Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
- 2.Which word is an adverb? (a) decisive (b) decision (c) decisively (d) decide
- 3.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “subsequently”? (a) about (b) often (c) later (d) enough
- 4.Complete the analogy: Run is to ran as swim is to ___. (a) swam (b) swimming (c) swum (d) swims
- 5.Which word is an adjective? (a) invent (b) inventive (c) invention (d) inventively
- 6.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
- 7.Which word is the opposite of “summer”? (a) morning (b) Monday (c) winter (d) river
- 8.The tortoise was sluggish and took all day to cross the garden. “Sluggish” means ___. (a) angry (b) slow-moving (c) fast (d) noisy
- 9.What does the phrasal verb “look forward to” mean? (a) forget about (b) be afraid of (c) look straight ahead (d) wait eagerly for
- 10.Fill in the opposite: Winter is cold, but summer is ___. (a) hot (b) sad (c) slow (d) small
- 11.Which word means “without hope”? (a) hopeful (b) hoped (c) hoping (d) hopeless
- 12.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) shout – yell (b) happy – glad (c) include – exclude (d) mend – repair
- 13.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
- 14.Which word is the opposite of “top”? (a) sad (b) early (c) bottom (d) wet
- 15.Choose the right form: The storm caused great ___ in the village. (a) destructive (b) destroy (c) destruction (d) destructively
- 16.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “attempt”? (a) live (b) tell (c) try (d) buy
- 17.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -ness (b) -ly (c) -less (d) -er
- 18.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “ascend”? (a) go up (b) live (c) buy (d) tell
- 19.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -ness (b) -er (c) -less (d) -ful
- 20.Fill the gap with the right small word: Find ___ when the train leaves. (a) up (b) out (c) on (d) off
- 21.One word for: the life story of a person written by someone else (a) atlas (b) biography (c) geography (d) autobiography
- 22.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Where (b) Were
- 23.Complete the analogy: Week is to day as year is to ___. (a) century (b) decade (c) era (d) month
- 24.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) rich – wealthy (b) end – finish (c) quiet – silent (d) rough – smooth
- 25.Which is the formal word for “whole”? (a) entire (b) previous (c) fortunate (d) sufficient
- 26.Which word is a noun? (a) successfully (b) succeed (c) success (d) successful
- 27.Fill in the opposite: Grandpa is old, but the baby is ___. (a) tall (b) young (c) loud (d) dry
- 28.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check before (c) check again (d) not check
- 29.Complete the analogy: Brave is to cowardly as generous is to ___. (a) giving (b) rich (c) selfish (d) kind
- 30.Which word is a verb? (a) beautifully (b) beauty (c) beautiful (d) beautify
- 31.Complete the analogy: Hen is to chick as frog is to ___. (a) kitten (b) tadpole (c) cub (d) foal
- 32.One word for: agreed upon by everyone (a) famous (b) unanimous (c) anonymous (d) generous
- 33.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 34.Fill the gap: A caravan is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) bees (c) camels (d) keys
- 35.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “profit”? (a) roof (b) journey (c) loss (d) question
- 36.Fill the gap with the right small word: Please write ___ the phone number before you forget. (a) across (b) after (c) off (d) down
- 37.Complete the idiom: Don’t cry over spilt ___. (a) tea (b) juice (c) water (d) milk
- 38.Fill the gap: The young one of a dog is a ___. (a) puppy (b) foal (c) kitten (d) calf
- 39.What does the idiom “sit on the fence” mean? (a) fix a fence (b) fall down (c) rest outside (d) not take a side
- 40.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
Answer key
- knows
- decisively
- later
- swam
- inventive
- peace
- winter
- slow-moving
- wait eagerly for
- hot
- hopeless
- include – exclude
- imminent
- bottom
- destruction
- try
- -er
- go up
- -less
- out
- biography
- Where
- month
- rough – smooth
- entire
- success
- young
- check again
- selfish
- beautify
- tadpole
- unanimous
- ant
- camels
- loss
- down
- milk
- puppy
- not take a side
- passed
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