Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Which word means the same as “begin”? (a) shout (b) choose (c) finish (d) start
- 2.Complete the analogy: Fish is to swim as bird is to ___. (a) run (b) dig (c) fly (d) crawl
- 3.Fill in the opposite: A rabbit is fast, but a tortoise is ___. (a) big (b) slow (c) loud (d) wet
- 4.Fill the gap: a ___ of actors (a) swarm (b) herd (c) troupe (d) fleet
- 5.What is the masculine of “goddess”? (a) prince (b) hero (c) god (d) king
- 6.Complete the analogy: Finger is to hand as toe is to ___. (a) nail (b) knee (c) foot (d) arm
- 7.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) fast – slow (b) hot – cold (c) big – small (d) big – large
- 8.Which spelling is correct? (a) expecially (b) especially (c) espescially (d) especialy
- 9.Fill the gap: a ___ of monkeys (a) flock (b) fleet (c) troop (d) bunch
- 10.Complete the analogy: Painter is to brush as writer is to ___. (a) needle (b) saw (c) spade (d) pen
- 11.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dyeing (b) dying
- 12.Which word is a verb? (a) decisively (b) decide (c) decisive (d) decision
- 13.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) restaurant (b) knowledge (c) excellent (d) seperate
- 14.Which spelling is correct? (a) saparate (b) seperate (c) separete (d) separate
- 15.Add the suffix: happy + ly = ? (a) happiely (b) happily (c) happyly (d) happly
- 16.What is the feminine of “rooster”? (a) duck (b) mare (c) hen (d) cow
- 17.Which word means the same as “mischievous”? (a) obedient (b) sleepy (c) polite (d) naughty
- 18.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “subsequently”? (a) about (b) often (c) enough (d) later
- 19.The house was vacant; nobody had lived in it for years. “Vacant” means ___. (a) beautiful (b) empty (c) expensive (d) crowded
- 20.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
- 21.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -less (b) -ful (c) -ness (d) -er
- 22.One word for: happening every day (a) weekly (b) annual (c) monthly (d) daily
- 23.The street vendor’s samosas were delectable, so we ordered more. “Delectable” means ___. (a) cold (b) burnt (c) tasteless (d) delicious
- 24.One word for: happening once every year (a) annual (b) daily (c) monthly (d) weekly
- 25.Which word means “full of peace”? (a) peaces (b) peacemaker (c) peaceful (d) peacefully
- 26.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “permit”? (a) buy (b) live (c) tell (d) let
- 27.Fill in the opposite: An elephant is big, but an ant is ___. (a) loud (b) wet (c) small (d) tall
- 28.The monkey was nimble and leapt quickly from branch to branch. “Nimble” means ___. (a) slow and heavy (b) sleepy (c) noisy (d) quick and light
- 29.Which word means the same as “correct”? (a) late (b) right (c) wrong (d) empty
- 30.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) generous – selfish (b) talk – speak (c) clever – smart (d) below – under
- 31.Fill the gap: a ___ of bats (a) herd (b) colony (c) fleet (d) pride
- 32.Which word is an adjective? (a) destructive (b) destructively (c) destroy (d) destruction
- 33.What is the masculine of “actress”? (a) actor (b) waiter (c) hero (d) host
- 34.What does the idiom “hit the books” mean? (a) study hard (b) buy books (c) throw books (d) tear books
- 35.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “float”? (a) run (b) borrow (c) shout (d) sink
- 36.Which spelling is correct? (a) achive (b) acheeve (c) acheive (d) achieve
- 37.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) understand wrongly (c) not understand (d) understand before
- 38.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) not usual (c) usual before (d) usual again
- 39.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) victory – defeat (b) victory – win (c) gift – present (d) end – finish
- 40.One word for: a person who always expects the worst (a) optimist (b) dentist (c) tourist (d) pessimist
Answer key
- start
- fly
- slow
- troupe
- god
- foot
- big – large
- especially
- troop
- pen
- dying
- decide
- seperate
- separate
- happily
- hen
- naughty
- later
- empty
- rode
- -less
- daily
- delicious
- annual
- peaceful
- let
- small
- quick and light
- right
- generous – selfish
- colony
- destructive
- actor
- study hard
- sink
- achieve
- understand wrongly
- not usual
- victory – defeat
- pessimist
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