Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 905 · 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 “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
2. 2.Choose the best word: The kite flew ___ in the sky. (a) deep (b) high (c) inside (d) under
3. 3.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) not hear (c) hear again (d) hear before
4. 4.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
5. 5.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “visible”? (a) polite (b) ancient (c) modern (d) invisible
6. 6.Add the suffix: bake + er = ? (a) baker (b) bakar (c) bakeer (d) bakor
7. 7.Which word means the same as “simple”? (a) rich (b) difficult (c) tall (d) easy
8. 8.Fill the gap: A bouquet is a bunch of ___. (a) wolves (b) ships (c) cows (d) flowers
9. 9.Which word means the same as “finish”? (a) jump (b) gift (c) end (d) start
10. 10.Choose the best word: Mum ___ the vegetables with a sharp knife. (a) boiled (b) poured (c) chopped (d) fried
11. 11.Choose the best word: The fruit seller sold ___ mangoes, picked that morning. (a) stale (b) fresh (c) old (d) rotten
12. 12.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) mend – repair (b) come – go (c) win – lose (d) mend – break
13. 13.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “generous”? (a) early (b) selfish (c) polite (d) brave
14. 14.Which word means “not usual”? (a) preusual (b) disusual (c) reusual (d) unusual
15. 15.Which word means the same as “large”? (a) quick (b) sad (c) big (d) thin
16. 16.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sow (c) sew
17. 17.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky wrongly (c) not lucky (d) lucky before
18. 18.Make a compound word: tooth + ___ (a) paste (b) milk (c) tree (d) chair
19. 19.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
20. 20.Choose the best word: Riya ___ her grandmother a letter on her birthday. (a) swam (b) drank (c) wrote (d) ate
21. 21.Choose the best word: The milk smelt bad because it had gone ___. (a) sweet (b) cold (c) fresh (d) sour
22. 22.Choose the best word: Please speak softly; the baby is ___. (a) awake (b) loud (c) asleep (d) late
23. 23.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
24. 24.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “increase”? (a) borrow (b) shout (c) accept (d) decrease
25. 25.Which word means “without end”? (a) endings (b) ended (c) ending (d) endless
26. 26.Fill the gap: A foal is the young one of a ___. (a) cat (b) horse (c) frog (d) hen
27. 27.Add the suffix: write + er = ? (a) writeer (b) writer (c) writter (d) writar
28. 28.Fill the gap: a ___ of birds (a) pride (b) herd (c) bunch (d) flock
29. 29.Fill the gap: a ___ of sheep (a) fleet (b) swarm (c) pride (d) flock
30. 30.Fill the gap: A calf is the young one of a ___. (a) frog (b) cow (c) hen (d) cat
31. 31.Choose the best word: The road was so ___ that two buses could pass easily. (a) short (b) narrow (c) dark (d) wide
32. 32.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
33. 33.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) cheap – expensive (b) glad – happy (c) talk – speak (d) jump – leap
34. 34.Make a compound word: play + ___ (a) milk (b) ground (c) rice (d) cup
35. 35.What is the masculine of “mother”? (a) uncle (b) brother (c) son (d) father
36. 36.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) misbehave (c) disbehave (d) prebehave
37. 37.Choose the best word: Riya ___ the picture with bright colours. (a) drank (b) threw (c) painted (d) ate
38. 38.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
39. 39.Make a compound word: under + ___ (a) pen (b) ground (c) chair (d) milk
40. 40.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew

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