Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) laugh – cry (b) give – take (c) choose – reject (d) choose – select
- 2.Which word is an adverb? (a) admire (b) admirable (c) admiration (d) admirably
- 3.Fill the gap: A gosling is the young one of a ___. (a) goose (b) cow (c) cat (d) dog
- 4.Complete the idiom: Kabir spilled the ___ about the surprise party. (a) beans (b) milk (c) tea (d) rice
- 5.Fill in the opposite: A rabbit is fast, but a tortoise is ___. (a) big (b) slow (c) wet (d) loud
- 6.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
- 7.The stray dog looked emaciated; we could see its ribs. “Emaciated” means ___. (a) very happy (b) very fierce (c) very thin (d) very fat
- 8.An elephant’s trunk is versatile; it can lift logs and pick up a peanut. “Versatile” means ___. (a) very short (b) able to do many things (c) very weak (d) very slow
- 9.Which is the formal word for “live”? (a) purchase (b) reside (c) require (d) assist
- 10.Fill the gap: a ___ of dancers (a) swarm (b) fleet (c) troupe (d) herd
- 11.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
- 12.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) rejudge (b) unjudge (c) prejudge (d) misjudge
- 13.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 14.Add the suffix: happy + ly = ? (a) happiely (b) happly (c) happyly (d) happily
- 15.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) not fill (c) fill again (d) fill before
- 16.Fill the gap with the right small word: I am looking forward ___ the holidays. (a) at (b) for (c) to (d) on
- 17.The soldiers were valiant and fought bravely to protect the village. “Valiant” means ___. (a) tired (b) cowardly (c) hungry (d) brave
- 18.What is the masculine of “bride”? (a) king (b) nephew (c) uncle (d) bridegroom
- 19.Which word is an adverb? (a) descriptively (b) description (c) describe (d) descriptive
- 20.Complete the analogy: Cub is to lion as kitten is to ___. (a) hen (b) dog (c) cat (d) cow
- 21.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “commence”? (a) buy (b) start (c) help (d) live
- 22.Which word means “tell again”? (a) mistell (b) pretell (c) retell (d) untell
- 23.Complete the idiom: It is raining ___ and dogs outside. (a) rats (b) cats (c) cows (d) mice
- 24.One word for: a place where films are shown (a) library (b) museum (c) cinema (d) stadium
- 25.One word for: against the law (a) legal (b) illegal (c) invisible (d) impossible
- 26.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) rich – wealthy (b) ancient – modern (c) tiny – little (d) ancient – old
- 27.One word for: a place where old and rare things are kept for show (a) granary (b) library (c) museum (d) aviary
- 28.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey again (c) obey wrongly (d) obey before
- 29.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
- 30.Fill the gap: A school is a group of ___. (a) keys (b) fish (c) cows (d) ships
- 31.Which is the formal word for “try”? (a) attempt (b) purchase (c) inform (d) reside
- 32.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check again (c) check before (d) not check
- 33.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) preview (c) review (d) misview
- 34.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
- 35.What is the feminine of “husband”? (a) wife (b) aunt (c) daughter (d) niece
- 36.What is the masculine of “headmistress”? (a) king (b) uncle (c) host (d) headmaster
- 37.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) unread (c) disread (d) misread
- 38.Which is the formal word for “test”? (a) occupation (b) error (c) examination (d) residence
- 39.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “blame”? (a) praise (b) lend (c) whisper (d) sink
- 40.Complete the analogy: Hen is to chick as frog is to ___. (a) cub (b) foal (c) tadpole (d) kitten
Answer key
- choose – select
- admirably
- goose
- beans
- slow
- quiet
- very thin
- able to do many things
- reside
- troupe
- plane
- misjudge
- mis-
- happily
- fill again
- to
- brave
- bridegroom
- descriptively
- cat
- start
- retell
- cats
- cinema
- illegal
- ancient – modern
- museum
- not obey
- steel
- fish
- attempt
- check again
- preview
- won
- wife
- headmaster
- misread
- examination
- praise
- tadpole
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