Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.What does the phrasal verb “blow up” mean? (a) fly away (b) breathe (c) sing (d) explode
- 2.Complete the analogy: Pupil is to school as patient is to ___. (a) hospital (b) bank (c) farm (d) temple
- 3.Complete the analogy: Shoe is to foot as hat is to ___. (a) knee (b) foot (c) hand (d) head
- 4.Which is the formal word for “house”? (a) residence (b) assistance (c) error (d) occupation
- 5.Which word is the opposite of “out”? (a) dry (b) down (c) cold (d) in
- 6.What is the masculine of “hostess”? (a) hero (b) waiter (c) host (d) actor
- 7.Which word is the opposite of “winter”? (a) summer (b) Sunday (c) mountain (d) evening
- 8.Grandma is very hospitable; she welcomes every guest with tea and snacks. “Hospitable” means ___. (a) very strict (b) unwelcoming (c) friendly to guests (d) very sick
- 9.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dyeing (b) dying
- 10.Add the suffix: angry + ly = ? (a) angrly (b) angryly (c) angrilly (d) angrily
- 11.Complete the analogy: Ink is to pen as paint is to ___. (a) plate (b) book (c) brush (d) spoon
- 12.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) library (b) vegetable (c) argumant (d) height
- 13.Which word is the opposite of “dirty”? (a) soft (b) short (c) clean (d) late
- 14.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “generous”? (a) early (b) brave (c) polite (d) selfish
- 15.Which spelling is correct? (a) mischivous (b) mischievious (c) mischevous (d) mischievous
- 16.Which word means the same as “rock”? (a) cloud (b) leaf (c) sand (d) stone
- 17.Complete the analogy: Up is to down as in is to ___. (a) by (b) at (c) on (d) out
- 18.Complete the idiom: After the long day, Dad decided to hit the ___. (a) ball (b) wall (c) bag (d) sack
- 19.Fill the gap: A range is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) mountains (c) bees (d) ships
- 20.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “apologise”? (a) help (b) live (c) say sorry (d) buy
- 21.Choose the right form: Plastic waste can ___ sea animals. (a) dangerous (b) danger (c) dangerously (d) endanger
- 22.The magic trick was baffling; nobody could explain how it was done. “Baffling” means ___. (a) very boring (b) very confusing (c) very short (d) very easy
- 23.Which word means “the state of being dark”? (a) darkness (b) darkly (c) darken (d) darker
- 24.What is the feminine of “headmaster”? (a) headmistress (b) queen (c) hostess (d) aunt
- 25.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -ly (b) -ness (c) -er (d) -ful
- 26.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) weather (b) whether
- 27.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
- 28.Fill the gap with the right small word: Please write ___ the phone number before you forget. (a) after (b) across (c) down (d) off
- 29.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
- 30.Which is the formal word for “enough”? (a) fortunate (b) frequent (c) sufficient (d) previous
- 31.Which is the formal word for “need”? (a) require (b) inform (c) reside (d) conclude
- 32.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) gift – river (b) open – shut (c) up – down (d) gift – present
- 33.Complete the idiom: It is raining ___ and dogs outside. (a) rats (b) cats (c) cows (d) mice
- 34.Fill the gap: a ___ of penguins (a) colony (b) pride (c) herd (d) fleet
- 35.Which spelling is correct? (a) recieve (b) receeve (c) receive (d) receve
- 36.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
- 37.Which word is an adjective? (a) purely (b) purify (c) pure (d) purity
- 38.Which word is the opposite of “stop”? (a) sing (b) eat (c) sit (d) start
- 39.Which is the formal word for “buy”? (a) require (b) inform (c) purchase (d) reside
- 40.Which word means the same as “timid”? (a) busy (b) shy (c) brave (d) tall
Answer key
- explode
- hospital
- head
- residence
- in
- host
- summer
- friendly to guests
- dyeing
- angrily
- brush
- argumant
- clean
- selfish
- mischievous
- stone
- out
- sack
- mountains
- say sorry
- endanger
- very confusing
- darkness
- headmistress
- -ness
- weather
- brake
- down
- breath
- sufficient
- require
- gift – present
- cats
- colony
- receive
- road
- pure
- start
- purchase
- shy
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