Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Fill in the opposite: The shop is near, but the school is ___. (a) hot (b) far (c) sad (d) wet
- 2.Fill the gap: A troop is a group of ___. (a) monkeys (b) bees (c) grapes (d) ships
- 3.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) interrupt (b) achieve (c) definitely (d) accommadation
- 4.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 5.The road was so congested that cars hardly moved for an hour. “Congested” means ___. (a) very smooth (b) newly built (c) very wide (d) blocked with traffic
- 6.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) misfair (c) disfair (d) refair
- 7.Fill the gap: A cygnet is the young one of a ___. (a) swan (b) cat (c) horse (d) cow
- 8.Which is the formal word for “enough”? (a) fortunate (b) frequent (c) sufficient (d) previous
- 9.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) hot – cold (b) up – down (c) win – lose (d) stone – rock
- 10.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
- 11.Fill the gap: a ___ of thieves (a) fleet (b) pride (c) litter (d) gang
- 12.What does the idiom “a red-letter day” mean? (a) a sad day (b) a day of danger (c) a special, happy day (d) a postal holiday
- 13.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) ill – sick (b) full – empty (c) early – late (d) ill – well
- 14.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
- 15.Complete the idiom: Hold your ___! Wait for everyone to sit down. (a) goats (b) dogs (c) horses (d) cows
- 16.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) rich – poor (b) quick – slow (c) wet – dry (d) quick – fast
- 17.What is the masculine of “bride”? (a) uncle (b) bridegroom (c) nephew (d) king
- 18.What does the phrasal verb “get along” mean? (a) be friendly (b) get angry (c) get lost (d) fight
- 19.Which word is a noun? (a) endanger (b) dangerous (c) dangerously (d) danger
- 20.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “reside”? (a) help (b) live (c) buy (d) tell
- 21.Which word is an adjective? (a) dangerous (b) danger (c) endanger (d) dangerously
- 22.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “sink”? (a) lend (b) arrive (c) float (d) sing
- 23.What is the feminine of “tiger”? (a) lioness (b) mare (c) tigress (d) hen
- 24.Which word is the opposite of “big”? (a) fast (b) small (c) wet (d) happy
- 25.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “depart”? (a) buy (b) leave (c) need (d) tell
- 26.The baby was drowsy after her bath and soon fell asleep. “Drowsy” means ___. (a) sleepy (b) noisy (c) angry (d) hungry
- 27.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) alter (b) altar
- 28.Which word means the same as “happy”? (a) hungry (b) glad (c) tired (d) rude
- 29.Which word means “without power”? (a) powerful (b) powered (c) powerless (d) powering
- 30.Which word is the opposite of “awake”? (a) asleep (b) hot (c) wet (d) tall
- 31.Which is the formal word for “talk”? (a) reside (b) require (c) purchase (d) converse
- 32.What is the masculine of “queen”? (a) nephew (b) king (c) uncle (d) prince
- 33.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
- 34.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) diary (b) dairy
- 35.The crowd at the stadium was boisterous, shouting and cheering loudly. “Boisterous” means ___. (a) quiet and calm (b) sleepy (c) noisy and lively (d) sad
- 36.Fill the gap with the right small word: The firefighters put ___ the fire quickly. (a) on (b) out (c) after (d) up
- 37.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) not honest (c) honest before (d) honest again
- 38.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) dishappy (c) prehappy (d) mishappy
- 39.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 40.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -er (b) -ly (c) -less (d) -ful
Answer key
- far
- monkeys
- accommadation
- mis-
- blocked with traffic
- unfair
- swan
- sufficient
- stone – rock
- sale
- gang
- a special, happy day
- ill – sick
- then
- horses
- quick – fast
- bridegroom
- be friendly
- danger
- live
- dangerous
- float
- tigress
- small
- leave
- sleepy
- alter
- glad
- powerless
- asleep
- converse
- king
- tale
- diary
- noisy and lively
- out
- not honest
- unhappy
- aunt
- -ful
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