Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Which word is the opposite of “young”? (a) old (b) wet (c) fast (d) loud
- 2.Complete the analogy: Doctor is to hospital as teacher is to ___. (a) court (b) farm (c) school (d) shop
- 3.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adapt (b) adopt
- 4.Fill in the opposite: The sun shines in the day; the moon shines at ___. (a) lunch (b) night (c) school (d) morning
- 5.Which spelling is correct? (a) beutiful (b) beatiful (c) beautiful (d) beautifull
- 6.One word for: a person who studies plants (a) botanist (b) dentist (c) zoologist (d) astronomer
- 7.Complete the idiom: The two friends decided to bury the ___. (a) hatchet (b) treasure (c) box (d) bone
- 8.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) big – large (b) ill – sick (c) deep – shallow (d) gift – present
- 9.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) recommend (b) temperture (c) foreign (d) excellent
- 10.Fill the gap: a ___ of dolphins (a) swarm (b) pride (c) herd (d) pod
- 11.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
- 12.Fill the gap: A joey is the young one of a ___. (a) kangaroo (b) cat (c) hen (d) cow
- 13.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use before (d) use wrongly
- 14.Complete the idiom: The maths test was a piece of ___. (a) chalk (b) bread (c) paper (d) cake
- 15.One word for: a person who writes poems (a) painter (b) singer (c) tailor (d) poet
- 16.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
- 17.Which is the formal word for “boss”? (a) occupation (b) error (c) supervisor (d) residence
- 18.Fill the gap with the right small word: Please write ___ the phone number before you forget. (a) across (b) after (c) off (d) down
- 19.Which word means the same as “sad”? (a) tall (b) rich (c) quick (d) unhappy
- 20.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
- 21.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
- 22.Add the suffix: angry + ly = ? (a) angryly (b) angrly (c) angrily (d) angrilly
- 23.Fill the gap: a ___ of monkeys (a) fleet (b) troop (c) bunch (d) flock
- 24.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “demonstrate”? (a) live (b) show (c) buy (d) need
- 25.One word for: a person who does not eat meat (a) omnivore (b) vegetarian (c) carnivore (d) pedestrian
- 26.Fill the gap: The young one of a frog is a ___. (a) chick (b) cub (c) lamb (d) tadpole
- 27.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) to (b) two (c) too
- 28.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “supervisor”? (a) phone (b) fridge (c) boss (d) bike
- 29.Fill the gap: a ___ of wolves (a) fleet (b) flock (c) bunch (d) pack
- 30.One word for: an animal that eats only plants (a) herbivore (b) omnivore (c) carnivore (d) insectivore
- 31.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) scared – afraid (b) quiet – silent (c) float – sink (d) fast – quick
- 32.Choose the right form: Hard work is the key to ___. (a) succeed (b) success (c) successful (d) successfully
- 33.Fill the gap: a ___ of flies (a) herd (b) pride (c) swarm (d) fleet
- 34.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -ful (b) -less (c) -ly (d) -er
- 35.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “public”? (a) private (b) brave (c) honest (d) modern
- 36.Which word is the opposite of “inside”? (a) slow (b) outside (c) wet (d) happy
- 37.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) imminent (b) eminent
- 38.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “exit”? (a) journey (b) entrance (c) question (d) window
- 39.Which word means the same as “gift”? (a) river (b) smile (c) present (d) shout
- 40.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) ill – sick (b) borrow – lend (c) jump – leap (d) yell – shout
Answer key
- old
- school
- adopt
- night
- beautiful
- botanist
- hatchet
- deep – shallow
- temperture
- pod
- so
- kangaroo
- use wrongly
- cake
- poet
- steal
- supervisor
- down
- unhappy
- hare
- brake
- angrily
- troop
- show
- vegetarian
- tadpole
- too
- boss
- pack
- herbivore
- float – sink
- success
- swarm
- -ful
- private
- outside
- eminent
- entrance
- present
- borrow – lend
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