Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “sufficient”? (a) lucky (b) about (c) often (d) enough
- 2.Fill the gap: a ___ of dancers (a) herd (b) fleet (c) swarm (d) troupe
- 3.Which word is the opposite of “small”? (a) dry (b) big (c) slow (d) sad
- 4.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
- 5.Complete the analogy: Horse is to stable as dog is to ___. (a) hive (b) den (c) kennel (d) nest
- 6.Which word is the opposite of “young”? (a) loud (b) old (c) wet (d) fast
- 7.What is the feminine of “bull”? (a) cow (b) ewe (c) mare (d) hen
- 8.What does the idiom “hold your horses” mean? (a) feed the horses (b) ride a horse (c) hurry up (d) wait, be patient
- 9.What does the phrasal verb “look after” mean? (a) look later (b) search for (c) look behind (d) take care of
- 10.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
- 11.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
- 12.Which word means “in a loud way”? (a) loudest (b) loudness (c) louder (d) loudly
- 13.Complete the idiom: We will finish this by hook or by ___. (a) book (b) crook (c) look (d) cook
- 14.Fill in the opposite: Come in through the front door and go ___ through the back door. (a) hot (b) out (c) tall (d) wet
- 15.Which word is an adverb? (a) succeed (b) successfully (c) success (d) successful
- 16.The tiny ant carried a load that was colossal compared to its body. “Colossal” means ___. (a) soft (b) light (c) huge (d) tiny
- 17.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) concience (b) character (c) immediately (d) noticeable
- 18.Which word is an adjective? (a) dangerous (b) endanger (c) dangerously (d) danger
- 19.Water is vital for all living things; we cannot live without it. “Vital” means ___. (a) useless (b) very important (c) harmful (d) tasty
- 20.Which spelling is correct? (a) independant (b) indepedent (c) indipendent (d) independent
- 21.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
- 22.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 23.Choose the right form: Tara spoke ___ and won the debate. (a) persuade (b) persuasive (c) persuasion (d) persuasively
- 24.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) temperature (b) foreign (c) tomorrow (d) privilage
- 25.Complete the analogy: Ink is to pen as paint is to ___. (a) brush (b) spoon (c) plate (d) book
- 26.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 27.One word for: a person who is new to a job or skill (a) owner (b) beginner (c) veteran (d) expert
- 28.The street vendor’s samosas were delectable, so we ordered more. “Delectable” means ___. (a) delicious (b) tasteless (c) burnt (d) cold
- 29.Fill the gap: A crew is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) grapes (c) sailors (d) lions
- 30.Complete the idiom: The news came out of the ___. (a) blue (b) green (c) red (d) pink
- 31.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “commence”? (a) live (b) help (c) buy (d) start
- 32.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) arrive – reach (b) shut – close (c) begin – start (d) arrive – depart
- 33.Which word is a verb? (a) invent (b) inventively (c) inventive (d) invention
- 34.Which is the formal word for “ask”? (a) assist (b) reside (c) conclude (d) enquire
- 35.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formally (b) formerly
- 36.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
- 37.What does the phrasal verb “set off” mean? (a) start a journey (b) switch off (c) sit down (d) finish a trip
- 38.Which spelling is correct? (a) achive (b) acheeve (c) achieve (d) acheive
- 39.Which word is an adverb? (a) create (b) creation (c) creative (d) creatively
- 40.The sky grew ominous as dark clouds gathered before the storm. “Ominous” means ___. (a) bright and clear (b) very beautiful (c) very quiet (d) warning of danger
Answer key
- enough
- troupe
- big
- deer
- kennel
- old
- cow
- wait, be patient
- take care of
- passed
- nose
- loudly
- crook
- out
- successfully
- huge
- concience
- dangerous
- very important
- independent
- sun
- re-
- persuasively
- privilage
- brush
- dis-
- beginner
- delicious
- sailors
- blue
- start
- arrive – depart
- invent
- enquire
- formerly
- sale
- start a journey
- achieve
- creatively
- warning of danger
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