Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
- 2.Which is the formal word for “right away”? (a) previously (b) immediately (c) approximately (d) frequently
- 3.What is the feminine of “ram”? (a) mare (b) hen (c) peahen (d) ewe
- 4.Which word is an adverb? (a) descriptive (b) description (c) describe (d) descriptively
- 5.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
- 6.One word for: able to speak two languages (a) literate (b) silent (c) talkative (d) bilingual
- 7.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) fair again (c) fair wrongly (d) not fair
- 8.What does the idiom “see eye to eye” mean? (a) stare angrily (b) agree fully (c) look closely (d) see clearly
- 9.One word for: a person who always looks on the bright side (a) optimist (b) scientist (c) pessimist (d) tourist
- 10.Dev is very frugal; he saves money and never wastes it. “Frugal” means ___. (a) very rich (b) very generous (c) very lazy (d) careful with money
- 11.Fill in the opposite: A giraffe is tall, but a puppy is ___. (a) wet (b) loud (c) hot (d) short
- 12.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 13.Fill in the opposite: A feather is light, but a stone is ___. (a) sweet (b) heavy (c) wet (d) loud
- 14.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) weather (b) whether
- 15.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -ly (b) -er (c) -ness (d) -ful
- 16.Which spelling is correct? (a) mischevous (b) mischievous (c) mischievious (d) mischivous
- 17.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) whether (b) weather
- 18.Choose the right form: Meera sings ___. (a) beautiful (b) beautifully (c) beautify (d) beauty
- 19.Add the suffix: lazy + ness = ? (a) lazines (b) lazness (c) laziness (d) lazyness
- 20.Choose the right form: She is a ___ doctor in Pune. (a) success (b) successful (c) successfully (d) succeed
- 21.Choose the right form: Bright flowers ___ bees. (a) attraction (b) attractive (c) attract (d) attractively
- 22.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) guarantee (b) interrupt (c) beleeve (d) February
- 23.Which word is a noun? (a) describe (b) description (c) descriptively (d) descriptive
- 24.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flu (b) flew
- 25.Fill the gap: A crew is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) grapes (c) sailors (d) lions
- 26.Which word means the same as “tiny”? (a) giant (b) angry (c) brave (d) little
- 27.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) resafe (c) missafe (d) presafe
- 28.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) receive (b) accommodation (c) bussiness (d) achieve
- 29.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “expensive”? (a) cheap (b) honest (c) early (d) polite
- 30.Which word means “full of hope”? (a) hopeless (b) hoping (c) hopeful (d) hopefully
- 31.The street vendor’s samosas were delectable, so we ordered more. “Delectable” means ___. (a) burnt (b) tasteless (c) delicious (d) cold
- 32.Which spelling is correct? (a) achieve (b) acheeve (c) acheive (d) achive
- 33.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “inferior”? (a) honest (b) modern (c) late (d) superior
- 34.Fill the gap: a ___ of keys (a) bunch (b) herd (c) swarm (d) pride
- 35.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) cheap – expensive (b) jump – leap (c) talk – speak (d) glad – happy
- 36.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “converse”? (a) buy (b) need (c) talk (d) live
- 37.Choose the right form: Plastic waste can ___ sea animals. (a) endanger (b) danger (c) dangerous (d) dangerously
- 38.The wedding was a lavish affair with food, music and lights everywhere. “Lavish” means ___. (a) very short (b) simple and plain (c) very sad (d) grand and rich
- 39.Fill the gap: a ___ of stairs (a) flight (b) pride (c) herd (d) swarm
- 40.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) receive (b) goverment (c) Wednesday (d) pronunciation
Answer key
- led
- immediately
- ewe
- descriptively
- meet
- bilingual
- not fair
- agree fully
- optimist
- careful with money
- short
- pre-
- heavy
- weather
- -ness
- mischievous
- whether
- beautifully
- laziness
- successful
- attract
- beleeve
- description
- flu
- sailors
- little
- unsafe
- bussiness
- cheap
- hopeful
- delicious
- achieve
- superior
- bunch
- cheap – expensive
- talk
- endanger
- grand and rich
- flight
- goverment
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