Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 900 · 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 prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
2. 2.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -er (b) -ly (c) -ness (d) -ful
3. 3.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) unlead (c) mislead (d) dislead
4. 4.Which word means the same as “finish”? (a) jump (b) end (c) start (d) gift
5. 5.Fill the gap: a ___ of stairs (a) flight (b) pride (c) swarm (d) herd
6. 6.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) up – down (b) open – shut (c) gift – present (d) gift – river
7. 7.Make a compound word: sun + ___ (a) milk (b) chair (c) flower (d) bag
8. 8.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) end – finish (b) gift – present (c) victory – defeat (d) victory – win
9. 9.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
10. 10.Choose the best word: Kavya ___ the bus and had to walk to school. (a) caught (b) drove (c) washed (d) missed
11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
12. 12.Which word means “heat before”? (a) misheat (b) disheat (c) preheat (d) reheat
13. 13.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy wrongly (c) not tidy (d) tidy again
14. 14.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “public”? (a) modern (b) honest (c) brave (d) private
15. 15.Fill the gap: a ___ of keys (a) swarm (b) pride (c) bunch (d) herd
16. 16.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
17. 17.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
18. 18.Choose the best word: The children ___ loudly when India hit a six. (a) cheered (b) cried (c) slept (d) whispered
19. 19.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) not paint (c) paint before (d) paint again
20. 20.Fill the gap: A kid is the young one of a ___. (a) cat (b) goat (c) hen (d) cow
21. 21.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) big – large (b) fast – slow (c) hot – cold (d) big – small
22. 22.Which word means “one who farms”? (a) farmland (b) farmer (c) farmed (d) farming
23. 23.Make a compound word: sea + ___ (a) horse (b) chair (c) milk (d) pen
24. 24.Fill the gap: A crowd is a group of ___. (a) grapes (b) ships (c) keys (d) people
25. 25.Add the suffix: slow + ly = ? (a) slowely (b) sloly (c) slowley (d) slowly
26. 26.Fill the gap: The young one of a dog is a ___. (a) kitten (b) foal (c) puppy (d) calf
27. 27.Fill the gap: A colony is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) cows (c) ants (d) grapes
28. 28.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) end – finish (b) rich – wealthy (c) rough – smooth (d) quiet – silent
29. 29.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) come – go (b) mend – break (c) win – lose (d) mend – repair
30. 30.Which word means “in a quick way”? (a) quicker (b) quicken (c) quickness (d) quickly
31. 31.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) shut – close (b) begin – start (c) arrive – depart (d) arrive – reach
32. 32.What is the feminine of “ram”? (a) hen (b) peahen (c) mare (d) ewe
33. 33.Fill the gap: a ___ of sticks (a) bundle (b) pride (c) herd (d) flock
34. 34.Which word means “without end”? (a) ended (b) endings (c) ending (d) endless
35. 35.What is the feminine of “rooster”? (a) mare (b) hen (c) duck (d) cow
36. 36.Which word means “full of pain”? (a) painless (b) painful (c) painter (d) painfully
37. 37.Fill the gap: A puppy is the young one of a ___. (a) cat (b) dog (c) hen (d) cow
38. 38.Which word means the same as “big”? (a) angry (b) empty (c) large (d) quick
39. 39.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
40. 40.Which word means the same as “shout”? (a) whisper (b) yell (c) sleep (d) smile

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