Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 9 · 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.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) happy – glad (b) include – exclude (c) mend – repair (d) shout – yell
2. 2.Fill the gap: The young one of a goat is a ___. (a) cub (b) foal (c) lamb (d) kid
3. 3.Fill the gap: The young one of a tiger is a ___. (a) foal (b) kitten (c) lamb (d) cub
4. 4.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -less (b) -er (c) -ful (d) -ness
5. 5.Choose the best word: The bag was too ___ for little Aarav to lift. (a) light (b) small (c) empty (d) heavy
6. 6.Make a compound word: water + ___ (a) chair (b) pen (c) book (d) fall
7. 7.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) arrive – depart (b) shut – close (c) arrive – reach (d) begin – start
8. 8.Which word means “the state of being kind”? (a) kindness (b) kindest (c) kinder (d) kindly
9. 9.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) not well (c) well wrongly (d) well before
10. 10.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “answer”? (a) journey (b) window (c) question (d) victory
11. 11.Which word means “one who helps”? (a) helpfully (b) helpless (c) helpful (d) helper
12. 12.Which word means the same as “street”? (a) road (b) garden (c) river (d) roof
13. 13.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
14. 14.Which word means “full of beauty”? (a) beautifully (b) beautify (c) beautiful (d) beauty
15. 15.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) preallow (c) reallow (d) unallow
16. 16.Make a compound word: pan + ___ (a) shoe (b) tree (c) cake (d) pen
17. 17.Which word means “one who writes”? (a) writing (b) writer (c) wrote (d) written
18. 18.Fill the gap: A kitten is the young one of a ___. (a) hen (b) dog (c) cow (d) cat
19. 19.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
20. 20.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
21. 21.Fill the gap: A colony is a group of ___. (a) ants (b) grapes (c) ships (d) cows
22. 22.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) recook (c) precook (d) uncook
23. 23.Which word means the same as “select”? (a) choose (b) carry (c) jump (d) refuse
24. 24.Choose the best word: Please ___ the door; it is cold outside. (a) open (b) break (c) paint (d) close
25. 25.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) jump – leap (b) yell – shout (c) ill – sick (d) borrow – lend
26. 26.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) shy – bold (b) shy – timid (c) old – new (d) tall – short
27. 27.Make a compound word: note + ___ (a) milk (b) book (c) tree (d) shoe
28. 28.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) untidy (c) pretidy (d) retidy
29. 29.Add the suffix: run + er = ? (a) runnar (b) runer (c) runner (d) runnor
30. 30.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
31. 31.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) shut – close (b) below – under (c) mend – repair (d) wise – foolish
32. 32.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
33. 33.Fill the gap: a ___ of buffaloes (a) pride (b) swarm (c) herd (d) fleet
34. 34.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
35. 35.Fill the gap: A gang is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) ships (c) grapes (d) thieves
36. 36.Which word means the same as “smart”? (a) angry (b) empty (c) slow (d) clever
37. 37.Fill the gap: a ___ of stairs (a) herd (b) swarm (c) flight (d) pride
38. 38.Fill the gap: The young one of an eagle is an ___. (a) kid (b) cub (c) calf (d) eaglet
39. 39.Choose the best word: The glass vase fell and broke into many ___. (a) drops (b) pieces (c) flowers (d) colours
40. 40.Choose the best word: The bread was ___ because it was a week old. (a) fresh (b) warm (c) soft (d) stale

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