Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) open – shut (b) gift – river (c) up – down (d) gift – present
- 2.What does the phrasal verb “calm down” mean? (a) become quiet and relaxed (b) go downstairs (c) get angry (d) fall down
- 3.Complete the idiom: The money we raised is just a drop in the ___. (a) river (b) ocean (c) glass (d) pond
- 4.Which word is the opposite of “laugh”? (a) cry (b) push (c) run (d) eat
- 5.Which word means the same as “friend”? (a) enemy (b) teacher (c) stranger (d) pal
- 6.One word for: happening every week (a) daily (b) monthly (c) weekly (d) annual
- 7.Add the suffix: dig + er = ? (a) diggar (b) digger (c) diggor (d) diger
- 8.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “failure”? (a) journey (b) victory (c) success (d) question
- 9.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “physician”? (a) bike (b) money (c) phone (d) doctor
- 10.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
- 11.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -ness (b) -er (c) -ful (d) -less
- 12.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) not lead (c) lead again (d) lead wrongly
- 13.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal before (c) loyal again (d) loyal wrongly
- 14.Which word means “one who drives”? (a) drove (b) drives (c) driving (d) driver
- 15.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -less (b) -er (c) -ly (d) -ful
- 16.What does the phrasal verb “put up with” mean? (a) build (b) tolerate (c) decorate (d) pick up
- 17.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 18.Which word is the opposite of “sit”? (a) cry (b) eat (c) stand (d) sing
- 19.Which word means the same as “quiet”? (a) quick (b) noisy (c) silent (d) angry
- 20.What is the feminine of “hero”? (a) princess (b) hostess (c) heroine (d) actress
- 21.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 22.Fill in the opposite: An elephant is big, but an ant is ___. (a) wet (b) tall (c) small (d) loud
- 23.One word for: a person who walks along a road (a) passenger (b) driver (c) cyclist (d) pedestrian
- 24.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) council (b) counsel
- 25.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “consider”? (a) live (b) buy (c) think about (d) help
- 26.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
- 27.Fill the gap with the right small word: Our car broke ___ on the highway. (a) off (b) down (c) after (d) up
- 28.One word for: a word that means the same as another word (a) synonym (b) antonym (c) prefix (d) homophone
- 29.Which word is an adjective? (a) imagine (b) imagination (c) imaginative (d) imaginatively
- 30.What does the idiom “a drop in the ocean” mean? (a) a very small amount (b) a sea journey (c) a rain shower (d) a big wave
- 31.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) devise (b) device
- 32.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “sunset”? (a) window (b) question (c) journey (d) sunrise
- 33.One word for: easily broken (a) fragile (b) edible (c) flexible (d) visible
- 34.Which word is a noun? (a) protection (b) protective (c) protectively (d) protect
- 35.What is the masculine of “peahen”? (a) bull (b) rooster (c) peacock (d) lion
- 36.The garbage gave off a pungent smell that made us cover our noses. “Pungent” means ___. (a) pleasant (b) sweet-smelling (c) strong-smelling (d) faint
- 37.Fill the gap: A duckling is the young one of a ___. (a) cat (b) cow (c) duck (d) goat
- 38.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) push – pull (b) shout – yell (c) buy – sell (d) shout – whisper
- 39.One word for: a person with great skill in something (a) beginner (b) amateur (c) novice (d) expert
- 40.One word for: a place where sick people are treated (a) library (b) orphanage (c) museum (d) hospital
Answer key
- gift – present
- become quiet and relaxed
- ocean
- cry
- pal
- weekly
- digger
- success
- doctor
- course
- -less
- lead wrongly
- not loyal
- driver
- -ful
- tolerate
- mis-
- stand
- silent
- heroine
- flower
- small
- pedestrian
- council
- think about
- sun
- down
- synonym
- imaginative
- a very small amount
- device
- sunrise
- fragile
- protection
- peacock
- strong-smelling
- duck
- shout – yell
- expert
- hospital
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