Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 912 · 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 word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) retidy (c) untidy (d) pretidy
2. 2.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge wrongly (c) not judge (d) judge before
3. 3.What is the masculine of “tigress”? (a) bull (b) tiger (c) king (d) lion
4. 4.Fill the gap: a ___ of grapes (a) pride (b) herd (c) bunch (d) swarm
5. 5.Which word means the same as “unhappy”? (a) wet (b) kind (c) busy (d) sad
6. 6.Make a compound word: sea + ___ (a) chair (b) milk (c) shore (d) rice
7. 7.Make a compound word: sauce + ___ (a) milk (b) pan (c) tree (d) shoe
8. 8.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
9. 9.Which word means “one who writes”? (a) written (b) writing (c) wrote (d) writer
10. 10.Choose the best word: The festival lights made the street look ___. (a) dark (b) empty (c) bright (d) dull
11. 11.Which word means the same as “sick”? (a) proud (b) ill (c) healthy (d) tall
12. 12.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “ancient”? (a) tiny (b) modern (c) wet (d) angry
13. 13.Choose the best word: The ___ fox tricked the crow into dropping its food. (a) sleepy (b) foolish (c) honest (d) clever
14. 14.Fill the gap: A bundle is a group of ___. (a) bees (b) lions (c) sticks (d) sailors
15. 15.Fill the gap: a ___ of stairs (a) flight (b) herd (c) pride (d) swarm
16. 16.Which word means the same as “mend”? (a) choose (b) break (c) laugh (d) repair
17. 17.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
18. 18.Add the suffix: bake + er = ? (a) bakar (b) baker (c) bakor (d) bakeer
19. 19.Which is a compound word? (a) kitchen (b) snowman (c) pencil (d) beautiful
20. 20.Choose the best word: The old man walked ___ with the help of a stick. (a) quickly (b) loudly (c) slowly (d) angrily
21. 21.What is the feminine of “ram”? (a) mare (b) peahen (c) hen (d) ewe
22. 22.Which word means “the state of being dark”? (a) darkness (b) darkly (c) darken (d) darker
23. 23.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
24. 24.Which word means the same as “quiet”? (a) silent (b) noisy (c) angry (d) quick
25. 25.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) laugh – cry (b) choose – select (c) choose – reject (d) give – take
26. 26.Which word means the same as “easy”? (a) simple (b) noisy (c) rude (d) hard
27. 27.Fill the gap: a ___ of bees (a) herd (b) fleet (c) swarm (d) pride
28. 28.Choose the best word: The ___ cheetah caught the deer in seconds. (a) swift (b) lazy (c) slow (d) sleepy
29. 29.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place before (c) place wrongly (d) place again
30. 30.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) talk – speak (b) clever – smart (c) generous – selfish (d) below – under
31. 31.Make a compound word: book + ___ (a) sun (b) rain (c) shelf (d) milk
32. 32.Choose the best word: After the long journey, we were ___ to reach home. (a) afraid (b) sorry (c) glad (d) angry
33. 33.Make a compound word: moon + ___ (a) light (b) chair (c) pen (d) milk
34. 34.What is the feminine of “horse”? (a) ewe (b) hen (c) cow (d) mare
35. 35.Choose the best word: We must ___ water; turn off the tap while brushing. (a) waste (b) save (c) heat (d) spill
36. 36.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “sink”? (a) lend (b) arrive (c) float (d) sing
37. 37.Which word means the same as “talk”? (a) run (b) hear (c) sleep (d) speak
38. 38.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -ness (b) -ful (c) -er (d) -less
39. 39.Fill the gap: A herd is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) grapes (c) cows (d) bees
40. 40.Which word means the same as “start”? (a) stop (b) begin (c) repair (d) laugh

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