Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 901 · 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.Choose the best word: It was so ___ that we could hardly hear each other. (a) quiet (b) calm (c) silent (d) noisy
2. 2.Fill the gap: a ___ of musicians (a) band (b) flock (c) fleet (d) herd
3. 3.What is the feminine of “drake”? (a) ewe (b) hen (c) mare (d) duck
4. 4.Which word means “one who paints”? (a) painted (b) painting (c) paints (d) painter
5. 5.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “lend”? (a) borrow (b) sing (c) arrive (d) float
6. 6.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
7. 7.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
8. 8.Fill the gap: a ___ of cows (a) fleet (b) bunch (c) swarm (d) herd
9. 9.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “include”? (a) exclude (b) arrive (c) borrow (d) sink
10. 10.Choose the best word: Kavya ___ the bus and had to walk to school. (a) washed (b) drove (c) missed (d) caught
11. 11.Choose the best word: Our neighbour’s dog ___ at every stranger. (a) sings (b) smiles (c) moos (d) barks
12. 12.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) prehonest (c) dishonest (d) unhonest
13. 13.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
14. 14.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
15. 15.Make a compound word: air + ___ (a) rice (b) port (c) book (d) tree
16. 16.Which is a compound word? (a) sunrise (b) happiness (c) running (d) beautiful
17. 17.Fill the gap: The young one of a swan is a ___. (a) kid (b) cygnet (c) cub (d) foal
18. 18.Fill the gap: A crowd is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) people (c) keys (d) grapes
19. 19.Which word means “in a brave way”? (a) braver (b) bravely (c) bravest (d) bravery
20. 20.Choose the best word: Tara was ___ about her exam, so she revised every day. (a) careless (b) bored (c) serious (d) lazy
21. 21.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
22. 22.Fill the gap: a ___ of deer (a) fleet (b) pride (c) herd (d) swarm
23. 23.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
24. 24.Choose the best word: The ___ moon lit up the whole garden. (a) dark (b) bright (c) dull (d) tiny
25. 25.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
26. 26.Fill the gap: a ___ of geese (a) gaggle (b) swarm (c) bunch (d) fleet
27. 27.Fill the gap: The young one of a whale is a ___. (a) kid (b) calf (c) chick (d) cub
28. 28.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
29. 29.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) old – new (b) tall – short (c) shy – bold (d) shy – timid
30. 30.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -er (b) -ly (c) -ful (d) -less
31. 31.Fill the gap: a ___ of stairs (a) swarm (b) herd (c) flight (d) pride
32. 32.Add the suffix: silly + ness = ? (a) silines (b) silliness (c) sillines (d) sillyness
33. 33.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) so (b) sow (c) sew
34. 34.What is the feminine of “grandfather”? (a) aunt (b) grandmother (c) niece (d) queen
35. 35.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
36. 36.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
37. 37.Choose the best word: The library is a ___ place; nobody talks loudly there. (a) rowdy (b) noisy (c) quiet (d) loud
38. 38.Which word means the same as “bright”? (a) slow (b) sad (c) shiny (d) dull
39. 39.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) glad – happy (b) talk – speak (c) jump – leap (d) cheap – expensive
40. 40.What is the feminine of “hero”? (a) hostess (b) princess (c) heroine (d) actress

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