Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) tiny – little (b) rich – wealthy (c) ancient – old (d) ancient – modern
- 2.Which word means the same as “silent”? (a) quiet (b) loud (c) fast (d) rich
- 3.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “selfish”? (a) rude (b) lazy (c) quiet (d) generous
- 4.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) not heat (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
- 5.Which word means the same as “street”? (a) roof (b) road (c) river (d) garden
- 6.Which word means “one who helps”? (a) helpful (b) helpless (c) helper (d) helpfully
- 7.What is the feminine of “son”? (a) wife (b) aunt (c) niece (d) daughter
- 8.Which word means the same as “clever”? (a) tired (b) rude (c) smart (d) lazy
- 9.The clown was so hilarious that the whole audience laughed. “Hilarious” means ___. (a) very scary (b) very tall (c) very sad (d) very funny
- 10.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) by (b) bye (c) buy
- 11.Fill the gap with the right small word: The cows were let ___ to graze in the field. (a) out (b) off (c) after (d) across
- 12.Complete the analogy: Mother is to daughter as father is to ___. (a) uncle (b) nephew (c) brother (d) son
- 13.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “float”? (a) borrow (b) run (c) sink (d) shout
- 14.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) misplay (c) preplay (d) replay
- 15.Fill the gap: The young one of a fox is a ___. (a) lamb (b) calf (c) cub (d) foal
- 16.Which word is a verb? (a) admire (b) admirably (c) admirable (d) admiration
- 17.The children were rowdy on the bus, shouting and jumping on the seats. “Rowdy” means ___. (a) quiet and polite (b) noisy and rough (c) sad (d) sleepy
- 18.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “hero”? (a) journey (b) villain (c) question (d) roof
- 19.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) It's (b) Its
- 20.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
- 21.Which word is the opposite of “top”? (a) wet (b) early (c) bottom (d) sad
- 22.Fill the gap with the right small word: Look ___! A car is coming. (a) in (b) up (c) out (d) after
- 23.Fill in the opposite: A lion is strong, but a mouse is ___. (a) loud (b) tall (c) wet (d) weak
- 24.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “present”? (a) honest (b) modern (c) absent (d) early
- 25.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) big – large (b) big – small (c) fast – slow (d) hot – cold
- 26.Fill the gap: The young one of an owl is an ___. (a) kid (b) calf (c) cub (d) owlet
- 27.One word for: a home for children who have no parents (a) orphanage (b) hospital (c) library (d) aviary
- 28.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
- 29.What does the idiom “once bitten, twice shy” mean? (a) very shy (b) bitten by a dog (c) brave again (d) careful after a bad time
- 30.One word for: the study of the earth and its countries (a) biology (b) geography (c) astronomy (d) history
- 31.One word for: a person who cuts hair (a) tailor (b) barber (c) cobbler (d) plumber
- 32.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -ly (b) -er (c) -ness (d) -ful
- 33.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
- 34.Rohan was perplexed by the strange message and read it five times. “Perplexed” means ___. (a) sleepy (b) pleased (c) puzzled (d) angry
- 35.Which word is the opposite of “first”? (a) tall (b) wet (c) hot (d) last
- 36.Fill in the opposite: Grandpa is old, but the baby is ___. (a) dry (b) young (c) loud (d) tall
- 37.The cake looked tempting, and we could not wait to eat it. “Tempting” means ___. (a) ugly (b) burnt (c) tiny (d) hard to resist
- 38.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) cold – chilly (b) buy – sell (c) in – out (d) cold – hot
- 39.Fill the gap: a ___ of zebras (a) herd (b) swarm (c) fleet (d) bunch
- 40.What is the feminine of “man”? (a) niece (b) aunt (c) woman (d) queen
Answer key
- ancient – modern
- quiet
- generous
- heat again
- road
- helper
- daughter
- smart
- very funny
- by
- out
- son
- sink
- replay
- cub
- admire
- noisy and rough
- villain
- It's
- pair
- bottom
- out
- weak
- absent
- big – large
- owlet
- orphanage
- moral
- careful after a bad time
- geography
- barber
- -ness
- see
- puzzled
- last
- young
- hard to resist
- cold – chilly
- herd
- woman
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