Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 983 · 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 is the antonym (opposite) of “superior”? (a) ancient (b) polite (c) inferior (d) early
2. 2.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “profit”? (a) loss (b) roof (c) question (d) journey
3. 3.Which word means the same as “shut”? (a) smile (b) clean (c) choose (d) close
4. 4.Fill the gap: A chick is the young one of a ___. (a) cow (b) dog (c) hen (d) cat
5. 5.Which word means “full of beauty”? (a) beauty (b) beautiful (c) beautifully (d) beautify
6. 6.Add the suffix: kind + ness = ? (a) kindniss (b) kindeness (c) kindness (d) kindnes
7. 7.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “private”? (a) public (b) ancient (c) polite (d) early
8. 8.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) begin – start (b) shut – close (c) arrive – reach (d) arrive – depart
9. 9.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “majority”? (a) journey (b) question (c) victory (d) minority
10. 10.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) visit again (c) not visit (d) visit wrongly
11. 11.Fill the gap: a ___ of zebras (a) fleet (b) bunch (c) herd (d) swarm
12. 12.Fill the gap: a ___ of students (a) herd (b) fleet (c) class (d) swarm
13. 13.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
14. 14.Which is a compound word? (a) happiness (b) banana (c) snowman (d) pencil
15. 15.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
16. 16.Choose the best word: Aditya ___ his grandmother carry the heavy bag. (a) refused (b) stopped (c) helped (d) ignored
17. 17.Fill the gap: a ___ of eggs (a) herd (b) swarm (c) clutch (d) fleet
18. 18.Which word means “full of joy”? (a) joyless (b) joyfully (c) joyful (d) enjoy
19. 19.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
20. 20.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) ancient – old (b) rich – wealthy (c) ancient – modern (d) tiny – little
21. 21.Add the suffix: sad + ly = ? (a) saddly (b) sadley (c) sadely (d) sadly
22. 22.Which is a compound word? (a) haircut (b) beautiful (c) animal (d) tomato
23. 23.Choose the best word: The cat ___ on the warm windowsill all afternoon. (a) slept (b) swam (c) flew (d) barked
24. 24.Which word means “the state of being lazy”? (a) laziest (b) lazily (c) laziness (d) lazier
25. 25.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) friend – enemy (b) day – night (c) push – pull (d) friend – pal
26. 26.Make a compound word: class + ___ (a) shoe (b) room (c) tree (d) milk
27. 27.Choose the best word: The thief ran away when he heard the police ___. (a) story (b) song (c) siren (d) smile
28. 28.Fill the gap: a ___ of players (a) flock (b) team (c) herd (d) swarm
29. 29.Make a compound word: air + ___ (a) tree (b) rice (c) port (d) book
30. 30.Choose the best word: The baby elephant was ___ and could not find its mother. (a) found (b) ripe (c) lost (d) proud
31. 31.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) hot – cold (b) up – down (c) win – lose (d) stone – rock
32. 32.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
33. 33.Choose the best word: The kite flew ___ in the sky. (a) deep (b) inside (c) under (d) high
34. 34.Choose the best word: It was very ___ outside, so we wore sweaters. (a) dry (b) cold (c) hot (d) sunny
35. 35.Make a compound word: butter + ___ (a) pen (b) fly (c) chair (d) shoe
36. 36.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
37. 37.Which is a compound word? (a) beautiful (b) cupboard (c) animal (d) teacher
38. 38.Fill the gap: A school is a group of ___. (a) keys (b) cows (c) fish (d) ships
39. 39.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) rejudge (b) misjudge (c) prejudge (d) disjudge
40. 40.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new

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