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Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 891 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.Add the suffix: happy + ness = ? (a) happyness (b) happieness (c) happiness (d) happines
  2. 2.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) heat wrongly
  3. 3.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “foolish”? (a) early (b) rich (c) modern (d) wise
  4. 4.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) reequal (c) preequal (d) disequal
  5. 5.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) jump – leap (b) ill – sick (c) borrow – lend (d) yell – shout
  6. 6.Fill the gap: a ___ of zebras (a) herd (b) bunch (c) fleet (d) swarm
  7. 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) dis-
  8. 8.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) early – late (b) full – empty (c) ill – well (d) ill – sick
  9. 9.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) tall – short (b) begin – start (c) begin – finish (d) happy – sad
  10. 10.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -less (b) -ness (c) -ful (d) -er
  11. 11.Which word means “one who sings”? (a) songs (b) singing (c) singer (d) sang
  12. 12.Which word means the same as “repair”? (a) break (b) choose (c) laugh (d) fix
  13. 13.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “blunt”? (a) polite (b) ancient (c) late (d) sharp
  14. 14.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
  15. 15.Choose the best word: Riya ___ her grandmother a letter on her birthday. (a) wrote (b) swam (c) ate (d) drank
  16. 16.What is the feminine of “uncle”? (a) aunt (b) sister (c) niece (d) daughter
  17. 17.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) build before (c) not build (d) build again
  18. 18.Which word means the same as “choose”? (a) reject (b) select (c) sleep (d) carry
  19. 19.Add the suffix: tidy + ness = ? (a) tidiness (b) tidines (c) tidyness (d) tidness
  20. 20.Choose the best word: The music was so ___ that the neighbours complained. (a) loud (b) quiet (c) sweet (d) soft
  21. 21.Fill the gap: A piglet is the young one of a ___. (a) frog (b) hen (c) pig (d) cat
  22. 22.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) rich – poor (b) wet – dry (c) quick – fast (d) quick – slow
  23. 23.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) cold – hot (b) cold – chilly (c) buy – sell (d) in – out
  24. 24.Which word means “not honest”? (a) mishonest (b) rehonest (c) dishonest (d) prehonest
  25. 25.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  26. 26.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) victory – win (b) victory – defeat (c) gift – present (d) end – finish
  27. 27.Which is a compound word? (a) tomato (b) running (c) sunflower (d) happiness
  28. 28.Choose the best word: The milk ___ over when Mum left it on the stove. (a) boiled (b) flew (c) slept (d) froze
  29. 29.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) happy – glad (b) include – exclude (c) shout – yell (d) mend – repair
  30. 30.Which word means the same as “answer”? (a) sleep (b) travel (c) question (d) reply
  31. 31.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) not use (c) use before (d) use again
  32. 32.Fill the gap: a ___ of ants (a) pride (b) fleet (c) herd (d) colony
  33. 33.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
  34. 34.Choose the best word: The ice cream ___ quickly in the hot sun. (a) slept (b) grew (c) froze (d) melted
  35. 35.Fill the gap: A foal is the young one of a ___. (a) horse (b) hen (c) frog (d) cat
  36. 36.Fill the gap: a ___ of soldiers (a) bunch (b) army (c) swarm (d) flock
  37. 37.Make a compound word: head + ___ (a) tree (b) ache (c) milk (d) pen
  38. 38.Fill the gap: A troop is a group of ___. (a) bees (b) grapes (c) monkeys (d) ships
  39. 39.What is the masculine of “sister”? (a) husband (b) brother (c) nephew (d) uncle
  40. 40.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) open wrongly (c) not open (d) open again

Answer key

  1. happiness
  2. heat before
  3. wise
  4. unequal
  5. borrow – lend
  6. herd
  7. dis-
  8. ill – sick
  9. begin – start
  10. -less
  11. singer
  12. fix
  13. sharp
  14. night
  15. wrote
  16. aunt
  17. build again
  18. select
  19. tidiness
  20. loud
  21. pig
  22. quick – fast
  23. cold – chilly
  24. dishonest
  25. mis-
  26. victory – defeat
  27. sunflower
  28. boiled
  29. include – exclude
  30. reply
  31. use again
  32. colony
  33. our
  34. melted
  35. horse
  36. army
  37. ache
  38. monkeys
  39. brother
  40. open again

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