Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Which word is the opposite of “first”? (a) tall (b) last (c) hot (d) wet
- 2.Fill in the opposite: A giraffe is tall, but a puppy is ___. (a) wet (b) short (c) hot (d) loud
- 3.Fill the gap: a ___ of people (a) litter (b) fleet (c) crowd (d) pride
- 4.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “subsequently”? (a) about (b) often (c) later (d) enough
- 5.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
- 6.Which word means “without pain”? (a) painted (b) painful (c) painter (d) painless
- 7.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
- 8.Which word is a verb? (a) invent (b) inventive (c) invention (d) inventively
- 9.Which word means “one who drives”? (a) driving (b) drove (c) drives (d) driver
- 10.The puppy was inquisitive and sniffed every new box in the house. “Inquisitive” means ___. (a) curious (b) angry (c) lazy (d) sleepy
- 11.Fill the gap with the right small word: The plane will take ___ at 6 am. (a) off (b) up (c) down (d) in
- 12.The cliff path was so perilous that climbers needed ropes. “Perilous” means ___. (a) easy (b) flat (c) safe (d) dangerous
- 13.One word for: a home for children who have no parents (a) aviary (b) library (c) orphanage (d) hospital
- 14.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) in – out (b) buy – sell (c) cold – hot (d) cold – chilly
- 15.One word for: an animal that eats only meat (a) vegetarian (b) omnivore (c) herbivore (d) carnivore
- 16.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) temperature (b) February (c) excellent (d) parliment
- 17.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell wrongly (c) spell before (d) spell again
- 18.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
- 19.Fill in the opposite: We push a door to open it and ___ it to close it. (a) eat (b) pull (c) sing (d) cut
- 20.What does the phrasal verb “come across” mean? (a) come back (b) lose by chance (c) cross a road (d) find by chance
- 21.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) tall – short (b) shy – bold (c) old – new (d) shy – timid
- 22.Complete the analogy: Bat is to cricket as racket is to ___. (a) kabaddi (b) tennis (c) football (d) hockey
- 23.Choose the right form: Plastic waste can ___ sea animals. (a) danger (b) endanger (c) dangerously (d) dangerous
- 24.What does the phrasal verb “show off” mean? (a) help (b) share (c) boast (d) hide
- 25.Fill the gap: a ___ of cattle (a) fleet (b) bunch (c) herd (d) swarm
- 26.What does the idiom “over the moon” mean? (a) very tired (b) in outer space (c) very far away (d) extremely happy
- 27.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “loss”? (a) window (b) journey (c) profit (d) answer
- 28.Which spelling is correct? (a) beleive (b) beleeve (c) belive (d) believe
- 29.Which word means “the state of being happy”? (a) unhappy (b) happier (c) happily (d) happiness
- 30.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
- 31.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) mis-
- 32.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “additionally”? (a) enough (b) also (c) often (d) lucky
- 33.Which spelling is correct? (a) Febuary (b) Feburary (c) February (d) Febrary
- 34.The soldiers were valiant and fought bravely to protect the village. “Valiant” means ___. (a) hungry (b) brave (c) cowardly (d) tired
- 35.Which spelling is correct? (a) parlament (b) parliamant (c) parliment (d) parliament
- 36.Complete the idiom: We are all in the same ___, so let us help each other. (a) bus (b) boat (c) car (d) house
- 37.Which word is a noun? (a) persuasively (b) persuade (c) persuasion (d) persuasive
- 38.Which word means the same as “talk”? (a) run (b) speak (c) hear (d) sleep
- 39.Fill the gap: a ___ of camels (a) swarm (b) caravan (c) fleet (d) bunch
- 40.The patient’s condition was critical, so the doctors acted fast. “Critical” means ___. (a) very simple (b) very good (c) very serious (d) very funny
Answer key
- last
- short
- crowd
- later
- brake
- painless
- quiet
- invent
- driver
- curious
- off
- dangerous
- orphanage
- cold – chilly
- carnivore
- parliment
- spell wrongly
- meat
- pull
- find by chance
- shy – timid
- tennis
- endanger
- boast
- herd
- extremely happy
- profit
- believe
- happiness
- sail
- dis-
- also
- February
- brave
- parliament
- boat
- persuasion
- speak
- caravan
- very serious
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