Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.What does the phrasal verb “go on” mean? (a) stop (b) continue (c) leave (d) sleep
- 2.Fill in the opposite: Day is bright, but night is ___. (a) tall (b) wet (c) slow (d) dark
- 3.Fill in the opposite: In the morning I am awake; at night I am ___. (a) asleep (b) tall (c) loud (d) wet
- 4.Which word means the same as “finish”? (a) gift (b) start (c) end (d) jump
- 5.What is the feminine of “boy”? (a) wife (b) aunt (c) queen (d) girl
- 6.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
- 7.Fill the gap: The young one of a tiger is a ___. (a) lamb (b) kitten (c) cub (d) foal
- 8.The puppy was inquisitive and sniffed every new box in the house. “Inquisitive” means ___. (a) angry (b) sleepy (c) curious (d) lazy
- 9.Fill the gap: The young one of a camel is a ___. (a) cub (b) kitten (c) calf (d) chick
- 10.The cut on his knee was superficial, just a small scratch. “Superficial” means ___. (a) not deep (b) very deep (c) very painful (d) very old
- 11.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -less (b) -ly (c) -er (d) -ful
- 12.What does the phrasal verb “run out of” mean? (a) run very fast (b) have plenty (c) run outside (d) have none left
- 13.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
- 14.Which word means the same as “hard”? (a) easy (b) kind (c) difficult (d) wet
- 15.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 16.Complete the analogy: Ruler is to length as weighing scale is to ___. (a) weight (b) speed (c) heat (d) time
- 17.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
- 18.Which word is the opposite of “come”? (a) go (b) sit (c) eat (d) cry
- 19.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) dishonest (c) rehonest (d) unhonest
- 20.Which word is an adverb? (a) persuasive (b) persuasion (c) persuasively (d) persuade
- 21.Choose the right form: Meera sings ___. (a) beautiful (b) beautify (c) beautifully (d) beauty
- 22.What is the feminine of “lion”? (a) tigress (b) lioness (c) mare (d) queen
- 23.Which spelling is correct? (a) dissapear (b) disapear (c) dissappear (d) disappear
- 24.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
- 25.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
- 26.Fill in the opposite: The shop is near, but the school is ___. (a) sad (b) hot (c) wet (d) far
- 27.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell again (c) tell before (d) tell wrongly
- 28.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “enquire”? (a) live (b) ask (c) buy (d) help
- 29.Fill the gap: a ___ of camels (a) fleet (b) caravan (c) swarm (d) bunch
- 30.One word for: fit to be eaten (a) audible (b) edible (c) visible (d) fragile
- 31.Which word is a noun? (a) protective (b) protect (c) protection (d) protectively
- 32.The soup was scalding, and Meera burnt her tongue. “Scalding” means ___. (a) very hot (b) very thick (c) very salty (d) very cold
- 33.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) dis-
- 34.Choose the right form: If you practise daily, you will ___. (a) succeed (b) successful (c) successfully (d) success
- 35.Fill in the opposite: Riya came first in the race and Dev came ___. (a) wet (b) last (c) hot (d) tall
- 36.What does the phrasal verb “show off” mean? (a) hide (b) boast (c) share (d) help
- 37.Add the suffix: sad + ly = ? (a) sadely (b) sadly (c) sadley (d) saddly
- 38.One word for: a person who writes poems (a) painter (b) singer (c) tailor (d) poet
- 39.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “apologise”? (a) say sorry (b) buy (c) live (d) help
- 40.Which spelling is correct? (a) Wensday (b) Wednesday (c) Wednsday (d) Wedensday
Answer key
- continue
- dark
- asleep
- end
- girl
- breathe
- cub
- curious
- calf
- not deep
- -ly
- have none left
- hare
- difficult
- week
- weight
- sun
- go
- dishonest
- persuasively
- beautifully
- lioness
- disappear
- blew
- envelop
- far
- tell again
- ask
- caravan
- edible
- protection
- very hot
- dis-
- succeed
- last
- boast
- sadly
- poet
- say sorry
- Wednesday
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