Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) mend – repair (b) shut – close (c) below – under (d) wise – foolish
- 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 3.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complimented (b) complemented
- 4.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “elderly”? (a) enough (b) often (c) old (d) lucky
- 5.Complete the idiom: Riya visits the zoo once in a blue ___. (a) sky (b) moon (c) sea (d) sun
- 6.Complete the analogy: Farmer is to field as sailor is to ___. (a) ship (b) farm (c) school (d) court
- 7.Fill the gap: The young one of a deer is a ___. (a) kitten (b) fawn (c) puppy (d) chick
- 8.Which word is the opposite of “empty”? (a) full (b) wet (c) slow (d) short
- 9.Complete the idiom: Kavya is the apple of her grandfather’s ___. (a) heart (b) tree (c) hand (d) eye
- 10.Fill the gap: a ___ of bats (a) herd (b) fleet (c) pride (d) colony
- 11.Which word is an adjective? (a) beautify (b) beauty (c) beautifully (d) beautiful
- 12.What is the masculine of “mare”? (a) bull (b) lion (c) horse (d) king
- 13.What is the masculine of “actress”? (a) host (b) waiter (c) hero (d) actor
- 14.Which word means the same as “begin”? (a) shout (b) finish (c) choose (d) start
- 15.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) rekind (c) prekind (d) miskind
- 16.Fill the gap: A range is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) mountains (c) ships (d) bees
- 17.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “approximately”? (a) lucky (b) about (c) often (d) enough
- 18.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “receive”? (a) help (b) get (c) live (d) tell
- 19.What does the idiom “a fish out of water” mean? (a) a good swimmer (b) a hungry cat (c) uncomfortable in a place (d) a dying fish
- 20.Choose the right form: Trees ___ the soil from washing away. (a) protectively (b) protective (c) protect (d) protection
- 21.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) imminent (b) eminent
- 22.Fill the gap: a ___ of locusts (a) herd (b) fleet (c) pride (d) swarm
- 23.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) mispaint (c) repaint (d) unpaint
- 24.Complete the idiom: Breaking the vase was the last ___; Mum was really upset. (a) stone (b) straw (c) stick (d) cup
- 25.Complete the analogy: Eye is to see as ear is to ___. (a) hear (b) touch (c) taste (d) smell
- 26.Complete the analogy: Astronaut is to spacecraft as sailor is to ___. (a) train (b) ship (c) plane (d) bus
- 27.The empty house looked eerie at night, with creaking doors. “Eerie” means ___. (a) very warm (b) very clean (c) bright and cheerful (d) strange and scary
- 28.Which spelling is correct? (a) heighth (b) heigth (c) hieght (d) height
- 29.Which word means the same as “finish”? (a) gift (b) end (c) jump (d) start
- 30.Which word means the same as “rich”? (a) clever (b) busy (c) poor (d) wealthy
- 31.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) February (b) calendar (c) believe (d) parliamant
- 32.Fill the gap: A tadpole is the young one of a ___. (a) hen (b) cow (c) frog (d) cat
- 33.Choose the right form: Painting helps children become more ___. (a) creative (b) creatively (c) creation (d) create
- 34.Which is the formal word for “need”? (a) reside (b) inform (c) conclude (d) require
- 35.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
- 36.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “commence”? (a) live (b) start (c) help (d) buy
- 37.Fill the gap: The young one of a goose is a ___. (a) kid (b) calf (c) cub (d) gosling
- 38.Fill in the opposite: A feather is light, but a stone is ___. (a) wet (b) sweet (c) heavy (d) loud
- 39.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “minority”? (a) journey (b) majority (c) answer (d) roof
- 40.Complete the idiom: Their fight over a pencil was just a storm in a ___. (a) glass (b) teacup (c) bucket (d) bottle
Answer key
- wise – foolish
- un-
- complemented
- old
- moon
- ship
- fawn
- full
- eye
- colony
- beautiful
- horse
- actor
- start
- unkind
- mountains
- about
- get
- uncomfortable in a place
- protect
- imminent
- swarm
- repaint
- straw
- hear
- ship
- strange and scary
- height
- end
- wealthy
- parliamant
- frog
- creative
- require
- diary
- start
- gosling
- heavy
- majority
- teacup
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