Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.What does the idiom “the apple of someone’s eye” mean? (a) a dearly loved person (b) a greedy person (c) an eye problem (d) a red fruit
- 2.Which word is the opposite of “dry”? (a) empty (b) wet (c) cold (d) slow
- 3.Fill the gap: a ___ of camels (a) swarm (b) bunch (c) caravan (d) fleet
- 4.Complete the analogy: Pilot is to plane as driver is to ___. (a) car (b) ship (c) horse (d) kite
- 5.Complete the analogy: Good is to better as bad is to ___. (a) worst (b) badly (c) good (d) worse
- 6.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wander (b) wonder
- 7.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) big – large (b) brave – cowardly (c) quick – fast (d) brave – bold
- 8.Meera’s room was immaculate; there was not a speck of dust anywhere. “Immaculate” means ___. (a) very small (b) very dark (c) spotlessly clean (d) very messy
- 9.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stare (b) stair
- 10.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “descend”? (a) help (b) go down (c) buy (d) need
- 11.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) rehappy (c) dishappy (d) unhappy
- 12.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) height (b) mischievious (c) necessary (d) government
- 13.Which word means the same as “difficult”? (a) hard (b) sweet (c) early (d) easy
- 14.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 15.Fill the gap with the right small word: The plane will take ___ at 6 am. (a) down (b) up (c) in (d) off
- 16.Which word means “without pain”? (a) painter (b) painful (c) painted (d) painless
- 17.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) cold – hot (b) in – out (c) buy – sell (d) cold – chilly
- 18.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -er (b) -ly (c) -less (d) -ful
- 19.One word for: people who watch a match (a) passengers (b) pedestrians (c) spectators (d) patients
- 20.Fill in the opposite: Day is bright, but night is ___. (a) wet (b) dark (c) slow (d) tall
- 21.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) shut – close (b) below – under (c) wise – foolish (d) mend – repair
- 22.Complete the idiom: That shop sells sweets that cost an arm and a ___. (a) hand (b) leg (c) foot (d) nose
- 23.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “invisible”? (a) generous (b) early (c) visible (d) honest
- 24.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) unjudge (c) rejudge (d) misjudge
- 25.Which word is a noun? (a) descriptively (b) descriptive (c) describe (d) description
- 26.Which is the formal word for “money”? (a) residence (b) funds (c) error (d) occupation
- 27.Which is the formal word for “talk”? (a) reside (b) converse (c) purchase (d) require
- 28.What does the idiom “at the eleventh hour” mean? (a) every hour (b) at the last moment (c) at 11 o'clock (d) very early
- 29.Choose the right form: Painting helps children become more ___. (a) creatively (b) create (c) creation (d) creative
- 30.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -less (b) -ful (c) -ly (d) -er
- 31.What is the feminine of “peacock”? (a) mare (b) hen (c) duck (d) peahen
- 32.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
- 33.Which spelling is correct? (a) temprature (b) temperture (c) tempreture (d) temperature
- 34.What is the feminine of “grandfather”? (a) aunt (b) grandmother (c) niece (d) queen
- 35.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
- 36.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advise (b) advice
- 37.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
- 38.Fill the gap: A flock is a group of ___. (a) keys (b) sheep (c) ships (d) lions
- 39.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
- 40.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “export”? (a) accept (b) import (c) float (d) whisper
Answer key
- a dearly loved person
- wet
- caravan
- car
- worse
- wonder
- brave – cowardly
- spotlessly clean
- stare
- go down
- unhappy
- mischievious
- hard
- un-
- off
- painless
- cold – chilly
- -ful
- spectators
- dark
- wise – foolish
- leg
- visible
- misjudge
- description
- funds
- converse
- at the last moment
- creative
- -ly
- peahen
- new
- temperature
- grandmother
- sea
- advise
- cite
- sheep
- tail
- import
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