Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “increase”? (a) decrease (b) borrow (c) shout (d) accept
- 2.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
- 3.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) below – under (b) talk – speak (c) generous – selfish (d) clever – smart
- 4.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) prespell (c) unspell (d) misspell
- 5.Add the suffix: run + er = ? (a) runnar (b) runnor (c) runner (d) runer
- 6.Which spelling is correct? (a) foreign (b) foriegn (c) forein (d) foreighn
- 7.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “public”? (a) private (b) honest (c) brave (d) modern
- 8.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
- 9.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) not heat
- 10.Fill the gap: A swarm is a group of ___. (a) grapes (b) cows (c) ships (d) bees
- 11.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
- 12.The empty house looked eerie at night, with creaking doors. “Eerie” means ___. (a) strange and scary (b) very warm (c) very clean (d) bright and cheerful
- 13.What does the idiom “face the music” mean? (a) sing on stage (b) accept the punishment (c) enjoy a song (d) dance well
- 14.Which word means “full of joy”? (a) joyless (b) joyfully (c) enjoy (d) joyful
- 15.What does the idiom “at the eleventh hour” mean? (a) at the last moment (b) at 11 o'clock (c) very early (d) every hour
- 16.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) mischievous (b) begining (c) noticeable (d) immediately
- 17.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adapt (b) adopt
- 18.One word for: easily broken (a) fragile (b) visible (c) flexible (d) edible
- 19.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) imminent (b) eminent
- 20.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
- 21.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
- 22.What does the phrasal verb “take after” mean? (a) follow a road (b) run behind (c) take later (d) look like a parent
- 23.Fill the gap: The young one of a horse is a ___. (a) foal (b) kitten (c) lamb (d) cub
- 24.Which word is an adverb? (a) persuade (b) persuasion (c) persuasively (d) persuasive
- 25.Complete the idiom: We will finish this by hook or by ___. (a) crook (b) look (c) cook (d) book
- 26.Fill the gap: A gang is a group of ___. (a) grapes (b) thieves (c) ships (d) cows
- 27.The crowd at the stadium was boisterous, shouting and cheering loudly. “Boisterous” means ___. (a) sleepy (b) sad (c) quiet and calm (d) noisy and lively
- 28.Which word means the same as “difficult”? (a) early (b) easy (c) hard (d) sweet
- 29.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “inferior”? (a) modern (b) superior (c) honest (d) late
- 30.Complete the idiom: Ananya was all ___ when Grandpa told the story. (a) ears (b) eyes (c) hands (d) feet
- 31.What is the masculine of “aunt”? (a) nephew (b) son (c) brother (d) uncle
- 32.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) all ready (b) already
- 33.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) disequal (c) unequal (d) preequal
- 34.Fill in the opposite: Ice is cold, but fire is ___. (a) wet (b) small (c) slow (d) hot
- 35.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “sunset”? (a) journey (b) window (c) sunrise (d) question
- 36.Choose the right form: Meera sings ___. (a) beauty (b) beautiful (c) beautifully (d) beautify
- 37.Fill the gap: A joey is the young one of a ___. (a) kangaroo (b) hen (c) cow (d) cat
- 38.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) mend – repair (b) shut – close (c) below – under (d) wise – foolish
- 39.One word for: something that cannot be seen (a) illegible (b) invisible (c) edible (d) audible
- 40.Add the suffix: silly + ness = ? (a) silliness (b) sillines (c) sillyness (d) silines
Answer key
- decrease
- sun
- generous – selfish
- misspell
- runner
- foreign
- private
- road
- heat before
- bees
- witch
- strange and scary
- accept the punishment
- joyful
- at the last moment
- begining
- adopt
- fragile
- imminent
- so
- son
- look like a parent
- foal
- persuasively
- crook
- thieves
- noisy and lively
- hard
- superior
- ears
- uncle
- all ready
- unequal
- hot
- sunrise
- beautifully
- kangaroo
- wise – foolish
- invisible
- silliness
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