Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Which word is a verb? (a) descriptive (b) describe (c) descriptively (d) description
- 2.Fill the gap: A school is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) cows (c) keys (d) fish
- 3.What is the masculine of “queen”? (a) prince (b) king (c) nephew (d) uncle
- 4.Which spelling is correct? (a) interrupt (b) intterupt (c) interrup (d) interupt
- 5.What does the idiom “on the same page” mean? (a) reading a book (b) very busy (c) far apart (d) in agreement
- 6.Complete the analogy: Bird is to nest as bee is to ___. (a) hive (b) den (c) kennel (d) stable
- 7.One word for: a person who stitches clothes (a) carpenter (b) cobbler (c) barber (d) tailor
- 8.Complete the analogy: Water is to thirst as food is to ___. (a) cold (b) fear (c) sleep (d) hunger
- 9.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) fast – slow (b) hot – cold (c) big – small (d) big – large
- 10.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
- 11.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 12.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “permit”? (a) let (b) live (c) tell (d) buy
- 13.What is the masculine of “ewe”? (a) horse (b) bull (c) lion (d) ram
- 14.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell before (c) tell again (d) tell wrongly
- 15.Which is the formal word for “buy”? (a) reside (b) inform (c) purchase (d) require
- 16.Fill in the opposite: The shop is near, but the school is ___. (a) wet (b) hot (c) far (d) sad
- 17.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “private”? (a) public (b) polite (c) ancient (d) early
- 18.One word for: people who watch a match (a) pedestrians (b) passengers (c) spectators (d) patients
- 19.Which word is an adverb? (a) inventive (b) invention (c) inventively (d) invent
- 20.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -ly (b) -ful (c) -less (d) -er
- 21.What does the idiom “at the eleventh hour” mean? (a) very early (b) at the last moment (c) at 11 o'clock (d) every hour
- 22.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
- 23.Which word is the opposite of “summer”? (a) morning (b) Monday (c) river (d) winter
- 24.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “commence”? (a) live (b) help (c) buy (d) start
- 25.What does the phrasal verb “cut down” mean? (a) reduce (b) grow (c) increase (d) cook
- 26.Complete the analogy: Glove is to hand as sock is to ___. (a) neck (b) arm (c) foot (d) head
- 27.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) course (b) coarse
- 28.Fill the gap with the right small word: Please switch ___ the fan before you leave. (a) in (b) up (c) off (d) after
- 29.Choose the right form: Hard work is the key to ___. (a) successfully (b) success (c) successful (d) succeed
- 30.Complete the idiom: Rohan was over the ___ when he won the prize. (a) hill (b) sun (c) moon (d) stars
- 31.Which word is the opposite of “heavy”? (a) wet (b) sad (c) early (d) light
- 32.Which word is the opposite of “push”? (a) sing (b) eat (c) sleep (d) pull
- 33.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) argument (b) calendar (c) Febuary (d) accommodation
- 34.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) arrive – depart (b) begin – start (c) shut – close (d) arrive – reach
- 35.After the long walk, Rohan was so famished that he ate four chapatis. “Famished” means ___. (a) very hungry (b) very proud (c) very angry (d) very sleepy
- 36.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) scared – brave (b) in – out (c) old – new (d) scared – afraid
- 37.The village was serene, with only the sound of birds. “Serene” means ___. (a) calm and peaceful (b) noisy (c) dirty (d) crowded
- 38.Fill the gap with the right small word: “UN” stands ___ United Nations. (a) up (b) after (c) for (d) off
- 39.Fill the gap: The young one of a lion is a ___. (a) kitten (b) cub (c) chick (d) calf
- 40.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
Answer key
- describe
- fish
- king
- interrupt
- in agreement
- hive
- tailor
- hunger
- big – large
- quiet
- flour
- let
- ram
- tell again
- purchase
- far
- public
- spectators
- inventively
- -ly
- at the last moment
- advice
- winter
- start
- reduce
- foot
- coarse
- off
- success
- moon
- light
- pull
- Febuary
- arrive – depart
- very hungry
- scared – afraid
- calm and peaceful
- for
- cub
- ant
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