Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “frequently”? (a) enough (b) about (c) lucky (d) often
- 2.Zoya felt remorse after she shouted at her little brother. “Remorse” means ___. (a) anger (b) sorrow for doing wrong (c) great joy (d) pride
- 3.What does the idiom “zip your lips” mean? (a) eat quickly (b) close a bag (c) smile widely (d) keep quiet
- 4.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “occupation”? (a) phone (b) job (c) money (d) bike
- 5.The old man was frail and needed help to climb the stairs. “Frail” means ___. (a) rude (b) strong (c) weak (d) rich
- 6.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
- 7.Which word means the same as “begin”? (a) start (b) choose (c) finish (d) shout
- 8.Be cautious while crossing the busy road. “Cautious” means ___. (a) careful (b) noisy (c) fast (d) careless
- 9.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) up – down (b) hot – cold (c) win – lose (d) stone – rock
- 10.Which word is an adjective? (a) beautiful (b) beauty (c) beautifully (d) beautify
- 11.Fill in the opposite: A rabbit is fast, but a tortoise is ___. (a) wet (b) slow (c) loud (d) big
- 12.Which word is an adverb? (a) difference (b) differ (c) different (d) differently
- 13.Which spelling is correct? (a) privilege (b) priviledge (c) privilage (d) privelege
- 14.Fill the gap: A crew is a group of ___. (a) lions (b) grapes (c) cows (d) sailors
- 15.Which word is the opposite of “day”? (a) hot (b) up (c) night (d) dry
- 16.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree before (c) agree wrongly (d) agree again
- 17.There was a brief power cut that lasted only a minute. “Brief” means ___. (a) dark (b) loud (c) short (d) long
- 18.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) not tell (c) tell wrongly (d) tell again
- 19.Which word means the same as “choose”? (a) carry (b) reject (c) sleep (d) select
- 20.Complete the analogy: Go is to went as eat is to ___. (a) eaten (b) eats (c) eating (d) ate
- 21.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Raise (b) Rise
- 22.Complete the idiom: Breaking the vase was the last ___; Mum was really upset. (a) straw (b) cup (c) stone (d) stick
- 23.Fill the gap: a ___ of kittens (a) flock (b) pride (c) litter (d) fleet
- 24.Choose the right form: Can you ___ the picture in five sentences? (a) descriptively (b) description (c) descriptive (d) describe
- 25.One word for: an animal that eats only meat (a) herbivore (b) carnivore (c) vegetarian (d) omnivore
- 26.What does the phrasal verb “put off” mean? (a) wear (b) arrive (c) agree (d) postpone
- 27.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
- 28.The mango was succulent, and juice ran down my chin. “Succulent” means ___. (a) juicy (b) sour (c) dry (d) hard
- 29.Which word is a verb? (a) beautifully (b) beauty (c) beautify (d) beautiful
- 30.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) up – down (b) gift – river (c) gift – present (d) open – shut
- 31.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -er (b) -less (c) -ly (d) -ful
- 32.Which word means the same as “pal”? (a) friend (b) enemy (c) cousin (d) stranger
- 33.Add the suffix: use + less = ? (a) useles (b) usless (c) uselesss (d) useless
- 34.What is the masculine of “mare”? (a) lion (b) bull (c) king (d) horse
- 35.One word for: a person who writes poems (a) painter (b) singer (c) tailor (d) poet
- 36.One word for: a person who is being treated by a doctor (a) visitor (b) patient (c) surgeon (d) nurse
- 37.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) misuse (b) reuse (c) preuse (d) unuse
- 38.There was an abundant crop of mangoes this year; every tree was full. “Abundant” means ___. (a) very small (b) more than enough (c) rotten (d) very sour
- 39.Which spelling is correct? (a) parliment (b) parliamant (c) parliament (d) parlament
- 40.Which word means “one who drives”? (a) drove (b) driving (c) drives (d) driver
Answer key
- often
- sorrow for doing wrong
- keep quiet
- job
- weak
- loose
- start
- careful
- stone – rock
- beautiful
- slow
- differently
- privilege
- sailors
- night
- not agree
- short
- tell again
- select
- ate
- Raise
- straw
- litter
- describe
- carnivore
- postpone
- weight
- juicy
- beautify
- gift – present
- -ly
- friend
- useless
- horse
- poet
- patient
- misuse
- more than enough
- parliament
- driver
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