Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 990 · 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: Riya ___ the picture with bright colours. (a) ate (b) threw (c) painted (d) drank
2. 2.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) open – shut (b) gift – present (c) gift – river (d) up – down
3. 3.Which is a compound word? (a) running (b) happiness (c) newspaper (d) elephant
4. 4.Which word means “the state of being weak”? (a) weakness (b) weaken (c) weakly (d) weaker
5. 5.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) begin – finish (b) happy – sad (c) begin – start (d) tall – short
6. 6.Make a compound word: week + ___ (a) milk (b) tree (c) end (d) shoe
7. 7.Make a compound word: bed + ___ (a) room (b) pen (c) milk (d) tree
8. 8.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) unbehave (c) rebehave (d) misbehave
9. 9.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “polite”? (a) rude (b) heavy (c) quick (d) honest
10. 10.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
11. 11.Fill the gap: A bundle is a group of ___. (a) lions (b) sticks (c) sailors (d) bees
12. 12.Choose the best word: Meera was so ___ that she fell asleep on the sofa. (a) tired (b) angry (c) hungry (d) excited
13. 13.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) fast – quick (b) quiet – silent (c) float – sink (d) scared – afraid
14. 14.Fill the gap: a ___ of cows (a) herd (b) swarm (c) bunch (d) fleet
15. 15.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) hard – soft (b) rich – wealthy (c) rich – poor (d) light – dark
16. 16.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
17. 17.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
18. 18.Fill the gap: The young one of a pig is a ___. (a) piglet (b) kitten (c) foal (d) cub
19. 19.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) dis-
20. 20.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “cruel”? (a) modern (b) early (c) wide (d) kind
21. 21.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) shut – close (b) begin – start (c) arrive – depart (d) arrive – reach
22. 22.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “majority”? (a) victory (b) journey (c) minority (d) question
23. 23.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) not pay (c) pay before (d) pay again
24. 24.Fill the gap: The young one of a deer is a ___. (a) puppy (b) fawn (c) kitten (d) chick
25. 25.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal again (d) not loyal
26. 26.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
27. 27.Choose the best word: Turn off the lights to ___ electricity. (a) spill (b) save (c) burn (d) waste
28. 28.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
29. 29.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “sunset”? (a) question (b) journey (c) sunrise (d) window
30. 30.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
31. 31.What is the masculine of “duchess”? (a) king (b) duke (c) prince (d) uncle
32. 32.Which word means the same as “bright”? (a) slow (b) shiny (c) dull (d) sad
33. 33.Fill the gap: A band is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) cows (c) keys (d) musicians
34. 34.Make a compound word: out + ___ (a) milk (b) pen (c) side (d) tree
35. 35.Choose the best word: The shopkeeper gave me the wrong ___, so I returned two rupees. (a) shoes (b) road (c) weather (d) change
36. 36.What is the feminine of “horse”? (a) cow (b) hen (c) ewe (d) mare
37. 37.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) misequal (c) reequal (d) unequal
38. 38.Fill the gap: The young one of a goat is a ___. (a) lamb (b) foal (c) cub (d) kid
39. 39.Which word means the same as “little”? (a) loud (b) big (c) kind (d) small
40. 40.What is the masculine of “queen”? (a) king (b) uncle (c) nephew (d) prince

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