Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) fast – quick (b) float – sink (c) scared – afraid (d) quiet – silent
- 2.Fill the gap with the right small word: Please write ___ the phone number before you forget. (a) off (b) across (c) down (d) after
- 3.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) big – large (b) hot – cold (c) big – small (d) fast – slow
- 4.Which is the formal word for “answer”? (a) reside (b) purchase (c) require (d) respond
- 5.What does the idiom “get cold feet” mean? (a) get nervous and back out (b) feel very cold (c) need new socks (d) walk on ice
- 6.Fill the gap: A pod is a group of ___. (a) bees (b) keys (c) cows (d) whales
- 7.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) quick – fast (b) big – large (c) brave – cowardly (d) brave – bold
- 8.Which is the formal word for “enough”? (a) fortunate (b) frequent (c) sufficient (d) previous
- 9.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) precedes (b) proceeds
- 10.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) diswell (c) unwell (d) miswell
- 11.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 12.What is the feminine of “king”? (a) princess (b) aunt (c) queen (d) niece
- 13.Which word means “the state of being weak”? (a) weaker (b) weakly (c) weaken (d) weakness
- 14.Which is the formal word for “end”? (a) reside (b) purchase (c) assist (d) conclude
- 15.One word for: a person who studies plants (a) dentist (b) zoologist (c) astronomer (d) botanist
- 16.What does the phrasal verb “put up with” mean? (a) build (b) decorate (c) tolerate (d) pick up
- 17.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) too (b) two (c) to
- 18.Fill the gap: a ___ of mosquitoes (a) swarm (b) bunch (c) pride (d) herd
- 19.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check again (c) check wrongly (d) check before
- 20.What does the idiom “a blessing in disguise” mean? (a) a sad goodbye (b) a secret prayer (c) a fancy dress (d) good luck that looks bad
- 21.Fill the gap: The young one of a whale is a ___. (a) chick (b) kid (c) cub (d) calf
- 22.Complete the analogy: Chennai is to Tamil Nadu as Mumbai is to ___. (a) Kerala (b) Punjab (c) Bihar (d) Maharashtra
- 23.Add the suffix: easy + ly = ? (a) easely (b) easily (c) easyly (d) easly
- 24.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -less (b) -er (c) -ness (d) -ful
- 25.Fill in the opposite: The sun shines in the day; the moon shines at ___. (a) school (b) lunch (c) morning (d) night
- 26.Which word means “without care”? (a) carer (b) careless (c) careful (d) carefully
- 27.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
- 28.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) presafe (c) resafe (d) unsafe
- 29.Zoya felt remorse after she shouted at her little brother. “Remorse” means ___. (a) great joy (b) anger (c) sorrow for doing wrong (d) pride
- 30.One word for: that which cannot be broken (a) unbreakable (b) invisible (c) edible (d) fragile
- 31.Fill the gap: The young one of a tiger is a ___. (a) kitten (b) cub (c) foal (d) lamb
- 32.Fill the gap: A bench is a group of ___. (a) bees (b) cows (c) judges (d) ships
- 33.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) accommodation (b) business (c) beutiful (d) library
- 34.Fill the gap: A kid is the young one of a ___. (a) cow (b) hen (c) goat (d) cat
- 35.Fill the gap: a ___ of flowers (a) fleet (b) herd (c) pride (d) bouquet
- 36.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “innocent”? (a) guilty (b) brave (c) early (d) modern
- 37.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) friend – enemy (b) friend – pal (c) day – night (d) push – pull
- 38.What does the idiom “on cloud nine” mean? (a) very sleepy (b) on a plane (c) very happy (d) in the rain
- 39.Complete the analogy: King is to queen as prince is to ___. (a) king (b) princess (c) duchess (d) aunt
- 40.The students were jubilant when their team won the trophy. “Jubilant” means ___. (a) very angry (b) full of joy (c) full of fear (d) very tired
Answer key
- float – sink
- down
- big – large
- respond
- get nervous and back out
- whales
- brave – cowardly
- sufficient
- precedes
- unwell
- week
- queen
- weakness
- conclude
- botanist
- tolerate
- too
- swarm
- check again
- good luck that looks bad
- calf
- Maharashtra
- easily
- -less
- night
- careless
- heat again
- unsafe
- sorrow for doing wrong
- unbreakable
- cub
- judges
- beutiful
- goat
- bouquet
- guilty
- friend – pal
- very happy
- princess
- full of joy
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