Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 958 · 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.Make a compound word: moon + ___ (a) light (b) milk (c) chair (d) pen
2. 2.Fill the gap: A gang is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) thieves (c) grapes (d) cows
3. 3.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) animal (c) beautiful (d) moonlight
4. 4.Which word means “full of power”? (a) powerfully (b) powered (c) powerful (d) powerless
5. 5.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “majority”? (a) victory (b) journey (c) question (d) minority
6. 6.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
7. 7.Add the suffix: happy + ly = ? (a) happiely (b) happly (c) happyly (d) happily
8. 8.Which word means the same as “large”? (a) thin (b) big (c) sad (d) quick
9. 9.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -ly (b) -less (c) -er (d) -ful
10. 10.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) mend – repair (b) shout – yell (c) include – exclude (d) happy – glad
11. 11.Fill the gap: A piglet is the young one of a ___. (a) pig (b) hen (c) cat (d) frog
12. 12.Choose the best word: The kite flew ___ in the sky. (a) deep (b) inside (c) high (d) under
13. 13.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) play before (c) play again (d) not play
14. 14.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) toothbrush (c) beautiful (d) pencil
15. 15.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow wrongly (c) allow again (d) allow before
16. 16.What is the feminine of “bridegroom”? (a) queen (b) wife (c) aunt (d) bride
17. 17.Choose the best word: The doctor was ___ and explained everything slowly to the scared child. (a) angry (b) rude (c) careless (d) patient
18. 18.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) up – down (b) gift – river (c) gift – present (d) open – shut
19. 19.Which word means the same as “street”? (a) river (b) garden (c) road (d) roof
20. 20.Make a compound word: jelly + ___ (a) fish (b) chair (c) pen (d) milk
21. 21.Fill the gap: a ___ of birds (a) pride (b) flock (c) herd (d) bunch
22. 22.Choose the best word: The streets were ___ after the heavy rain. (a) sunny (b) dry (c) flooded (d) dusty
23. 23.Choose the best word: The puppy was ___ after running all day. (a) lively (b) fresh (c) awake (d) tired
24. 24.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) brave – bold (b) quick – fast (c) big – large (d) brave – cowardly
25. 25.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) tall – short (b) begin – start (c) happy – sad (d) begin – finish
26. 26.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -less (b) -er (c) -ful (d) -ly
27. 27.Fill the gap: a ___ of people (a) litter (b) fleet (c) crowd (d) pride
28. 28.Make a compound word: every + ___ (a) one (b) tree (c) pen (d) milk
29. 29.Make a compound word: book + ___ (a) sun (b) rain (c) shelf (d) milk
30. 30.Choose the best word: Ishaan ___ the ball high into the air. (a) ate (b) drank (c) threw (d) wore
31. 31.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) running (c) tomato (d) snowman
32. 32.Which word means the same as “timid”? (a) brave (b) busy (c) shy (d) tall
33. 33.Which is a compound word? (a) banana (b) butterfly (c) kitchen (d) elephant
34. 34.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
35. 35.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) yellow (c) grandmother (d) pencil
36. 36.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge again (c) not judge (d) judge before
37. 37.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) running (c) airport (d) elephant
38. 38.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “innocent”? (a) brave (b) early (c) guilty (d) modern
39. 39.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) not use (c) use again (d) use wrongly
40. 40.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane

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