Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 87 · 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: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
2. 2.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) shout – yell (b) push – pull (c) shout – whisper (d) buy – sell
3. 3.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
4. 4.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
5. 5.Add the suffix: happy + ly = ? (a) happiely (b) happily (c) happyly (d) happly
6. 6.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) airport (c) teacher (d) happiness
7. 7.Make a compound word: hand + ___ (a) milk (b) rice (c) bag (d) tree
8. 8.What is the feminine of “king”? (a) niece (b) princess (c) queen (d) aunt
9. 9.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
10. 10.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) quick – fast (b) big – large (c) brave – cowardly (d) brave – bold
11. 11.Fill the gap: A clutch is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) lions (c) cows (d) eggs
12. 12.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) talk – speak (b) jump – leap (c) cheap – expensive (d) glad – happy
13. 13.Which word means “the state of being dark”? (a) darken (b) darkly (c) darker (d) darkness
14. 14.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
15. 15.Choose the best word: The flowers ___ because nobody watered them. (a) wilted (b) danced (c) grew (d) bloomed
16. 16.Fill the gap: a ___ of students (a) class (b) swarm (c) herd (d) fleet
17. 17.Which word means the same as “select”? (a) jump (b) refuse (c) carry (d) choose
18. 18.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) elephant (c) tomato (d) rainbow
19. 19.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) end – finish (b) victory – defeat (c) gift – present (d) victory – win
20. 20.Add the suffix: tidy + ness = ? (a) tidiness (b) tidness (c) tidyness (d) tidines
21. 21.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
22. 22.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
23. 23.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) tall – short (b) begin – finish (c) happy – sad (d) begin – start
24. 24.Choose the best word: The puppy was so ___ that it fit in my hands. (a) huge (b) heavy (c) tall (d) small
25. 25.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) rebehave (c) unbehave (d) disbehave
26. 26.What is the feminine of “bridegroom”? (a) aunt (b) bride (c) wife (d) queen
27. 27.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) mend – repair (b) win – lose (c) come – go (d) mend – break
28. 28.Which word means “without end”? (a) ending (b) endless (c) endings (d) ended
29. 29.Choose the best word: The ___ boy ate all the sweets and gave none to his sister. (a) generous (b) honest (c) greedy (d) kind
30. 30.Which is a compound word? (a) teacher (b) butterfly (c) banana (d) running
31. 31.Which word means the same as “yell”? (a) sit (b) shout (c) eat (d) whisper
32. 32.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) give – take (b) choose – select (c) choose – reject (d) laugh – cry
33. 33.Choose the best word: The doctor said Dev must take his ___ three times a day. (a) medicine (b) homework (c) shoes (d) kite
34. 34.Which is a compound word? (a) pencil (b) animal (c) quickly (d) pancake
35. 35.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) rich – wealthy (b) rough – smooth (c) end – finish (d) quiet – silent
36. 36.Make a compound word: sea + ___ (a) chair (b) pen (c) horse (d) milk
37. 37.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
38. 38.Which is a compound word? (a) newspaper (b) beautiful (c) quickly (d) yellow
39. 39.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -less (b) -ly (c) -ful (d) -er
40. 40.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour

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