Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.The cheetah is a ferocious hunter that chases its prey at great speed. “Ferocious” means ___. (a) lazy (b) gentle (c) fierce and wild (d) tiny
- 2.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “loss”? (a) journey (b) window (c) profit (d) answer
- 3.Which spelling is correct? (a) beggining (b) begining (c) beginning (d) beginnig
- 4.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -ful (b) -er (c) -ness (d) -less
- 5.Fill the gap with the right small word: The balloon blew ___ with a loud bang. (a) up (b) after (c) across (d) off
- 6.Which spelling is correct? (a) beleive (b) beleeve (c) belive (d) believe
- 7.Complete the idiom: Their fight over a pencil was just a storm in a ___. (a) bottle (b) teacup (c) glass (d) bucket
- 8.Fill the gap: A kid is the young one of a ___. (a) cat (b) cow (c) goat (d) hen
- 9.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “borrow”? (a) lend (b) shout (c) arrive (d) win
- 10.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “modern”? (a) quiet (b) ancient (c) wide (d) rich
- 11.Which word means “in a careful way”? (a) carer (b) carefully (c) careless (d) careful
- 12.Fill in the opposite: A giraffe is tall, but a puppy is ___. (a) loud (b) short (c) hot (d) wet
- 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
- 14.An elephant’s trunk is versatile; it can lift logs and pick up a peanut. “Versatile” means ___. (a) very slow (b) very weak (c) able to do many things (d) very short
- 15.Which word is the opposite of “winter”? (a) mountain (b) Sunday (c) summer (d) evening
- 16.One word for: not fit to be eaten (a) visible (b) edible (c) inedible (d) audible
- 17.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) full – empty (b) ill – well (c) ill – sick (d) early – late
- 18.One word for: a period of two weeks (a) fortnight (b) semester (c) century (d) decade
- 19.Which is the formal word for “tell”? (a) purchase (b) inform (c) reside (d) conclude
- 20.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) shy – bold (b) old – new (c) tall – short (d) shy – timid
- 21.Which word means “full of power”? (a) powerfully (b) powerful (c) powered (d) powerless
- 22.One word for: agreed upon by everyone (a) unanimous (b) famous (c) generous (d) anonymous
- 23.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
- 24.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) preclear (c) misclear (d) unclear
- 25.Fill the gap with the right small word: Please hand ___ your notebooks by Friday. (a) up (b) across (c) after (d) in
- 26.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 27.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope
- 28.Fill the gap: A fleet is a group of ___. (a) bees (b) lions (c) ships (d) grapes
- 29.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
- 30.The cake looked tempting, and we could not wait to eat it. “Tempting” means ___. (a) ugly (b) tiny (c) hard to resist (d) burnt
- 31.Fill in the opposite: Grandpa is old, but the baby is ___. (a) loud (b) dry (c) young (d) tall
- 32.Fill in the opposite: A rabbit is fast, but a tortoise is ___. (a) wet (b) slow (c) loud (d) big
- 33.Complete the analogy: Bird is to nest as bee is to ___. (a) stable (b) hive (c) kennel (d) den
- 34.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
- 35.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “converse”? (a) talk (b) need (c) live (d) buy
- 36.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
- 37.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
- 38.Fill the gap: A calf is the young one of a ___. (a) cow (b) cat (c) frog (d) hen
- 39.Fill the gap: The young one of a whale is a ___. (a) chick (b) cub (c) calf (d) kid
- 40.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
Answer key
- fierce and wild
- profit
- beginning
- -less
- up
- believe
- teacup
- goat
- lend
- ancient
- carefully
- short
- un-
- able to do many things
- summer
- inedible
- ill – sick
- fortnight
- inform
- shy – timid
- powerful
- unanimous
- our
- unclear
- in
- ant
- envelop
- ships
- knows
- hard to resist
- young
- slow
- hive
- fair
- talk
- sun
- breath
- cow
- calf
- whole
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