Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) jump – leap (b) cheap – expensive (c) talk – speak (d) glad – happy
- 2.Complete the idiom: We will finish this by hook or by ___. (a) book (b) look (c) crook (d) cook
- 3.Fill the gap: A chick is the young one of a ___. (a) dog (b) cat (c) cow (d) hen
- 4.Fill the gap: A troop is a group of ___. (a) bees (b) grapes (c) monkeys (d) ships
- 5.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) laugh – cry (b) choose – reject (c) choose – select (d) give – take
- 6.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
- 7.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) desert (b) dessert
- 8.Fill the gap: The young one of a cow is a ___. (a) cub (b) calf (c) kitten (d) chick
- 9.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “modern”? (a) quiet (b) wide (c) rich (d) ancient
- 10.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) prekind (c) unkind (d) miskind
- 11.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) fast – slow (b) hot – cold (c) big – large (d) big – small
- 12.Which word means the same as “scared”? (a) afraid (b) angry (c) rich (d) hungry
- 13.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
- 14.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “commence”? (a) start (b) live (c) help (d) buy
- 15.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 16.Which word means the same as “answer”? (a) question (b) reply (c) travel (d) sleep
- 17.Complete the idiom: Aditya felt like a fish out of ___ at the new school. (a) milk (b) water (c) sand (d) air
- 18.Fill the gap: The young one of a fox is a ___. (a) foal (b) lamb (c) calf (d) cub
- 19.Fill the gap with the right small word: I wake ___ at six every morning. (a) down (b) up (c) in (d) off
- 20.What does the idiom “back to square one” mean? (a) starting all over again (b) winning a game (c) going backwards (d) a new square shape
- 21.Fill in the opposite: An elephant is big, but an ant is ___. (a) small (b) wet (c) loud (d) tall
- 22.Complete the analogy: Ink is to pen as paint is to ___. (a) plate (b) spoon (c) book (d) brush
- 23.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) happy – sad (b) tall – short (c) begin – start (d) begin – finish
- 24.Which word is a noun? (a) create (b) creatively (c) creation (d) creative
- 25.Which word means the same as “tired”? (a) fresh (b) weary (c) quick (d) rich
- 26.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “supervisor”? (a) phone (b) bike (c) boss (d) fridge
- 27.An elephant’s trunk is versatile; it can lift logs and pick up a peanut. “Versatile” means ___. (a) very weak (b) very short (c) very slow (d) able to do many things
- 28.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) pre-
- 29.Complete the analogy: Pupil is to school as patient is to ___. (a) temple (b) farm (c) bank (d) hospital
- 30.Fill the gap: A caterpillar is the young one of a ___. (a) cow (b) butterfly (c) hen (d) frog
- 31.Fill the gap: a ___ of dolphins (a) pod (b) pride (c) swarm (d) herd
- 32.Which word is the opposite of “tall”? (a) hot (b) short (c) empty (d) fast
- 33.Which word is the opposite of “happy”? (a) sad (b) dry (c) big (d) early
- 34.Fill the gap: a ___ of actors (a) swarm (b) fleet (c) troupe (d) herd
- 35.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
- 36.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 37.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
- 38.Which word means “in a soft way”? (a) softness (b) softly (c) soften (d) softer
- 39.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “error”? (a) phone (b) bike (c) money (d) mistake
- 40.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “entire”? (a) often (b) lucky (c) whole (d) enough
Answer key
- cheap – expensive
- crook
- hen
- monkeys
- choose – select
- tale
- desert
- calf
- ancient
- unkind
- big – large
- afraid
- You're
- start
- flour
- reply
- water
- cub
- up
- starting all over again
- small
- brush
- begin – start
- creation
- weary
- boss
- able to do many things
- dis-
- hospital
- butterfly
- pod
- short
- sad
- troupe
- latter
- re-
- their
- softly
- mistake
- whole
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