Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Which word is a verb? (a) destructive (b) destroy (c) destruction (d) destructively
- 2.Choose the right form: Everyone looked at the dancer with ___. (a) admirable (b) admirably (c) admiration (d) admire
- 3.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “transparent”? (a) polite (b) opaque (c) generous (d) ancient
- 4.Fill the gap: A foal is the young one of a ___. (a) cat (b) hen (c) frog (d) horse
- 5.The tiny ant carried a load that was colossal compared to its body. “Colossal” means ___. (a) light (b) huge (c) tiny (d) soft
- 6.What does the phrasal verb “switch off” mean? (a) make a light go on (b) buy a light (c) break a light (d) make a light go out
- 7.Which word means the same as “wet”? (a) hot (b) loud (c) damp (d) dry
- 8.Fill the gap: a ___ of eggs (a) herd (b) swarm (c) clutch (d) fleet
- 9.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) big – large (b) gift – present (c) deep – shallow (d) ill – sick
- 10.What does the idiom “a piece of cake” mean? (a) very sweet (b) very easy (c) very tasty (d) very small
- 11.Which is the formal word for “many”? (a) numerous (b) fortunate (c) previous (d) sufficient
- 12.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “rude”? (a) lazy (b) wet (c) polite (d) tall
- 13.Complete the idiom: Could you lend me a ___ with these heavy bags? (a) head (b) hand (c) foot (d) leg
- 14.Complete the idiom: Our plan failed, so we were back to square ___. (a) ten (b) one (c) zero (d) two
- 15.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) cold – chilly (b) cold – hot (c) buy – sell (d) in – out
- 16.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave before (c) behave again (d) not behave
- 17.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) necessary (b) character (c) definitely (d) beleeve
- 18.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
- 19.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formally (b) formerly
- 20.Which word means “the state of being happy”? (a) happier (b) unhappy (c) happily (d) happiness
- 21.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) rich – poor (b) wet – dry (c) quick – slow (d) quick – fast
- 22.Complete the analogy: Grass is to green as sky is to ___. (a) blue (b) pink (c) brown (d) red
- 23.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
- 24.Which is the formal word for “let”? (a) reside (b) purchase (c) conclude (d) permit
- 25.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) happy – glad (b) include – exclude (c) mend – repair (d) shout – yell
- 26.Which spelling is correct? (a) intterupt (b) interrup (c) interupt (d) interrupt
- 27.Complete the idiom: Rohan was over the ___ when he won the prize. (a) moon (b) hill (c) sun (d) stars
- 28.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
- 29.What is the masculine of “mare”? (a) lion (b) king (c) bull (d) horse
- 30.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) mend – break (b) mend – repair (c) win – lose (d) come – go
- 31.Choose the right form: Bright flowers ___ bees. (a) attractive (b) attract (c) attraction (d) attractively
- 32.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel
- 33.Fill in the opposite: Ice is cold, but fire is ___. (a) slow (b) small (c) wet (d) hot
- 34.Fill the gap with the right small word: I am looking forward ___ the holidays. (a) for (b) to (c) on (d) at
- 35.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) misjudge (c) disjudge (d) prejudge
- 36.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) paint again (c) not paint (d) paint before
- 37.Which word is the opposite of “friend”? (a) enemy (b) teacher (c) farmer (d) cousin
- 38.One word for: the life story of a person written by someone else (a) biography (b) autobiography (c) geography (d) atlas
- 39.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “humble”? (a) wide (b) proud (c) early (d) ancient
- 40.Which spelling is correct? (a) achieve (b) acheive (c) acheeve (d) achive
Answer key
- destroy
- admiration
- opaque
- horse
- huge
- make a light go out
- damp
- clutch
- deep – shallow
- very easy
- numerous
- polite
- hand
- one
- cold – chilly
- behave wrongly
- beleeve
- nose
- formally
- happiness
- quick – fast
- blue
- won
- permit
- include – exclude
- interrupt
- moon
- steal
- horse
- mend – repair
- attract
- personal
- hot
- to
- misjudge
- paint again
- enemy
- biography
- proud
- achieve
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