Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.One word for: a word that means the same as another word (a) prefix (b) antonym (c) synonym (d) homophone
- 2.Which word is an adverb? (a) admiration (b) admirable (c) admirably (d) admire
- 3.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) begin – start (b) shut – close (c) arrive – depart (d) arrive – reach
- 4.Add the suffix: dig + er = ? (a) diger (b) diggar (c) digger (d) diggor
- 5.Fill the gap: The young one of a cat is a ___. (a) puppy (b) calf (c) cub (d) kitten
- 6.Fill the gap with the right small word: Kavya takes ___ her mother; they look alike. (a) off (b) out (c) up (d) after
- 7.What does the phrasal verb “find out” mean? (a) discover (b) go outside (c) lose (d) hide
- 8.Which word is the opposite of “awake”? (a) tall (b) hot (c) asleep (d) wet
- 9.Which spelling is correct? (a) mischievious (b) mischivous (c) mischievous (d) mischevous
- 10.Fill the gap with the right small word: Please carry ___ with your work. (a) off (b) after (c) on (d) up
- 11.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “demonstrate”? (a) need (b) live (c) show (d) buy
- 12.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
- 13.What is the masculine of “peahen”? (a) rooster (b) lion (c) bull (d) peacock
- 14.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) allow before (c) allow again (d) not allow
- 15.Choose the right form: Bright flowers ___ bees. (a) attraction (b) attractive (c) attractively (d) attract
- 16.The speech was so tedious that half the class yawned. “Tedious” means ___. (a) very loud (b) short and funny (c) very exciting (d) long and boring
- 17.Which spelling is correct? (a) exaggarate (b) exaggerate (c) exagarate (d) exagerate
- 18.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -ful (b) -less (c) -er (d) -ly
- 19.One word for: the study of past events (a) astronomy (b) biology (c) history (d) geography
- 20.Choose the right form: Everyone looked at the dancer with ___. (a) admire (b) admirably (c) admiration (d) admirable
- 21.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) restaurant (b) library (c) knowledge (d) begining
- 22.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) shout – whisper (b) shout – yell (c) push – pull (d) buy – sell
- 23.Complete the analogy: Big is to bigger as small is to ___. (a) smaller (b) little (c) smallest (d) tiny
- 24.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
- 25.Fill the gap: a ___ of ants (a) pride (b) fleet (c) herd (d) colony
- 26.Complete the analogy: Mother is to daughter as father is to ___. (a) brother (b) son (c) nephew (d) uncle
- 27.One word for: a person who sees an event happen (a) judge (b) lawyer (c) victim (d) eyewitness
- 28.What does the phrasal verb “hand in” mean? (a) lose (b) keep (c) submit (d) hold
- 29.What is the masculine of “empress”? (a) prince (b) bull (c) uncle (d) emperor
- 30.Which is the formal word for “job”? (a) assistance (b) residence (c) occupation (d) error
- 31.Which word is a verb? (a) succeed (b) successfully (c) success (d) successful
- 32.Which word means “in a kind way”? (a) kindness (b) kindest (c) kinder (d) kindly
- 33.Choose the right form: Termites can ___ wooden furniture. (a) destroy (b) destructively (c) destruction (d) destructive
- 34.The cloth was translucent, letting some light pass through. “Translucent” means ___. (a) very heavy (b) very thick (c) very dark (d) letting light through
- 35.Which spelling is correct? (a) neccesary (b) necesary (c) necessary (d) neccessary
- 36.One word for: a person who is new to a job or skill (a) expert (b) owner (c) veteran (d) beginner
- 37.Fill the gap with the right small word: I wake ___ at six every morning. (a) off (b) down (c) up (d) in
- 38.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) preequal (c) reequal (d) misequal
- 39.Which word means the same as “start”? (a) stop (b) repair (c) begin (d) laugh
- 40.Which word means “full of pain”? (a) painful (b) painfully (c) painless (d) painter
Answer key
- synonym
- admirably
- arrive – depart
- digger
- kitten
- after
- discover
- asleep
- mischievous
- on
- show
- bare
- peacock
- not allow
- attract
- long and boring
- exaggerate
- -ful
- history
- admiration
- begining
- shout – yell
- smaller
- some
- colony
- son
- eyewitness
- submit
- emperor
- occupation
- succeed
- kindly
- destroy
- letting light through
- necessary
- beginner
- up
- unequal
- begin
- painful
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