Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) glad – happy (b) jump – leap (c) talk – speak (d) cheap – expensive
- 2.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “receive”? (a) live (b) tell (c) help (d) get
- 3.The street vendor’s samosas were delectable, so we ordered more. “Delectable” means ___. (a) tasteless (b) burnt (c) cold (d) delicious
- 4.Which word means the same as “choose”? (a) select (b) carry (c) sleep (d) reject
- 5.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
- 6.Which is the formal word for “main”? (a) fortunate (b) sufficient (c) previous (d) principal
- 7.Which word is the opposite of “top”? (a) wet (b) sad (c) bottom (d) early
- 8.Fill the gap: A chick is the young one of a ___. (a) dog (b) cow (c) hen (d) cat
- 9.Complete the analogy: Eye is to see as ear is to ___. (a) smell (b) touch (c) taste (d) hear
- 10.Which word is an adverb? (a) danger (b) endanger (c) dangerous (d) dangerously
- 11.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
- 12.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationary (b) stationery
- 13.Which word means “the state of being kind”? (a) kindness (b) kindest (c) kinder (d) kindly
- 14.What does the phrasal verb “find out” mean? (a) go outside (b) hide (c) discover (d) lose
- 15.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “sunrise”? (a) roof (b) sunset (c) journey (d) answer
- 16.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “cowardly”? (a) brave (b) lazy (c) rude (d) tiny
- 17.Fill the gap: a ___ of scouts (a) herd (b) swarm (c) fleet (d) troop
- 18.Choose the right form: Wear a helmet for ___ while cycling. (a) protect (b) protectively (c) protective (d) protection
- 19.The film was so dreary that we left before it ended. “Dreary” means ___. (a) very short (b) dull and gloomy (c) exciting (d) very funny
- 20.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) ancient – old (b) ancient – modern (c) tiny – little (d) rich – wealthy
- 21.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) cold – hot (b) cold – chilly (c) buy – sell (d) in – out
- 22.Choose the right form: Everyone looked at the dancer with ___. (a) admirable (b) admire (c) admiration (d) admirably
- 23.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) dishonest (c) prehonest (d) unhonest
- 24.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 25.Which word means the same as “bright”? (a) slow (b) sad (c) dull (d) shiny
- 26.One word for: happening every day (a) annual (b) monthly (c) weekly (d) daily
- 27.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
- 28.What does the phrasal verb “cut down” mean? (a) cook (b) increase (c) grow (d) reduce
- 29.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “conclude”? (a) live (b) buy (c) help (d) end
- 30.Which word is the opposite of “empty”? (a) slow (b) wet (c) short (d) full
- 31.What is the masculine of “sister”? (a) nephew (b) brother (c) husband (d) uncle
- 32.Choose the right form: The telephone was a great ___. (a) invent (b) invention (c) inventive (d) inventively
- 33.Which is the formal word for “try”? (a) reside (b) purchase (c) attempt (d) inform
- 34.Fill the gap: a ___ of dolphins (a) pride (b) herd (c) pod (d) swarm
- 35.Which word means the same as “quiet”? (a) quick (b) noisy (c) angry (d) silent
- 36.Complete the idiom: Don’t cry over spilt ___. (a) milk (b) water (c) tea (d) juice
- 37.Which word means “without end”? (a) endings (b) endless (c) ending (d) ended
- 38.Which word means “without sleep”? (a) sleepless (b) sleeping (c) sleepy (d) sleeper
- 39.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) choose – reject (b) choose – select (c) give – take (d) laugh – cry
- 40.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) up – down (b) stone – rock (c) hot – cold (d) win – lose
Answer key
- cheap – expensive
- get
- delicious
- select
- sun
- principal
- bottom
- hen
- hear
- dangerously
- quite
- stationary
- kindness
- discover
- sunset
- brave
- troop
- protection
- dull and gloomy
- ancient – modern
- cold – chilly
- admiration
- dishonest
- pre-
- shiny
- daily
- right
- reduce
- end
- full
- brother
- invention
- attempt
- pod
- silent
- milk
- endless
- sleepless
- choose – select
- stone – rock
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