1. above x below 2. absent x present 3. accept x refuse 4. admire x despise 5. active x passive 6. advance x retreat 7. adverse x favourable 8. agree x differ 9. ancient x modern 10. artificial x natural 11. attach x detach 12. alive x dead 13. barren x fertile 14. big x small 15. blunt x sharp 16. bold x timid 17. bright x dim 18. broad x narrow 19. bold x timid 20. calm x excited 21. care x neglect 22. confess x deny 23. cool x warm 24. clean x dirty 25. cruel x kind 26. common x rare 27. complex x simple 28. confess x deny 29. dark x bright 30. dangerous x safe 31. domestic x wild 32. difficult x easy 33. death x birth 34. debit x credit 35. dark x bright 36. day x night 37. deep x shallow 38. downfall x raise 39. earn x spend 40. empty x full 41. either x neither 42. entrance x exit 43. fine x coarse 44. freedom x slavery 45. fat x thin 46. foolish x wise 47. fresh x stale 48. fear x courage 49. false x true 50. feeble x strong OPPOSITE WORDS 51. few x many 52. Fresh x stale 53. give x take 54. gain x loss 55. good x bad 56. guilty x innocent 57. giant x dwarf 58. Hot x cold 59. humble x arrogant 60. high x low 61. humble x proud 62. include x exclude 63. interior x exterior 64. initial x final 65. internal x external 66. industrious x lazy 67. joy x sorrow 68. junior x senior 69. kind x cruel 70. knowledge x ignorance 71. lie x truth 72. little x much 73. maximum x minimum 74. make x break 75. majority x minority 76. masculine x feminine 77. noise x silence 78. never x always 79. oral x written 80. Or x nor 81. open x close 82. optimist x pessimist 83. permanent x temporary 84. presence x absence 85. profit x loss 86. prose x poetry 87. peace x war 88. Partial x total 89. quick x slow 90. ripe x raw 91. rough x smooth 92. reject x accept 93. remember x forget 94. receive x give 95. rich x poor 96. selfish x selfless 97. stop x start 98. sharp x dull 99. stand x sit 100. smile x frown 101. superior x inferior 102. soft x hard 103. senior x junior 104. sharp x blunt 105. shame x pride 106. small x big 107. soar x sink 108. strict x lenient 109. strong x weak 110. tight x loose 111. tragedy x comedy 112. throw x catch 113. this x that 114. tame x wild 115. top x bottom 116. true x false 117. ugly x beautiful 118. up x down 119. uniforn x irregular 120. unique x common 121. valuable x cheap 122. victory x defeat 123. wild x tame 124. wax x wane 125. wild x domestic 126. weak x strong 127. wisdom x folly 128. young x old 129. wisdom x folly 130. early x late 131. arrogance x humility 132. natural x artificial 133. laugh x cry 134. Large x small 135. general x particular 136. give x take 137. youth x aged 138. buy x sell 139. here x there 140. love x hate 141. wrong x right 142. yes x no 143. forward x backward 144. lost x found 145. contrast x compare 146. barren x fertile 147. dream x reality 148. famous x notorious 149. vacant x occupy 150. specific x general
ANTONYMS BY ADDING PREFIXES 1. advantage x disadvantage 2. believe x disbelieve 3. connect x disconnect 4. harmony x disharmony 5. honest x dishonest 6. honour x dishonour 7. loyal x disloyal 8. order x disorder 9. pleased x displeased 10. quality x disquality 11. respect x disrespect 12. similar x dissimilar ANTONYMS FORMED BY PUTTING -UN BEFORE THE WORD 1. able x unable 2. certain x uncertain 3. comfortable x uncomfortable 4. common x uncommon 5. desirable x undesirable 6. due x undue 7. employed x unemployed 8. equal x unequal 9. even x uneven 10. expected x unexpected 11. fair x unfair 12. faithful x unfaithful 13. familiar x unfamiliar 14. favourable x unfavourable 15. fit x unfit 16. fold x unfold 17. grateful x ungrateful 18. happy x unhappy 19. healthy x unhealthy 20. heard x unheard 21. holy x unholy 22. impressive x unimpressive 23. interesting x uninteresting 24. kind x unkind 25. natural x unnatural 26. necessary x unnecessary 27. pleasant x unpleasant 28. safe x unsafe 29. suitable x unsuitable 30. sure x unsure 31. true x untrue 32. wanted x unwanted 33. willing x unwilling ANTONYMS FORMED BY PUTTING im, in, ir, il, OR mis BEFORE THE WORD 1. ability x inability 2. complete x incomplete 3. curable x incurable 4. definite x indefinite 5. direct x indirect 6. finite x infinite 7. divisible x indivisible 8. secure x insecure 9. behave x misbehave 10. conduct x misconduct 11. judge x misjudge 12. guide x misguide 13. lead x mislead 14. use x misuse 15. understand x misunderstand 16. legal x illegal 17. legible x illegible 18. literate x illiterate 19. logical x illogical 20. moral x immoral 21. partial x impartial 22. perfect x imperfect 23. possible x impossible 24. rational x irrational 25. regular x irregular 26. relevant x irrelevant 27. replaceable x irreplaceable 28. responsible x irresponsible 29. significant x insignificant 30. sufficient x insufficient
