Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) imminent (b) eminent
- 2.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) borrow – lend (b) ill – sick (c) yell – shout (d) jump – leap
- 3.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “residence”? (a) bike (b) house (c) phone (d) money
- 4.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
- 5.Complete the analogy: Tailor is to needle as carpenter is to ___. (a) pen (b) saw (c) stethoscope (d) brush
- 6.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “smooth”? (a) late (b) honest (c) rough (d) ancient
- 7.Which word means the same as “stone”? (a) rock (b) tree (c) cloud (d) river
- 8.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) win – lose (b) hot – cold (c) stone – rock (d) up – down
- 9.Fill the gap: a ___ of ships (a) flock (b) fleet (c) bunch (d) herd
- 10.What does the phrasal verb “run away” mean? (a) escape (b) sleep (c) return (d) stay
- 11.The stray dog looked emaciated; we could see its ribs. “Emaciated” means ___. (a) very fierce (b) very fat (c) very happy (d) very thin
- 12.Which is the formal word for “help”? (a) purchase (b) commence (c) reside (d) assist
- 13.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
- 14.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) desert (b) dessert
- 15.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
- 16.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
- 17.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) misobey (c) reobey (d) unobey
- 18.Fill the gap: a ___ of scouts (a) troop (b) fleet (c) herd (d) swarm
- 19.Complete the idiom: Don’t cry over spilt ___. (a) tea (b) juice (c) milk (d) water
- 20.One word for: the life story of a person written by someone else (a) geography (b) biography (c) autobiography (d) atlas
- 21.What does the idiom “kill two birds with one stone” mean? (a) hunt birds (b) do two jobs at once (c) throw stones (d) be very cruel
- 22.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) lead wrongly (c) lead before (d) not lead
- 23.Which word is the opposite of “strong”? (a) wet (b) loud (c) weak (d) early
- 24.Which spelling is correct? (a) temprature (b) temperature (c) temperture (d) tempreture
- 25.What does the phrasal verb “make up” mean? (a) tell the truth (b) tidy up (c) invent a story (d) paint
- 26.Fill in the opposite: A rabbit is fast, but a tortoise is ___. (a) slow (b) wet (c) loud (d) big
- 27.Which word means “full of joy”? (a) enjoy (b) joyless (c) joyful (d) joyfully
- 28.Fill in the opposite: A lion is strong, but a mouse is ___. (a) weak (b) loud (c) tall (d) wet
- 29.Complete the analogy: Good is to better as bad is to ___. (a) badly (b) worst (c) worse (d) good
- 30.Which spelling is correct? (a) adress (b) adres (c) addres (d) address
- 31.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
- 32.One word for: a daily record of personal events (a) novel (b) atlas (c) diary (d) dictionary
- 33.Complete the idiom: Stop pulling my ___; I know you are joking! (a) leg (b) hair (c) ear (d) arm
- 34.Complete the analogy: Hot is to cold as tall is to ___. (a) thin (b) warm (c) short (d) big
- 35.One word for: a word that means the same as another word (a) antonym (b) homophone (c) synonym (d) prefix
- 36.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “reside”? (a) buy (b) tell (c) help (d) live
- 37.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 38.The gigantic whale was longer than our school bus. “Gigantic” means ___. (a) noisy (b) tiny (c) slow (d) huge
- 39.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
- 40.One word for: that which cannot be broken (a) fragile (b) invisible (c) unbreakable (d) edible
Answer key
- eminent
- borrow – lend
- house
- witch
- saw
- rough
- rock
- stone – rock
- fleet
- escape
- very thin
- assist
- hour
- desert
- dyeing
- bare
- disobey
- troop
- milk
- biography
- do two jobs at once
- lead wrongly
- weak
- temperature
- invent a story
- slow
- joyful
- weak
- worse
- address
- ate
- diary
- leg
- short
- synonym
- live
- ant
- huge
- sell
- unbreakable
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