Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) clever – smart (b) below – under (c) generous – selfish (d) talk – speak
- 2.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) ununderstand (c) reunderstand (d) disunderstand
- 3.Complete the idiom: After the argument, Zoya gave her brother the cold ___. (a) water (b) hand (c) foot (d) shoulder
- 4.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “polite”? (a) rude (b) quick (c) honest (d) heavy
- 5.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) laugh – cry (b) choose – reject (c) choose – select (d) give – take
- 6.Which word is the opposite of “bottom”? (a) late (b) top (c) dry (d) happy
- 7.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
- 8.Fill the gap with the right small word: I ran ___ my teacher at the market. (a) after (b) up (c) into (d) off
- 9.Which word means the same as “glad”? (a) happy (b) quick (c) sleepy (d) angry
- 10.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) beginning (b) Wedensday (c) temperature (d) separate
- 11.What does the idiom “kill two birds with one stone” mean? (a) do two jobs at once (b) be very cruel (c) hunt birds (d) throw stones
- 12.Which spelling is correct? (a) excellent (b) excellant (c) exellent (d) excelent
- 13.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “demonstrate”? (a) buy (b) live (c) show (d) need
- 14.What does the idiom “by hook or by crook” mean? (a) by fishing (b) with help (c) very slowly (d) by any means
- 15.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) February (b) accommadation (c) separate (d) tomorrow
- 16.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) unbehave (c) rebehave (d) disbehave
- 17.Complete the analogy: Light is to dark as noise is to ___. (a) music (b) sound (c) silence (d) song
- 18.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “loss”? (a) answer (b) window (c) journey (d) profit
- 19.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
- 20.Add the suffix: home + less = ? (a) homeles (b) homeless (c) homless (d) homelees
- 21.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) tall – short (b) shy – bold (c) old – new (d) shy – timid
- 22.Which is the formal word for “house”? (a) occupation (b) residence (c) error (d) assistance
- 23.What does the idiom “a red-letter day” mean? (a) a special, happy day (b) a postal holiday (c) a day of danger (d) a sad day
- 24.Which is the formal word for “test”? (a) error (b) occupation (c) examination (d) residence
- 25.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “provide”? (a) buy (b) live (c) tell (d) give
- 26.Complete the idiom: We are all in the same ___, so let us help each other. (a) car (b) boat (c) house (d) bus
- 27.One word for: fit to be eaten (a) edible (b) fragile (c) visible (d) audible
- 28.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) begin – finish (b) tall – short (c) happy – sad (d) begin – start
- 29.Which word is the opposite of “small”? (a) slow (b) big (c) sad (d) dry
- 30.Which spelling is correct? (a) parlament (b) parliment (c) parliament (d) parliamant
- 31.Which word is the opposite of “empty”? (a) full (b) wet (c) short (d) slow
- 32.Fill in the opposite: We push a door to open it and ___ it to close it. (a) sing (b) pull (c) cut (d) eat
- 33.Fill the gap: a ___ of penguins (a) fleet (b) pride (c) herd (d) colony
- 34.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
- 35.Fill the gap: a ___ of monkeys (a) bunch (b) fleet (c) flock (d) troop
- 36.One word for: a person who studies the stars and planets (a) biologist (b) astronomer (c) dentist (d) geologist
- 37.What is the masculine of “niece”? (a) uncle (b) nephew (c) son (d) brother
- 38.What is the masculine of “grandmother”? (a) nephew (b) uncle (c) grandfather (d) son
- 39.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand wrongly (c) understand before (d) understand again
- 40.Which word means the same as “mischievous”? (a) obedient (b) sleepy (c) polite (d) naughty
Answer key
- generous – selfish
- misunderstand
- shoulder
- rude
- choose – select
- top
- steal
- into
- happy
- Wedensday
- do two jobs at once
- excellent
- show
- by any means
- accommadation
- misbehave
- silence
- profit
- re-
- homeless
- shy – timid
- residence
- a special, happy day
- examination
- give
- boat
- edible
- begin – start
- big
- parliament
- full
- pull
- colony
- hair
- troop
- astronomer
- nephew
- grandfather
- understand wrongly
- naughty
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