors (b) grapes (c) cows (d) lions
20. 20.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “invisible”? (a) honest (b) visible (c) early (d) generous
21. 21.What is the feminine of “nephew”? (a) niece (b) daughter (c) aunt (d) sister
22. 22.What is the feminine of “ram”? (a) hen (b) ewe (c) peahen (d) mare
23. 23.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) elephant (c) firefly (d) quickly
24. 24.Which is a compound word? (a) elephant (b) yellow (c) animal (d) classroom
25. 25.Fill the gap: a ___ of buffaloes (a) pride (b) fleet (c) swarm (d) herd
26. 26.Which word means “one who paints”? (a) painted (b) painter (c) paints (d) painting
27. 27.Which word means “full of joy”? (a) joyless (b) enjoy (c) joyfully (d) joyful
28. 28.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) happy – glad (b) include – exclude (c) shout – yell (d) mend – repair
29. 29.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) preunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) misunderstand
30. 30.Fill the gap: a ___ of grapes (a) herd (b) bunch (c) pride (d) swarm
31. 31.Which word means the same as “road”? (a) river (b) sky (c) street (d) house
32. 32.Choose the best word: Please ___ the door; it is cold outside. (a) open (b) close (c) break (d) paint
33. 33.Make a compound word: tea + ___ (a) shoe (b) pen (c) cup (d) road
34. 34.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
35. 35.Choose the best word: Neel was ___ because he had forgotten his homework. (a) delighted (b) proud (c) excited (d) worried
36. 36.Choose the best word: The ___ boy never tells a lie. (a) greedy (b) rude (c) honest (d) lazy
37. 37.Which word means the same as “jump”? (a) sit (b) crawl (c) leap (d) cry
38. 38.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
39. 39.Choose the best word: I ___ my keys, so I could not open the door. (a) used (b) found (c) made (d) lost
40. 40.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -ful (b) -ness (c) -er (d) -ly

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