Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Complete the idiom: It is raining cats and ___. (a) rats (b) dogs (c) cows (d) mice
- 2.What does the idiom “a blessing in disguise” mean? (a) a fancy dress (b) a sad goodbye (c) good luck that looks bad (d) a secret prayer
- 3.What does the phrasal verb “run into” mean? (a) avoid someone (b) race someone (c) run indoors (d) meet by chance
- 4.What does the idiom “a white elephant” mean? (a) a lucky charm (b) a big white toy (c) a rare animal (d) costly but useless thing
- 5.The canteen was deserted; there was not a single person inside. “Deserted” means ___. (a) very crowded (b) newly painted (c) very dirty (d) empty of people
- 6.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “enquire”? (a) live (b) help (c) ask (d) buy
- 7.Fill the gap: A pod is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) keys (c) bees (d) whales
- 8.Complete the analogy: Day is to night as summer is to ___. (a) winter (b) spring (c) monsoon (d) sunny
- 9.What does the phrasal verb “pick up” mean? (a) push (b) throw (c) drop (d) lift
- 10.Which word means the same as “bright”? (a) dull (b) slow (c) shiny (d) sad
- 11.Which spelling is correct? (a) immediatly (b) imediately (c) immediatley (d) immediately
- 12.Fill the gap with the right small word: Hurry ___, or we will miss the bus! (a) up (b) after (c) across (d) off
- 13.Which word is the opposite of “buy”? (a) jump (b) eat (c) sell (d) sing
- 14.Fill in the opposite: A feather is light, but a stone is ___. (a) wet (b) sweet (c) heavy (d) loud
- 15.Fill in the opposite: We push a door to open it and ___ it to close it. (a) eat (b) cut (c) sing (d) pull
- 16.Which spelling is correct? (a) tempreture (b) temperature (c) temperture (d) temprature
- 17.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “import”? (a) borrow (b) export (c) sink (d) arrive
- 18.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) not tell (c) tell before (d) tell wrongly
- 19.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
- 20.Which word is an adjective? (a) creatively (b) creative (c) creation (d) create
- 21.Choose the right form: You must ___ which book to read first. (a) decision (b) decisively (c) decisive (d) decide
- 22.Add the suffix: home + less = ? (a) homless (b) homeles (c) homelees (d) homeless
- 23.Complete the analogy: Delhi is to India as Kathmandu is to ___. (a) Sri Lanka (b) Nepal (c) Bhutan (d) Bangladesh
- 24.Which word means the same as “below”? (a) under (b) above (c) behind (d) beside
- 25.Choose the right form: Can you ___ Dad to buy a puppy? (a) persuasive (b) persuade (c) persuasively (d) persuasion
- 26.Fill the gap with the right small word: Grandma brought ___ five children. (a) after (b) off (c) up (d) across
- 27.Fill the gap: A swarm is a group of ___. (a) grapes (b) cows (c) ships (d) bees
- 28.Which word means the same as “begin”? (a) choose (b) finish (c) shout (d) start
- 29.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
- 30.Fill the gap: The young one of a hen is a ___. (a) calf (b) chick (c) cub (d) kid
- 31.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
- 32.Which word means “full of pain”? (a) painless (b) painter (c) painfully (d) painful
- 33.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “transparent”? (a) polite (b) ancient (c) opaque (d) generous
- 34.Choose the right form: Do not play near the railway track; it is ___. (a) danger (b) dangerously (c) dangerous (d) endanger
- 35.Complete the analogy: Bat is to cricket as racket is to ___. (a) hockey (b) football (c) kabaddi (d) tennis
- 36.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) shy – timid (b) tall – short (c) old – new (d) shy – bold
- 37.Fill the gap: A tadpole is the young one of a ___. (a) hen (b) frog (c) cow (d) cat
- 38.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) restaurant (b) concience (c) excellent (d) committee
- 39.Which spelling is correct? (a) government (b) govenment (c) governmant (d) goverment
- 40.The street vendor’s samosas were delectable, so we ordered more. “Delectable” means ___. (a) delicious (b) burnt (c) tasteless (d) cold
Answer key
- dogs
- good luck that looks bad
- meet by chance
- costly but useless thing
- empty of people
- ask
- whales
- winter
- lift
- shiny
- immediately
- up
- sell
- heavy
- pull
- temperature
- export
- tell again
- breathe
- creative
- decide
- homeless
- Nepal
- under
- persuade
- up
- bees
- start
- You're
- chick
- witch
- painful
- opaque
- dangerous
- tennis
- shy – timid
- frog
- concience
- government
- delicious
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