Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.What does the phrasal verb “find out” mean? (a) hide (b) go outside (c) discover (d) lose
- 2.What does the idiom “give the cold shoulder” mean? (a) hurt a shoulder (b) feel very cold (c) ignore someone (d) hug someone
- 3.Complete the idiom: Can you keep an ___ on my bag for a minute? (a) ear (b) hand (c) eye (d) arm
- 4.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) deep – shallow (b) gift – present (c) ill – sick (d) big – large
- 5.Complete the idiom: The exam was so easy; it was a ___ of cake. (a) plate (b) box (c) bowl (d) piece
- 6.Which is the formal word for “so”? (a) previously (b) approximately (c) frequently (d) therefore
- 7.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
- 8.Which spelling is correct? (a) definitely (b) definitly (c) defenitely (d) definately
- 9.What does the idiom “break the ice” mean? (a) get very angry (b) feel very cold (c) break something cold (d) start a friendly talk
- 10.Fill the gap: A cub is the young one of a ___. (a) cow (b) sheep (c) lion (d) hen
- 11.Complete the analogy: Hot is to cold as tall is to ___. (a) big (b) warm (c) short (d) thin
- 12.One word for: a person who always expects the worst (a) dentist (b) optimist (c) tourist (d) pessimist
- 13.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) grammar (b) beginning (c) indipendent (d) business
- 14.Which word is the opposite of “winter”? (a) Sunday (b) summer (c) evening (d) mountain
- 15.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) mend – repair (b) shout – yell (c) happy – glad (d) include – exclude
- 16.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “sunrise”? (a) journey (b) answer (c) sunset (d) roof
- 17.Complete the idiom: The news came out of the ___. (a) pink (b) green (c) blue (d) red
- 18.The cut on his knee was superficial, just a small scratch. “Superficial” means ___. (a) very deep (b) not deep (c) very old (d) very painful
- 19.Complete the analogy: Morning is to breakfast as night is to ___. (a) breakfast (b) lunch (c) tiffin (d) dinner
- 20.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) hear wrongly (c) not hear (d) hear before
- 21.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “therefore”? (a) but (b) about (c) often (d) so
- 22.Which word is a noun? (a) imagine (b) imaginative (c) imagination (d) imaginatively
- 23.Which word means the same as “friend”? (a) pal (b) stranger (c) enemy (d) teacher
- 24.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
- 25.The thief was apprehended by the police and taken to the station. “Apprehended” means ___. (a) helped (b) praised (c) freed (d) caught
- 26.Which word means “full of peace”? (a) peaces (b) peacefully (c) peacemaker (d) peaceful
- 27.Which word means “full of help”? (a) helpful (b) helper (c) helpfully (d) helpless
- 28.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) not usual (c) usual again (d) usual wrongly
- 29.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
- 30.What is the feminine of “drake”? (a) duck (b) mare (c) hen (d) ewe
- 31.Which word is a noun? (a) admiration (b) admirable (c) admirably (d) admire
- 32.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
- 33.Which is the formal word for “let”? (a) conclude (b) reside (c) permit (d) purchase
- 34.What does the phrasal verb “give up” mean? (a) stop trying (b) stand up (c) keep going (d) give a gift
- 35.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -less (b) -ful (c) -ly (d) -er
- 36.Add the suffix: beauty + ful = ? (a) beautyful (b) beautiful (c) beautifull (d) beautful
- 37.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “maximum”? (a) minimum (b) early (c) victory (d) modern
- 38.What is the masculine of “girl”? (a) boy (b) king (c) husband (d) uncle
- 39.What does the phrasal verb “put on” mean? (a) cook (b) sell (c) remove (d) wear
- 40.Choose the right form: She is a ___ doctor in Pune. (a) successful (b) success (c) succeed (d) successfully
Answer key
- discover
- ignore someone
- eye
- deep – shallow
- piece
- therefore
- borrow
- definitely
- start a friendly talk
- lion
- short
- pessimist
- indipendent
- summer
- include – exclude
- sunset
- blue
- not deep
- dinner
- hear wrongly
- so
- imagination
- pal
- hare
- caught
- peaceful
- helpful
- not usual
- sea
- duck
- admiration
- rode
- permit
- stop trying
- -ly
- beautiful
- minimum
- boy
- wear
- successful
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