Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Fill in the opposite: A lion is strong, but a mouse is ___. (a) loud (b) tall (c) wet (d) weak
- 2.The mountain air was so frigid that our fingers went numb. “Frigid” means ___. (a) very wet (b) very fresh (c) very hot (d) very cold
- 3.Which word is a noun? (a) protective (b) protectively (c) protection (d) protect
- 4.What does the idiom “cost an arm and a leg” mean? (a) hurt badly (b) be cheap (c) need a doctor (d) be very expensive
- 5.Which word is the opposite of “morning”? (a) river (b) summer (c) evening (d) Monday
- 6.Complete the idiom: Aditya felt like a fish out of ___ at the new school. (a) air (b) sand (c) milk (d) water
- 7.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “temporary”? (a) honest (b) modern (c) permanent (d) brave
- 8.What does the phrasal verb “find out” mean? (a) hide (b) lose (c) discover (d) go outside
- 9.Fill the gap: A lamb is the young one of a ___. (a) hen (b) cat (c) dog (d) sheep
- 10.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common again (c) common wrongly (d) not common
- 11.What is the feminine of “father”? (a) aunt (b) sister (c) niece (d) mother
- 12.Fill the gap: The young one of a swan is a ___. (a) cygnet (b) foal (c) kid (d) cub
- 13.Choose the right form: Meera sings ___. (a) beautiful (b) beautifully (c) beauty (d) beautify
- 14.Add the suffix: easy + ly = ? (a) easely (b) easly (c) easily (d) easyly
- 15.What does the idiom “spill the beans” mean? (a) waste food (b) tell a lie (c) cook badly (d) tell a secret
- 16.Fill the gap with the right small word: Only five students turned ___ for practice. (a) off (b) up (c) after (d) across
- 17.Fill the gap: a ___ of bats (a) herd (b) pride (c) fleet (d) colony
- 18.Fill the gap: a ___ of locusts (a) herd (b) swarm (c) fleet (d) pride
- 19.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “sunset”? (a) window (b) journey (c) question (d) sunrise
- 20.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “smooth”? (a) ancient (b) rough (c) late (d) honest
- 21.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 22.Fill in the opposite: A rabbit is fast, but a tortoise is ___. (a) wet (b) loud (c) slow (d) big
- 23.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
- 24.Choose the right form: Painting helps children become more ___. (a) creation (b) creatively (c) create (d) creative
- 25.Fill the gap: a ___ of monkeys (a) fleet (b) bunch (c) troop (d) flock
- 26.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) talk – speak (b) generous – selfish (c) clever – smart (d) below – under
- 27.What does the idiom “at the eleventh hour” mean? (a) very early (b) every hour (c) at the last moment (d) at 11 o'clock
- 28.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) miscount (c) precount (d) discount
- 29.What is the masculine of “duchess”? (a) king (b) uncle (c) prince (d) duke
- 30.Our new neighbour seems amiable; she smiles and greets everyone. “Amiable” means ___. (a) sleepy (b) angry (c) friendly (d) rude
- 31.Fill the gap: The young one of a hen is a ___. (a) kid (b) chick (c) calf (d) cub
- 32.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) push – pull (b) buy – sell (c) shout – yell (d) shout – whisper
- 33.One word for: a person who sees an event happen (a) lawyer (b) eyewitness (c) judge (d) victim
- 34.There was an abundant crop of mangoes this year; every tree was full. “Abundant” means ___. (a) very small (b) very sour (c) more than enough (d) rotten
- 35.Which word means “without pain”? (a) painful (b) painted (c) painless (d) painter
- 36.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “transparent”? (a) generous (b) polite (c) ancient (d) opaque
- 37.Which word is a noun? (a) imagine (b) imaginatively (c) imagination (d) imaginative
- 38.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) ill – sick (b) early – late (c) ill – well (d) full – empty
- 39.What does the idiom “once in a blue moon” mean? (a) every night (b) at midnight (c) very quickly (d) very rarely
- 40.Fill the gap: a ___ of pearls (a) string (b) pride (c) herd (d) flock
Answer key
- weak
- very cold
- protection
- be very expensive
- evening
- water
- permanent
- discover
- sheep
- not common
- mother
- cygnet
- beautifully
- easily
- tell a secret
- up
- colony
- swarm
- sunrise
- rough
- un-
- slow
- ate
- creative
- troop
- generous – selfish
- at the last moment
- miscount
- duke
- friendly
- chick
- shout – yell
- eyewitness
- more than enough
- painless
- opaque
- imagination
- ill – sick
- very rarely
- string
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