Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) not behave (c) behave again (d) behave before
- 2.Complete the idiom: I had butterflies in my ___ before the race. (a) hands (b) stomach (c) head (d) shoes
- 3.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “commence”? (a) live (b) start (c) help (d) buy
- 4.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) in – out (b) old – new (c) scared – afraid (d) scared – brave
- 5.Fill the gap: A troop is a group of ___. (a) grapes (b) monkeys (c) bees (d) ships
- 6.What does the idiom “the apple of someone’s eye” mean? (a) a greedy person (b) an eye problem (c) a red fruit (d) a dearly loved person
- 7.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
- 8.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
- 9.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “kind”? (a) cruel (b) wide (c) ancient (d) lazy
- 10.Which spelling is correct? (a) receive (b) receeve (c) receve (d) recieve
- 11.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
- 12.Add the suffix: kind + ness = ? (a) kindnes (b) kindeness (c) kindness (d) kindniss
- 13.One word for: a person who gives money or blood to help others (a) borrower (b) tourist (c) thief (d) donor
- 14.Dad was furious when someone dented his new car. “Furious” means ___. (a) very angry (b) very happy (c) very calm (d) very tired
- 15.One word for: a word opposite in meaning to another word (a) suffix (b) antonym (c) homophone (d) synonym
- 16.The tiny village is remote; it takes two days to reach it by road. “Remote” means ___. (a) very near (b) far away (c) very busy (d) very large
- 17.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 18.Which word is the opposite of “winter”? (a) mountain (b) summer (c) Sunday (d) evening
- 19.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “profit”? (a) journey (b) loss (c) question (d) roof
- 20.Fill the gap: a ___ of puppies (a) flock (b) pride (c) litter (d) fleet
- 21.Fill in the opposite: Winter is cold, but summer is ___. (a) slow (b) hot (c) small (d) sad
- 22.Complete the analogy: Day is to night as summer is to ___. (a) monsoon (b) spring (c) winter (d) sunny
- 23.Fill the gap: a ___ of horses (a) herd (b) pride (c) swarm (d) fleet
- 24.Fill the gap: a ___ of dolphins (a) swarm (b) pod (c) pride (d) herd
- 25.Which word is the opposite of “up”? (a) in (b) down (c) full (d) hot
- 26.An elephant’s trunk is versatile; it can lift logs and pick up a peanut. “Versatile” means ___. (a) very slow (b) very short (c) able to do many things (d) very weak
- 27.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
- 28.Which word means the same as “shy”? (a) bold (b) quick (c) rich (d) timid
- 29.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel
- 30.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
- 31.Fill the gap with the right small word: Only five students turned ___ for practice. (a) up (b) off (c) across (d) after
- 32.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “cowardly”? (a) rude (b) tiny (c) lazy (d) brave
- 33.Fill the gap: a ___ of singers (a) choir (b) fleet (c) herd (d) swarm
- 34.What does the phrasal verb “stand for” mean? (a) wait (b) mean (c) sit down (d) argue
- 35.Complete the analogy: Run is to ran as swim is to ___. (a) swims (b) swum (c) swam (d) swimming
- 36.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
- 37.One word for: a person who sees an event happen (a) eyewitness (b) lawyer (c) victim (d) judge
- 38.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “minority”? (a) answer (b) journey (c) majority (d) roof
- 39.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “elderly”? (a) enough (b) old (c) often (d) lucky
- 40.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
Answer key
- behave wrongly
- stomach
- start
- scared – afraid
- monkeys
- a dearly loved person
- wait
- mis-
- cruel
- receive
- borrow
- kindness
- donor
- very angry
- antonym
- far away
- un-
- summer
- loss
- litter
- hot
- winter
- herd
- pod
- down
- able to do many things
- meet
- timid
- personal
- bare
- up
- brave
- choir
- mean
- swam
- new
- eyewitness
- majority
- old
- Which
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