Vocabulary Exercises with answers | History and Past

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Exercise 1

Complete the following sentences with the words from this list:

• empire | archaeologists | events | primitive | dates | records | artefacts | ancestors | ancient | origins

1. Our —empirearchaeologistseventsprimitivedatesrecordsartefactsancestorsancientorigins came here over a hundred years ago.
2. In —empirearchaeologistseventsprimitivedatesrecordsartefactsancestorsancientorigins times, plagues killed many people.
3. These —empirearchaeologistseventsprimitivedatesrecordsartefactsancestorsancientorigins are a written documents preserving knowledge.
4. Looters stole ancient —empirearchaeologistseventsprimitivedatesrecordsartefactsancestorsancientorigins from the tomb.
5. Those words have extremely old —empirearchaeologistseventsprimitivedatesrecordsartefactsancestorsancientorigins.
6. Polish —empirearchaeologistseventsprimitivedatesrecordsartefactsancestorsancientorigins are conducting scientific studies in Sudan.
7. The Roman —empirearchaeologistseventsprimitivedatesrecordsartefactsancestorsancientorigins existed from 27 BC to 476 AD.
8. That discovery of —empirearchaeologistseventsprimitivedatesrecordsartefactsancestorsancientorigins forms of marsupials is incredible.
9. This story is based on actual —empirearchaeologistseventsprimitivedatesrecordsartefactsancestorsancientorigins.
10. The countrys history —empirearchaeologistseventsprimitivedatesrecordsartefactsancestorsancientorigins to 4000 BC.

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ANSWERS

1. Our ancestors came here over a hundred years ago.
2. In ancient times, plagues killed many people.
3. These records are a written documents preserving knowledge.
4. Looters stole ancient artifacts from the tomb.
5. Those words have extremely old origins.
6. Polish archaeologists are conducting scientific studies in Sudan.
7. The Roman Empire existed from 27 BC to 476 AD.
8. That discovery of primitive forms of marsupials is incredible.
9. This story is based on actual events.
10. The countrys history dates to 4000 BC.

English Vocabulary Exercises | Opposite Words

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Exercise 7

Which of these words are either synonyms or antonyms (or opposites words)?

Ex: 

• Find the two synonyms: bed – sick – ill – healthy → sick et ill sont synonymes
• Find the two opposite words: kitchen – sink – clever – float →  sink et float sont antonymes

1 – Find the two synonyms: tiny – tired – lively – active
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2 – Find the two opposite words: dark – turn – light – bulb
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3 – Find the two synonyms: bright – green – smart – grow
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4 – Find the two opposite words: under – far – always – never
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5 – Find the two synonyms: tired – sleepy – energy – night
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6 – Find the two opposite words: quiet – invisible – loud – see
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7 – Find the two synonyms: jump – mad – laugh – angry
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8 – Find the two opposite words: outside – right – inside – behind
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9 – Find the two synonyms: many – zero – number – none
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10 – Find the two opposite words: water – wet – dry – towel
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ANSWERS

1. opposite words: dark – light 
2. synonyms: bright – smart 
3. opposite words: always – never
4. synonyms: tired – sleepy 
5. opposite words: quiet – loud 
6. synonyms: mad – angry
7. opposite words: outside – inside
8. synonyms: zero – none
9. opposite words: wet – dry

English Vocabulary Exercises | Opposite Words

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Exercise 6

Find the opposite among the list of proposed words:

• Thin | Heavy | Fat | Young

• Colorful | Heavy | Light | Smooth

• Sleepy | Tired | Young | Gray

• First | Best | Sweet | Nice

• Pretty | Hard | Young | Wet

• Heavy | Thin | Weak | Skinny

• Happy | Cruel | Good | Angry

• Happy | Tall | Weird | Nice

• Short | Simple | Easy | Late

• Cool | Hot | Easy | Good

• Young | Lucky | Fast | Old

• Rough | Spicy | Upset | Well

• Here | Middle | There | High

• Secret | Important | Different | Strange

• Short | Heavy | Sweet | Nice

• Hard | Nice | Easy | Clean

• Hard | Wrong | Correct | Clean

• Long | Away | Far | Close

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ANSWERS

English Vocabulary Exercises | Opposite Words

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Exercise 5

Find the opposite of each of the following words:

1. open → closed

2. dirty → 

3. cheap → 

4. loud → 

5. dull → 

6. healthy → 

7. dry → 

8. cool → 

9. easy → 

10. fast → 

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ANSWERS

1. closed
2. clean
3. expensive
4. quiet
5. sharp
6. sick
7. wet
8. warm
9. hard
10. slow

English Vocabulary Exercises | Opposite Words

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Exercise 4

Find the opposite of each of the following words:

