Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.What does the idiom “lend a hand” mean? (a) shake hands (b) borrow money (c) give a hand away (d) help someone
- 2.Fill the gap: a ___ of buffaloes (a) herd (b) fleet (c) pride (d) swarm
- 3.Complete the idiom: The news came out of the ___. (a) pink (b) blue (c) red (d) green
- 4.Fill in the opposite: A rabbit is fast, but a tortoise is ___. (a) slow (b) big (c) loud (d) wet
- 5.Complete the analogy: Day is to night as summer is to ___. (a) spring (b) winter (c) sunny (d) monsoon
- 6.One word for: a book of maps (a) dictionary (b) diary (c) novel (d) atlas
- 7.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay wrongly (c) pay before (d) not pay
- 8.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “sink”? (a) float (b) lend (c) sing (d) arrive
- 9.Which word means the same as “begin”? (a) start (b) choose (c) shout (d) finish
- 10.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “minority”? (a) answer (b) majority (c) journey (d) roof
- 11.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 12.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) pronunciation (b) tomorrow (c) noticable (d) temperature
- 13.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) privilege (b) especially (c) libary (d) beautiful
- 14.Which word is a noun? (a) descriptively (b) describe (c) description (d) descriptive
- 15.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -less (b) -er (c) -ful (d) -ly
- 16.Fill in the opposite: A giraffe is tall, but a puppy is ___. (a) loud (b) wet (c) short (d) hot
- 17.What does the phrasal verb “get up” mean? (a) rise from bed (b) sit down (c) lie down (d) go to sleep
- 18.One word for: a person who is new to a job or skill (a) beginner (b) expert (c) owner (d) veteran
- 19.Which word means the same as “caring”? (a) busy (b) kind (c) loud (d) lazy
- 20.What does the phrasal verb “put up with” mean? (a) build (b) decorate (c) tolerate (d) pick up
- 21.One word for: words that sound alike but differ in meaning (a) synonyms (b) prefixes (c) homophones (d) antonyms
- 22.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
- 23.Which word is the opposite of “girl”? (a) stone (b) tree (c) boy (d) cloud
- 24.Fill the gap: The young one of a fox is a ___. (a) calf (b) foal (c) lamb (d) cub
- 25.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
- 26.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
- 27.The cliff path was so perilous that climbers needed ropes. “Perilous” means ___. (a) easy (b) safe (c) flat (d) dangerous
- 28.Fill in the opposite: My glass was full; now it is ___. (a) tall (b) hot (c) loud (d) empty
- 29.Which word means “build again”? (a) prebuild (b) rebuild (c) misbuild (d) unbuild
- 30.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) all ready (b) already
- 31.Which word is the opposite of “weak”? (a) dry (b) quiet (c) strong (d) late
- 32.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
- 33.Which spelling is correct? (a) necessary (b) neccessary (c) neccesary (d) necesary
- 34.One word for: a person who does not eat meat (a) carnivore (b) vegetarian (c) pedestrian (d) omnivore
- 35.Which word means the same as “friend”? (a) enemy (b) teacher (c) pal (d) stranger
- 36.Which word is the opposite of “summer”? (a) morning (b) Monday (c) river (d) winter
- 37.Complete the analogy: Farmer is to field as sailor is to ___. (a) school (b) farm (c) ship (d) court
- 38.Complete the idiom: Dev finished his project at the eleventh ___. (a) hour (b) day (c) month (d) minute
- 39.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) give – take (b) choose – select (c) choose – reject (d) laugh – cry
- 40.Which spelling is correct? (a) guarentee (b) garantee (c) guarante (d) guarantee
Answer key
- help someone
- herd
- blue
- slow
- winter
- atlas
- pay before
- float
- start
- majority
- pre-
- noticable
- libary
- description
- -ly
- short
- rise from bed
- beginner
- kind
- tolerate
- homophones
- sow
- boy
- cub
- sun
- tale
- dangerous
- empty
- rebuild
- all ready
- strong
- piece
- necessary
- vegetarian
- pal
- winter
- ship
- hour
- choose – select
- guarantee
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