Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Fill the gap: A school is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) ships (c) keys (d) fish
- 2.What does the phrasal verb “cut down” mean? (a) cook (b) reduce (c) grow (d) increase
- 3.Fill the gap: a ___ of bats (a) fleet (b) pride (c) herd (d) colony
- 4.What does the phrasal verb “call off” mean? (a) phone (b) shout (c) cancel (d) invite
- 5.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
- 6.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “innocent”? (a) early (b) modern (c) guilty (d) brave
- 7.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) disusual (c) reusual (d) unusual
- 8.Fill in the opposite: Riya came first in the race and Dev came ___. (a) wet (b) tall (c) hot (d) last
- 9.The chilli was so potent that one bite made my eyes water. “Potent” means ___. (a) very strong (b) very cheap (c) very sweet (d) very weak
- 10.Choose the right form: Write a short ___ of your best friend. (a) descriptive (b) describe (c) description (d) descriptively
- 11.One word for: easily broken (a) flexible (b) visible (c) edible (d) fragile
- 12.Kabir was hesitant to raise his hand, unsure if his answer was right. “Hesitant” means ___. (a) very confident (b) very loud (c) unsure, holding back (d) very fast
- 13.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
- 14.Which word is a verb? (a) decision (b) decisive (c) decisively (d) decide
- 15.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) address (b) interrupt (c) argument (d) exagerate
- 16.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count before (c) count again (d) count wrongly
- 17.What does the phrasal verb “pick up” mean? (a) lift (b) throw (c) drop (d) push
- 18.One word for: a person who walks along a road (a) passenger (b) cyclist (c) driver (d) pedestrian
- 19.Fill the gap with the right small word: It is cold; put ___ your sweater. (a) off (b) up (c) on (d) away
- 20.Which spelling is correct? (a) ocasion (b) occasion (c) ocassion (d) occassion
- 21.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “kind”? (a) ancient (b) wide (c) cruel (d) lazy
- 22.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
- 23.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) disuse (c) reuse (d) misuse
- 24.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) shout – yell (b) happy – glad (c) include – exclude (d) mend – repair
- 25.One word for: a person who writes poems (a) tailor (b) poet (c) singer (d) painter
- 26.Which word is the opposite of “clean”? (a) early (b) dirty (c) tall (d) heavy
- 27.Fill the gap with the right small word: Never give ___; keep trying! (a) across (b) up (c) after (d) off
- 28.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -ful (b) -less (c) -ly (d) -er
- 29.Which spelling is correct? (a) embarras (b) embaress (c) embarrass (d) embarass
- 30.Which word is the opposite of “wet”? (a) fast (b) full (c) dry (d) hot
- 31.Which is the formal word for “many”? (a) fortunate (b) sufficient (c) numerous (d) previous
- 32.Which is the formal word for “kids”? (a) adults (b) citizens (c) colleagues (d) children
- 33.Dad was furious when someone dented his new car. “Furious” means ___. (a) very calm (b) very tired (c) very angry (d) very happy
- 34.Which word is an adverb? (a) simple (b) simplify (c) simply (d) simplicity
- 35.Which spelling is correct? (a) immediatley (b) imediately (c) immediately (d) immediatly
- 36.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) preplace (c) unplace (d) replace
- 37.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
- 38.Which word is the opposite of “hard”? (a) fast (b) soft (c) tall (d) cold
- 39.Which word means the same as “quiet”? (a) noisy (b) silent (c) quick (d) angry
- 40.Which word means “without a home”? (a) homely (b) homeward (c) homework (d) homeless
Answer key
- fish
- reduce
- colony
- cancel
- they're
- guilty
- unusual
- last
- very strong
- description
- fragile
- unsure, holding back
- their
- decide
- exagerate
- count wrongly
- lift
- pedestrian
- on
- occasion
- cruel
- witch
- reuse
- include – exclude
- poet
- dirty
- up
- -ly
- embarrass
- dry
- numerous
- children
- very angry
- simply
- immediately
- misplace
- breathe
- soft
- silent
- homeless
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