1. young → old

2. wrong →

3. rich →

4. fat →

5. dark →

6. true →

7. hot →

8. full →

9. long →

10. weak →

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ANSWERS

1. old
2. right
3. poor
4. thin
5. light
6. false
7. cold
8. empty
9. short
10. strong

English Vocabulary Exercises | Opposite Words

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Exercise 3

Find the fifteen pairs of words that are opposite (or antonyms) in the following list:

• public | worse | lend | light | superior | ugly | war | disagree | far | exhale | fake | closed | expensive | enemy | lost

1. near → far
2. cheap → 
3. inhale → 
4. found → 
5. open → 
6. private → 
7. agree → 
8. beautiful → 
9. ally → 
10. better → 
11. borrow → 
12. heavy → 
13. inferior → 
14. peace → 
15. real → 

 

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ANSWERS

1. near → far
2. cheap → expensive
3. inhale → exhale
4. found → lost
5. open → closed
6. private → public
7. agree → disagree
8. beautiful → ugly
9. ally → enemy
10. better → worse
11. borrow → lend
12. heavy → light
13. inferior → superior
14. peace → war
15. real → fake

English Vocabulary Exercises | Opposite Words

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Exercise 2

Find the opposite of each of the following words:

Ex: down → up

1. night → 
2. vertical → 
3. weak → 
4. unhappy → 
5. hungry → 
6. disappear → 
7. more → 
8. shrink → 
9. forward → 
10. under → 

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ANSWERS

1. night → day
2. vertical → horizontal
3. weak → strong
4. unhappy → happy
5. hungry → full
6. disappear → appear
7. more → less
8. shrink → grow
9. forward → backwards
10. under → over

English Vocabulary Exercises | Opposite Words

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Exercise 1

Read each sentence and replace the underlined word with its antonym from the following list of words:

• full | close | old | out | slow | warm | smallest | quiet | never | float

1. Cindy always finishes her homework right after school.
→ Cindy never finishes her homework right after school. 

2. The cold weather will return next week.
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3. That is the biggest watermelon I’ve ever seen.
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4. My uncle bought a new pickup truck.
→ 

5. Come in and play with us.
→ 

6. If you drop a potato in water, it will sink.
→ 

7. My dad has a fast boat.
→ 

8. Sarah is a talkative person.
→ 

9. The milk carton in the fridge is empty
→ 

10. The store will open at nine o’clock.
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ANSWERS

1. Tim never finishes his homework right after school. 
2. The warm weather will return next week. 
3. That is the smallest watermelon I’ve ever seen. 
4. My uncle bought an old pickup truck. 
5. Come out and play with us. 
6. If you drop a potato in water, it will float. 
7. My dad has a slow boat. 
8. Sarah is a quiet person. 
9. The milk carton in the fridge is full. 
10. The store will close at nine o’clock. 

Synonyms | Exercises with answers

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Exercise 6

Find the right synonym for each word from the following list:

• warm | large | easy | sluggish | skinny | nasty | freezing | unusual | fast | tiny | tired | delicious

1. small → ???warmlargeeasysluggishskinnynastyfreezingunusualfasttinytireddelicious
2. thin → ???warmlargeeasysluggishskinnynastyfreezingunusualfasttinytireddelicious
3. huge → ???warmlargeeasysluggishskinnynastyfreezingunusualfasttinytireddelicious
4. quick → ???warmlargeeasysluggishskinnynastyfreezingunusualfasttinytireddelicious
5. hot → ???warmlargeeasysluggishskinnynastyfreezingunusualfasttinytireddelicious
6. slow → ???warmlargeeasysluggishskinnynastyfreezingunusualfasttinytireddelicious
7. sleepy → ???warmlargeeasysluggishskinnynastyfreezingunusualfasttinytireddelicious
8. cold → ???warmlargeeasysluggishskinnynastyfreezingunusualfasttinytireddelicious
9. strange → ???warmlargeeasysluggishskinnynastyfreezingunusualfasttinytireddelicious
10. tasty → ???warmlargeeasysluggishskinnynastyfreezingunusualfasttinytireddelicious
11. mean → ???warmlargeeasysluggishskinnynastyfreezingunusualfasttinytireddelicious
12. simple → ???warmlargeeasysluggishskinnynastyfreezingunusualfasttinytireddelicious

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ANSWERS

1. small → tiny
2. thin → skinny
3. huge → large
4. quick → fast
5. hot → warm
6. slow → sluggish
7. sleepy → tired
8. cold → freezing
9. strange → unusual
10. tasty → delicious
11. mean → nasty
12. simple → easy

Synonyms | Exercises with answers

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Exercise 5

Find the synonyms of the following words among the choice of 4 proposed words:

• Taste
•  See
•  Smell
• Hear

• Very playful
• Very calm
• Very angry
•  Very interested

• Find
• Make
• Help
• Need

 

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ANSWERS