Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Complete the analogy: Doctor is to hospital as teacher is to ___. (a) farm (b) school (c) shop (d) court
- 2.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationary (b) stationery
- 3.Which word is the opposite of “night”? (a) day (b) cold (c) wet (d) down
- 4.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 5.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
- 6.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) hot – cold (b) big – large (c) fast – slow (d) big – small
- 7.Which word means “without a home”? (a) homely (b) homeward (c) homework (d) homeless
- 8.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
- 9.Complete the idiom: Yash burnt the midnight ___ before his exam. (a) candle (b) oil (c) paper (d) lamp
- 10.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
- 11.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) brave – bold (b) quick – fast (c) big – large (d) brave – cowardly
- 12.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) fast – quick (b) quiet – silent (c) float – sink (d) scared – afraid
- 13.What is the masculine of “actress”? (a) actor (b) host (c) hero (d) waiter
- 14.What does the phrasal verb “stand for” mean? (a) sit down (b) argue (c) mean (d) wait
- 15.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “borrow”? (a) arrive (b) shout (c) lend (d) win
- 16.What does the idiom “on cloud nine” mean? (a) very happy (b) on a plane (c) very sleepy (d) in the rain
- 17.Which spelling is correct? (a) neccessary (b) necesary (c) neccesary (d) necessary
- 18.Which word is a verb? (a) successfully (b) success (c) succeed (d) successful
- 19.Add the suffix: run + er = ? (a) runer (b) runnar (c) runnor (d) runner
- 20.What does the phrasal verb “show off” mean? (a) hide (b) boast (c) help (d) share
- 21.Fill the gap: A gosling is the young one of a ___. (a) cow (b) dog (c) cat (d) goose
- 22.The gigantic whale was longer than our school bus. “Gigantic” means ___. (a) noisy (b) huge (c) tiny (d) slow
- 23.What does the idiom “break the ice” mean? (a) get very angry (b) start a friendly talk (c) feel very cold (d) break something cold
- 24.Which is the formal word for “money”? (a) error (b) funds (c) occupation (d) residence
- 25.After the rain, the garden looked lush and green. “Lush” means ___. (a) dry and dead (b) very small (c) very dirty (d) thick and healthy
- 26.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “victory”? (a) defeat (b) question (c) answer (d) journey
- 27.Which word is the opposite of “hard”? (a) cold (b) tall (c) fast (d) soft
- 28.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) already (b) all ready
- 29.Fill the gap with the right small word: My alarm went ___ at five o’clock. (a) after (b) off (c) up (d) across
- 30.One word for: a person who stitches clothes (a) barber (b) tailor (c) cobbler (d) carpenter
- 31.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
- 32.Fill in the opposite: In the morning I am awake; at night I am ___. (a) wet (b) asleep (c) loud (d) tall
- 33.Complete the analogy: Duck is to quack as cow is to ___. (a) bark (b) roar (c) moo (d) hiss
- 34.One word for: the life story of a person written by someone else (a) geography (b) atlas (c) autobiography (d) biography
- 35.Dad was ecstatic when India won the World Cup. “Ecstatic” means ___. (a) overjoyed (b) upset (c) bored (d) sleepy
- 36.The stray dog looked emaciated; we could see its ribs. “Emaciated” means ___. (a) very happy (b) very thin (c) very fierce (d) very fat
- 37.One word for: handwriting that cannot be read (a) illiterate (b) invisible (c) edible (d) illegible
- 38.Complete the idiom: Kavya is the apple of her grandfather’s ___. (a) hand (b) heart (c) eye (d) tree
- 39.Complete the analogy: Pilot is to plane as driver is to ___. (a) car (b) horse (c) ship (d) kite
- 40.Fill the gap: a ___ of kittens (a) fleet (b) pride (c) flock (d) litter
Answer key
- school
- stationary
- day
- mis-
- altar
- big – large
- homeless
- its
- oil
- write
- brave – cowardly
- float – sink
- actor
- mean
- lend
- very happy
- necessary
- succeed
- runner
- boast
- goose
- huge
- start a friendly talk
- funds
- thick and healthy
- defeat
- soft
- all ready
- off
- tailor
- breath
- asleep
- moo
- biography
- overjoyed
- very thin
- illegible
- eye
- car
- litter
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