Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Choose the right form: The telephone was a great ___. (a) invention (b) inventively (c) inventive (d) invent
- 2.Complete the analogy: Ruler is to length as weighing scale is to ___. (a) weight (b) time (c) speed (d) heat
- 3.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) big – large (b) big – small (c) fast – slow (d) hot – cold
- 4.Which word is an adverb? (a) descriptive (b) describe (c) descriptively (d) description
- 5.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) Wensday (b) parliament (c) knowledge (d) tomorrow
- 6.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 7.Fill in the opposite: A feather is light, but a stone is ___. (a) loud (b) sweet (c) wet (d) heavy
- 8.Fill the gap with the right small word: The firefighters put ___ the fire quickly. (a) up (b) after (c) on (d) out
- 9.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) unbehave (c) disbehave (d) prebehave
- 10.Complete the analogy: Week is to day as year is to ___. (a) decade (b) century (c) month (d) era
- 11.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) respect before (c) respect again (d) not respect
- 12.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) quiet – silent (b) fast – quick (c) scared – afraid (d) float – sink
- 13.What is the masculine of “tigress”? (a) lion (b) tiger (c) king (d) bull
- 14.What is the feminine of “bull”? (a) ewe (b) hen (c) mare (d) cow
- 15.Complete the idiom: The maths test was a piece of ___. (a) bread (b) chalk (c) cake (d) paper
- 16.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
- 17.Which is the formal word for “old”? (a) sufficient (b) previous (c) elderly (d) fortunate
- 18.Which word means “in a slow way”? (a) slowly (b) slowest (c) slowness (d) slower
- 19.What is the feminine of “king”? (a) queen (b) princess (c) aunt (d) niece
- 20.Fill in the opposite: The shop is near, but the school is ___. (a) hot (b) sad (c) far (d) wet
- 21.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) not equal (c) equal before (d) equal again
- 22.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
- 23.Choose the right form: If you practise daily, you will ___. (a) successful (b) successfully (c) succeed (d) success
- 24.Complete the idiom: Ishaan let the cat out of the ___. (a) room (b) bag (c) house (d) box
- 25.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
- 26.Fill the gap: a ___ of ants (a) herd (b) fleet (c) pride (d) colony
- 27.One word for: the study of living things (a) biology (b) geography (c) astronomy (d) history
- 28.Complete the analogy: Boat is to water as aeroplane is to ___. (a) air (b) track (c) road (d) sand
- 29.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “cowardly”? (a) tiny (b) rude (c) brave (d) lazy
- 30.Which word means “in a kind way”? (a) kindness (b) kindly (c) kindest (d) kinder
- 31.Complete the analogy: Pages are to book as leaves are to ___. (a) tree (b) root (c) stone (d) cloud
- 32.Which word means “without power”? (a) powering (b) powerless (c) powered (d) powerful
- 33.Fill the gap: A range is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) bees (c) mountains (d) cows
- 34.Which is the formal word for “check”? (a) purchase (b) commence (c) verify (d) reside
- 35.Which word is a verb? (a) description (b) descriptively (c) describe (d) descriptive
- 36.One word for: something that cannot be seen (a) illegible (b) audible (c) edible (d) invisible
- 37.One word for: a person who walks in his or her sleep (a) tourist (b) pedestrian (c) sleepwalker (d) optimist
- 38.Which word is a verb? (a) attractively (b) attract (c) attractive (d) attraction
- 39.Which word means the same as “road”? (a) street (b) river (c) sky (d) house
- 40.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
Answer key
- invention
- weight
- big – large
- descriptively
- Wensday
- mis-
- heavy
- out
- misbehave
- month
- not respect
- float – sink
- tiger
- cow
- cake
- knew
- elderly
- slowly
- queen
- far
- not equal
- led
- succeed
- bag
- breath
- colony
- biology
- air
- brave
- kindly
- tree
- powerless
- mountains
- verify
- describe
- invisible
- sleepwalker
- attract
- street
- altar
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