Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “supervisor”? (a) fridge (b) bike (c) boss (d) phone
- 2.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
- 3.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) big – large (b) fast – slow (c) big – small (d) hot – cold
- 4.Which word means “full of beauty”? (a) beautifully (b) beautify (c) beautiful (d) beauty
- 5.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
- 6.One word for: a sound loud enough to be heard (a) audible (b) fragile (c) visible (d) edible
- 7.Which word means the same as “end”? (a) shout (b) smile (c) finish (d) begin
- 8.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “ascend”? (a) tell (b) go up (c) buy (d) live
- 9.What does the phrasal verb “turn down” mean? (a) refuse (b) arrive (c) accept (d) build
- 10.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) council (b) counsel
- 11.The fragrant jasmine filled the room with a lovely smell. “Fragrant” means ___. (a) very bright (b) very small (c) sweet-smelling (d) bad-smelling
- 12.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) unplace (b) displace (c) misplace (d) preplace
- 13.What does the phrasal verb “put up with” mean? (a) pick up (b) build (c) decorate (d) tolerate
- 14.Fill the gap: A flight is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) stairs (c) lions (d) grapes
- 15.Fill the gap: A calf is the young one of a ___. (a) hen (b) frog (c) cow (d) cat
- 16.Fill the gap: a ___ of locusts (a) herd (b) fleet (c) pride (d) swarm
- 17.Our new neighbour seems amiable; she smiles and greets everyone. “Amiable” means ___. (a) friendly (b) rude (c) sleepy (d) angry
- 18.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
- 19.The speech was so tedious that half the class yawned. “Tedious” means ___. (a) short and funny (b) long and boring (c) very loud (d) very exciting
- 20.Fill in the opposite: Come in through the front door and go ___ through the back door. (a) wet (b) out (c) tall (d) hot
- 21.What does the phrasal verb “pick up” mean? (a) push (b) throw (c) lift (d) drop
- 22.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) laugh – cry (b) choose – reject (c) choose – select (d) give – take
- 23.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
- 24.Fill the gap: a ___ of ministers (a) swarm (b) flock (c) herd (d) cabinet
- 25.After the marathon, the runners were exhausted and lay down on the grass. “Exhausted” means ___. (a) very angry (b) very excited (c) very tired (d) very proud
- 26.What does the idiom “raining cats and dogs” mean? (a) animals are falling (b) a light shower (c) pets are fighting (d) raining very heavily
- 27.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
- 28.Which word is the opposite of “wet”? (a) fast (b) hot (c) full (d) dry
- 29.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “depart”? (a) tell (b) buy (c) leave (d) need
- 30.Add the suffix: angry + ly = ? (a) angrly (b) angrilly (c) angryly (d) angrily
- 31.Which is the formal word for “try”? (a) purchase (b) attempt (c) inform (d) reside
- 32.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advice (b) advise
- 33.Riya made a feeble attempt to lift the heavy box and soon gave up. “Feeble” means ___. (a) loud (b) clever (c) weak (d) strong
- 34.Fill in the opposite: A lion is strong, but a mouse is ___. (a) wet (b) tall (c) loud (d) weak
- 35.Complete the analogy: Ant is to small as elephant is to ___. (a) green (b) fast (c) tiny (d) big
- 36.Fill in the opposite: A pillow is soft, but a rock is ___. (a) hard (b) wet (c) happy (d) loud
- 37.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) whether (b) weather
- 38.Which word is the opposite of “laugh”? (a) eat (b) run (c) cry (d) push
- 39.The road was so congested that cars hardly moved for an hour. “Congested” means ___. (a) very smooth (b) very wide (c) newly built (d) blocked with traffic
- 40.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) friend – enemy (b) friend – pal (c) day – night (d) push – pull
Answer key
- boss
- led
- big – large
- beautiful
- your
- audible
- finish
- go up
- refuse
- council
- sweet-smelling
- misplace
- tolerate
- stairs
- cow
- swarm
- friendly
- sea
- long and boring
- out
- lift
- choose – select
- passed
- cabinet
- very tired
- raining very heavily
- see
- dry
- leave
- angrily
- attempt
- advice
- weak
- weak
- big
- hard
- weather
- cry
- blocked with traffic
- friend – pal
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