Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) old – new (b) shy – bold (c) shy – timid (d) tall – short
- 2.What is the masculine of “goddess”? (a) king (b) god (c) prince (d) hero
- 3.Choose the right form: Close your eyes and ___ you are on the moon. (a) imagination (b) imaginative (c) imagine (d) imaginatively
- 4.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) choose – select (b) choose – reject (c) give – take (d) laugh – cry
- 5.There was a brief power cut that lasted only a minute. “Brief” means ___. (a) dark (b) short (c) long (d) loud
- 6.The cake looked tempting, and we could not wait to eat it. “Tempting” means ___. (a) burnt (b) hard to resist (c) tiny (d) ugly
- 7.What is the masculine of “bride”? (a) king (b) bridegroom (c) nephew (d) uncle
- 8.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
- 9.What does the idiom “back to square one” mean? (a) a new square shape (b) going backwards (c) starting all over again (d) winning a game
- 10.Fill the gap: An army is a group of ___. (a) grapes (b) soldiers (c) keys (d) ships
- 11.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wander (b) wonder
- 12.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe wrongly (c) safe again (d) safe before
- 13.The house was vacant; nobody had lived in it for years. “Vacant” means ___. (a) beautiful (b) expensive (c) crowded (d) empty
- 14.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
- 15.Which is the formal word for “about”? (a) immediately (b) sufficient (c) previous (d) approximately
- 16.Add the suffix: kind + ness = ? (a) kindnes (b) kindniss (c) kindeness (d) kindness
- 17.What does the phrasal verb “grow up” mean? (a) plant trees (b) become an adult (c) get smaller (d) climb up
- 18.Fill the gap with the right small word: The match was called ___ because of rain. (a) out (b) in (c) off (d) up
- 19.Fill the gap: a ___ of puppies (a) flock (b) litter (c) pride (d) fleet
- 20.Fill in the opposite: The sun shines in the day; the moon shines at ___. (a) school (b) lunch (c) morning (d) night
- 21.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) buy – sell (b) push – pull (c) shout – whisper (d) shout – yell
- 22.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) gift – present (b) ill – sick (c) big – large (d) deep – shallow
- 23.What does the phrasal verb “make up” mean? (a) tell the truth (b) paint (c) tidy up (d) invent a story
- 24.One word for: handwriting that cannot be read (a) illiterate (b) invisible (c) illegible (d) edible
- 25.Complete the idiom: We will finish this by hook or by ___. (a) cook (b) crook (c) book (d) look
- 26.Choose the right form: Wear a helmet for ___ while cycling. (a) protective (b) protection (c) protectively (d) protect
- 27.Choose the right form: The rocket was ___ launched. (a) success (b) successful (c) succeed (d) successfully
- 28.Fill the gap: A fawn is the young one of a ___. (a) duck (b) frog (c) deer (d) hen
- 29.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “approximately”? (a) enough (b) lucky (c) often (d) about
- 30.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
- 31.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) big – small (b) big – large (c) fast – slow (d) hot – cold
- 32.What does the idiom “lend a hand” mean? (a) borrow money (b) give a hand away (c) shake hands (d) help someone
- 33.Fill the gap with the right small word: Calm ___ and tell me what happened. (a) after (b) across (c) up (d) down
- 34.What does the idiom “a blessing in disguise” mean? (a) a fancy dress (b) a sad goodbye (c) a secret prayer (d) good luck that looks bad
- 35.What does the phrasal verb “put off” mean? (a) wear (b) agree (c) postpone (d) arrive
- 36.Which word is the opposite of “friend”? (a) cousin (b) enemy (c) farmer (d) teacher
- 37.Complete the analogy: Day is to week as month is to ___. (a) second (b) hour (c) year (d) minute
- 38.Fill the gap with the right small word: Pick ___ the paper from the floor. (a) after (b) across (c) off (d) up
- 39.Fill the gap with the right small word: The plane will take ___ at 6 am. (a) down (b) in (c) off (d) up
- 40.Which word means “judge before”? (a) disjudge (b) misjudge (c) prejudge (d) unjudge
Answer key
- shy – timid
- god
- imagine
- choose – select
- short
- hard to resist
- bridegroom
- Would
- starting all over again
- soldiers
- wonder
- not safe
- empty
- re-
- approximately
- kindness
- become an adult
- off
- litter
- night
- shout – yell
- deep – shallow
- invent a story
- illegible
- crook
- protection
- successfully
- deer
- about
- un-
- big – large
- help someone
- down
- good luck that looks bad
- postpone
- enemy
- year
- up
- off
- prejudge
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