Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “provide”? (a) give (b) buy (c) live (d) tell
- 2.The baby was drowsy after her bath and soon fell asleep. “Drowsy” means ___. (a) noisy (b) angry (c) hungry (d) sleepy
- 3.Fill in the opposite: A rabbit is fast, but a tortoise is ___. (a) loud (b) wet (c) slow (d) big
- 4.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 5.Fill the gap with the right small word: Calm ___ and tell me what happened. (a) down (b) after (c) across (d) up
- 6.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read wrongly (c) not read (d) read before
- 7.The road was so congested that cars hardly moved for an hour. “Congested” means ___. (a) blocked with traffic (b) very smooth (c) newly built (d) very wide
- 8.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) lead (b) led
- 9.Which word means the same as “talk”? (a) sleep (b) run (c) hear (d) speak
- 10.One word for: agreed upon by everyone (a) anonymous (b) famous (c) unanimous (d) generous
- 11.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “elderly”? (a) old (b) lucky (c) enough (d) often
- 12.What does the phrasal verb “go off” mean? (a) stop ringing (b) fall asleep (c) start ringing (d) break
- 13.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
- 14.Which word is a verb? (a) beautifully (b) beauty (c) beautify (d) beautiful
- 15.Fill the gap: a ___ of fish (a) school (b) pride (c) bunch (d) herd
- 16.Which word is the opposite of “stand”? (a) sit (b) sing (c) eat (d) cry
- 17.Fill in the opposite: Day is bright, but night is ___. (a) tall (b) dark (c) slow (d) wet
- 18.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair
- 19.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “sharp”? (a) honest (b) early (c) blunt (d) modern
- 20.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
- 21.What is the feminine of “peacock”? (a) peahen (b) mare (c) duck (d) hen
- 22.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
- 23.Which word is the opposite of “young”? (a) loud (b) old (c) wet (d) fast
- 24.Fill the gap: a ___ of puppies (a) pride (b) flock (c) fleet (d) litter
- 25.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) shy – bold (b) old – new (c) tall – short (d) shy – timid
- 26.Add the suffix: happy + ness = ? (a) happines (b) happyness (c) happiness (d) happieness
- 27.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
- 28.What is the feminine of “boy”? (a) girl (b) wife (c) queen (d) aunt
- 29.Which spelling is correct? (a) charactor (b) caracter (c) charecter (d) character
- 30.Which word is the opposite of “asleep”? (a) cold (b) awake (c) short (d) dry
- 31.Which is the formal word for “let”? (a) purchase (b) permit (c) conclude (d) reside
- 32.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) imminent (b) eminent
- 33.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
- 34.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
- 35.Which spelling is correct? (a) pronounciation (b) pronunciasion (c) pronunciation (d) pronunsiation
- 36.What does the phrasal verb “carry on” mean? (a) continue (b) stop (c) lift up (d) carry a bag
- 37.Complete the analogy: Delhi is to India as Kathmandu is to ___. (a) Sri Lanka (b) Bangladesh (c) Nepal (d) Bhutan
- 38.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) happy – glad (b) mend – repair (c) shout – yell (d) include – exclude
- 39.Which word is a verb? (a) destroy (b) destruction (c) destructively (d) destructive
- 40.Fill the gap: A herd is a group of ___. (a) grapes (b) bees (c) cows (d) ships
Answer key
- give
- sleepy
- slow
- mis-
- down
- read wrongly
- blocked with traffic
- lead
- speak
- unanimous
- old
- start ringing
- hear
- beautify
- school
- sit
- dark
- stair
- blunt
- piece
- peahen
- won
- old
- litter
- shy – timid
- happiness
- a special, happy day
- girl
- character
- awake
- permit
- eminent
- complimented
- hole
- pronunciation
- continue
- Nepal
- include – exclude
- destroy
- cows
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