HOMOPHONES Homophones are words that sound the same, but are spelt differently and have different meanings. You have to say the words aloud to identify homophones. 1. heal - heel 7. night - knight 13. fare - fair 19. worse verse 2. knot - not 8. right write 14. stairs stares 20. rows rose 3. waist - waste 9. new knew 15. threw through 21. thrown - throne 4. dye - die 10. scent sent 16. collar caller 22. sight site 5. cereal - serial 11. sum some 17. here hear 23. see sea 6. aloud - allowed 12. peace piece 18. weight wait 24. tail tale YOUNG ONE OF ANIMALS Animal Young one Animal Young one Animal Young one Animal Young one 1. bear cub 8. eagle eaglet 15. hen chicken 22. pig pigling 2. cat kitten 9. elephant calf 16. horse foal 23. rhineceroes calf 3. cow calf 10. fox cub 17. horse colt 24. sheep lamb 4. deer fawn 11. frog tadpole 18. lion cub 25. swan cygnet 5. dog puppy 12. goat kid 19. lion whelp 26. tiger cub 6. dog pup 13. goose gosling 20. owl owlet 27. whale calf 7. duck duckling 14. hare leverete 21. pig pigle 28. wolf cub NOUNS SINGULAR AND PLURAL Singular plural Singular plural Singular plural Singular plural 1. bench benches 11. studio studios 21. loaf loaves 31. gulf gulfs 2. bridge bridges 12. echo echoes 22. shelf shelves 32. proof proofs 3. brush brushes 13. hero heroes 23. thief thieves 33. roof roofs 4. pen pens 14. potato potatoes 24. wife wives 34. safe safes 5. piano pianos 15. tomato tomatoes 25. wolf wolves 35. dormouse-dormice 6. roof roofs 16. calf calves 26. belief believes 36. foot feet 7. bamboo bamboos 17. half halves 27. chief chiefs 37. goose geese 8. photo photos 18. knife knives 28. belief beliefs 38. louse lice 9. radio radios 19. leaf leaves 29. cliff cliffs 39. woman women 10. stereo - stereos 20. life - lives 30. dwarf - dwarfs 40. man - men srinivasmamata.blogspot.com
Singular plural Singular plural Singular plural 41. mouse mice 42. tooth teeth 43. ox oxen 44. child children 45. swine swine 46. sheep sheep 47. deer deer 48. fish fish 49. yoke yoke 50. trout trout 51. salmon salmon 52. amoeba amoebae 53. appendix appendices 54. axis axes 55. fungus fungi 56. fungus funguses 57. index indices 58. medium media 59. oasis oases 60. basis bases 61. bacterium bacteria 62. formula formulae 63. formula formulas 64. radius radii 65. syllabus syllabi 66. commander-in-chief commanders-in-chief 67. hanger-on hangers-on 68. looker-on lookers-on 69. maidservant maidservants 70. prisoner-of-war prisoners-of-war 71. sister-in-law sisters-in-laws 72. son-in-law sons-in-law 73. step-son - step-sons 74. phenomenon phenomena 75. data datum An album of photographes An army of soldiers A bale of cotton A band of musicians A band of robbers A bench of judges A bevy of girls A bouquet of flowers A bunch of grapes A bunch of keys A brood of chickens A cloud of locusts A constellation of stars A galaxy of stars A crew of sailors A fleet of sheeps COLLECTIVE NOUNS A fleet of motorcars A fleet of buses A flight of birds A flight of steps A flight of stairs A flock of sheep A gaggle of geese A garland of flowers A heap of ruins A heap of stones A litter of puppies A herd of cattles A herd of deer A nest of ants An orchestra of musicians A pile of bricks A pride of lions A queue of people A shower of arrows A shower of rain A shoal of fishes A stack of corn A stack of hay A stack of newspapers A swarm of ants, A swarm of bees A swarm of locusts A team of horses A team of players A troop of monkeys A troop of soldiers
LIST OF PERSONEL PRONOUNS I me my mine myself we us our ours ourselves you your yours yourself yourselves he him his himself she her hers herself they them their theirs themselves it its itself DEGREES OF COMPARISION By adding er and -est By adding r and -st bright brighter brightest brave braver bravest black blacker blackest fine finer finest bold bolder boldest large larger largest clever cleverer cleverest nice nicer nicest cold colder coldest noble nobler noblest fast faster fastest pale paler palest great greater greatest simple simpler simplest high higher highest wise wiser wisest kind kinder kindest white whiter whitest long longer longest small smaller smallest strong stronger strongest sweet sweeter sweetest tall taller tallest young short younger shorter youngest shortest By deleting the final y and adding ier and -iest costly costlier costliest heavy heavier heaviest dry drier driest lazy lasier lasiest easy easier easiest mercy mercier merciest happy happier happiest wealthy wealthier wealthiest
By doubling the final consonants big bigger biggest hot hotter hottest dim dimmer dimmest thin thinner thinnest fat fatter fattest By adding more and most active more active most active difficult more difficult most difficult attractive beautiful brilliant more attractive more beautiful more brilliant most attractive most beautiful most brilliant famous faithful proper more famous more faithful more proper most famous most faithful most proper careful more careful most careful popular more popular most popular courageous cunning More courageous more cunning Most courageous most cunning splendid more splendid Most splendid bad worse worst little less least evil worse worst much more most good better best many more most ill worse worst near nearer nearest far farther farthest old older oldest well better best old elder eldest late later latest