Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.The fire spread rapidly through the dry grass. “Rapidly” means ___. (a) quietly (b) quickly (c) slowly (d) gently
- 2.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
- 3.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) up – down (b) open – shut (c) gift – river (d) gift – present
- 4.Which is the formal word for “ask”? (a) assist (b) reside (c) conclude (d) enquire
- 5.Fill the gap with the right small word: Don’t make ___ stories; tell the truth. (a) after (b) across (c) up (d) off
- 6.Which word is an adjective? (a) purity (b) purely (c) purify (d) pure
- 7.Which word is the opposite of “fast”? (a) full (b) slow (c) sad (d) dry
- 8.Which word is a verb? (a) beauty (b) beautiful (c) beautifully (d) beautify
- 9.Complete the analogy: Book is to library as money is to ___. (a) garden (b) bank (c) school (d) park
- 10.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
- 11.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “kind”? (a) lazy (b) ancient (c) wide (d) cruel
- 12.What is the feminine of “gentleman”? (a) bride (b) lady (c) aunt (d) queen
- 13.Which word is an adverb? (a) description (b) descriptive (c) descriptively (d) describe
- 14.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) not well (c) well before (d) well again
- 15.Which word means the same as “friend”? (a) teacher (b) stranger (c) enemy (d) pal
- 16.Fill the gap: The young one of a dog is a ___. (a) kitten (b) foal (c) puppy (d) calf
- 17.Which spelling is correct? (a) guarantee (b) garantee (c) guarentee (d) guarante
- 18.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) end – finish (b) victory – win (c) victory – defeat (d) gift – present
- 19.Fill in the opposite: A feather is light, but a stone is ___. (a) sweet (b) wet (c) loud (d) heavy
- 20.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
- 21.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) intterupt (b) character (c) tomorrow (d) recommend
- 22.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
- 23.Complete the analogy: Week is to day as year is to ___. (a) decade (b) month (c) era (d) century
- 24.One word for: a person who gives money or blood to help others (a) thief (b) donor (c) borrower (d) tourist
- 25.What does the phrasal verb “set off” mean? (a) sit down (b) start a journey (c) switch off (d) finish a trip
- 26.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) not understand (c) understand before (d) understand wrongly
- 27.Fill the gap: A herd is a group of ___. (a) grapes (b) cows (c) ships (d) bees
- 28.The kitten was so docile that it let the children carry it around. “Docile” means ___. (a) wild (b) noisy (c) gentle and calm (d) angry
- 29.Fill the gap: A kid is the young one of a ___. (a) cow (b) hen (c) goat (d) cat
- 30.One word for: a person who sells medicines (a) optician (b) florist (c) pharmacist (d) dentist
- 31.Which word means the same as “begin”? (a) choose (b) start (c) shout (d) finish
- 32.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
- 33.Complete the analogy: Seed is to plant as egg is to ___. (a) bird (b) nest (c) leaf (d) stone
- 34.Fill in the opposite: A lion is strong, but a mouse is ___. (a) weak (b) tall (c) loud (d) wet
- 35.Fill in the opposite: The sun shines in the day; the moon shines at ___. (a) school (b) lunch (c) morning (d) night
- 36.Rohan was perplexed by the strange message and read it five times. “Perplexed” means ___. (a) puzzled (b) angry (c) sleepy (d) pleased
- 37.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert
- 38.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) glad – happy (b) talk – speak (c) cheap – expensive (d) jump – leap
- 39.What does the idiom “once in a blue moon” mean? (a) every night (b) very quickly (c) at midnight (d) very rarely
- 40.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “permit”? (a) buy (b) tell (c) let (d) live
Answer key
- quickly
- buy
- gift – present
- enquire
- up
- pure
- slow
- beautify
- bank
- their
- cruel
- lady
- descriptively
- not well
- pal
- puppy
- guarantee
- victory – defeat
- heavy
- new
- intterupt
- brake
- month
- donor
- start a journey
- understand wrongly
- cows
- gentle and calm
- goat
- pharmacist
- start
- wait
- bird
- weak
- night
- puzzled
- dessert
- cheap – expensive
- very rarely
- let
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