Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.The puppy was inquisitive and sniffed every new box in the house. “Inquisitive” means ___. (a) angry (b) sleepy (c) lazy (d) curious
- 2.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
- 3.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
- 4.Complete the idiom: Kavya is the apple of her grandfather’s ___. (a) eye (b) hand (c) heart (d) tree
- 5.Add the suffix: lazy + ness = ? (a) lazness (b) laziness (c) lazyness (d) lazines
- 6.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) disappear (b) environment (c) parliament (d) exagarate
- 7.Which is the formal word for “want”? (a) purchase (b) conclude (c) reside (d) desire
- 8.Fill the gap with the right small word: Please do not throw ___ the leftover food. (a) away (b) after (c) in (d) across
- 9.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) shout – whisper (b) push – pull (c) shout – yell (d) buy – sell
- 10.Fill the gap: A gosling is the young one of a ___. (a) goose (b) cat (c) cow (d) dog
- 11.What is the feminine of “monk”? (a) bride (b) queen (c) nun (d) aunt
- 12.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “telephone”? (a) fridge (b) bike (c) phone (d) money
- 13.The fragrant jasmine filled the room with a lovely smell. “Fragrant” means ___. (a) very bright (b) sweet-smelling (c) very small (d) bad-smelling
- 14.Fill in the opposite: Riya came first in the race and Dev came ___. (a) wet (b) hot (c) tall (d) last
- 15.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -less (b) -ly (c) -er (d) -ness
- 16.Which word is a noun? (a) persuasively (b) persuasion (c) persuade (d) persuasive
- 17.Which word is an adjective? (a) success (b) successfully (c) succeed (d) successful
- 18.The pond water was murky, so we could not see the bottom. “Murky” means ___. (a) clear (b) sweet (c) very cold (d) cloudy and dark
- 19.Fill the gap: A range is a group of ___. (a) mountains (b) cows (c) bees (d) ships
- 20.Which word is the opposite of “heavy”? (a) sad (b) wet (c) early (d) light
- 21.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 22.Fill in the opposite: A feather is light, but a stone is ___. (a) wet (b) loud (c) sweet (d) heavy
- 23.What does the phrasal verb “run into” mean? (a) run indoors (b) avoid someone (c) meet by chance (d) race someone
- 24.Which word means “the state of being happy”? (a) happier (b) happiness (c) happily (d) unhappy
- 25.One word for: easily broken (a) fragile (b) visible (c) flexible (d) edible
- 26.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) government (b) grammer (c) knowledge (d) rhythm
- 27.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
- 28.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “supervisor”? (a) bike (b) boss (c) fridge (d) phone
- 29.Which word is a verb? (a) successfully (b) succeed (c) successful (d) success
- 30.Which is the formal word for “friend”? (a) companion (b) residence (c) occupation (d) error
- 31.Which is the formal word for “help”? (a) commence (b) purchase (c) reside (d) assist
- 32.Fill the gap: a ___ of deer (a) swarm (b) fleet (c) herd (d) pride
- 33.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
- 34.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) believe (b) tomorrow (c) pronounciation (d) restaurant
- 35.Complete the analogy: Cat is to kitten as dog is to ___. (a) foal (b) cub (c) puppy (d) calf
- 36.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
- 37.What does the phrasal verb “give in” mean? (a) attack (b) refuse (c) agree after resisting (d) win
- 38.Complete the analogy: Thermometer is to temperature as clock is to ___. (a) time (b) distance (c) weight (d) speed
- 39.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “assist”? (a) buy (b) help (c) tell (d) live
- 40.Fill the gap: A pod is a group of ___. (a) whales (b) cows (c) bees (d) keys
Answer key
- curious
- whether
- were
- eye
- laziness
- exagarate
- desire
- away
- shout – yell
- goose
- nun
- phone
- sweet-smelling
- last
- -er
- persuasion
- successful
- cloudy and dark
- mountains
- light
- aunt
- heavy
- meet by chance
- happiness
- fragile
- grammer
- right
- boss
- succeed
- companion
- assist
- herd
- weight
- pronounciation
- puppy
- brake
- agree after resisting
- time
- help
- whales
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