Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Complete the analogy: Farmer is to field as sailor is to ___. (a) ship (b) court (c) school (d) farm
- 2.Kabir was hesitant to raise his hand, unsure if his answer was right. “Hesitant” means ___. (a) very fast (b) unsure, holding back (c) very confident (d) very loud
- 3.Complete the analogy: Hen is to chick as frog is to ___. (a) cub (b) kitten (c) tadpole (d) foal
- 4.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “maximum”? (a) victory (b) minimum (c) early (d) modern
- 5.Fill the gap: The young one of a fox is a ___. (a) cub (b) calf (c) foal (d) lamb
- 6.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -ness (b) -ly (c) -er (d) -ful
- 7.Fill the gap: a ___ of mosquitoes (a) swarm (b) pride (c) bunch (d) herd
- 8.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
- 9.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
- 10.Fill in the opposite: The sun shines in the day; the moon shines at ___. (a) morning (b) school (c) lunch (d) night
- 11.What is the masculine of “bride”? (a) uncle (b) king (c) bridegroom (d) nephew
- 12.Which word is a noun? (a) successful (b) succeed (c) successfully (d) success
- 13.Complete the analogy: Pilot is to plane as driver is to ___. (a) car (b) kite (c) ship (d) horse
- 14.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
- 15.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) begin – start (b) shut – close (c) arrive – depart (d) arrive – reach
- 16.Which word means the same as “repair”? (a) choose (b) laugh (c) break (d) fix
- 17.Fill the gap: The young one of a tiger is a ___. (a) kitten (b) cub (c) lamb (d) foal
- 18.Which word is the opposite of “full”? (a) empty (b) fast (c) tall (d) dry
- 19.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) build again (c) build wrongly (d) not build
- 20.Which is the formal word for “boss”? (a) supervisor (b) occupation (c) residence (d) error
- 21.One word for: a period of a thousand years (a) century (b) millennium (c) decade (d) fortnight
- 22.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
- 23.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -ful (b) -ly (c) -er (d) -less
- 24.Fill the gap with the right small word: I am looking forward ___ the holidays. (a) at (b) to (c) for (d) on
- 25.One word for: a person who studies animals (a) astronomer (b) zoologist (c) geologist (d) botanist
- 26.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “immediately”? (a) lucky (b) often (c) about (d) right away
- 27.The monkey was nimble and leapt quickly from branch to branch. “Nimble” means ___. (a) quick and light (b) sleepy (c) slow and heavy (d) noisy
- 28.What does the phrasal verb “carry on” mean? (a) carry a bag (b) lift up (c) continue (d) stop
- 29.Fill the gap: The young one of a bear is a ___. (a) lamb (b) cub (c) chick (d) foal
- 30.The guide gave a concise answer in just one sentence. “Concise” means ___. (a) long and confusing (b) very rude (c) very loud (d) short and clear
- 31.Fill the gap: The young one of a cat is a ___. (a) cub (b) calf (c) puppy (d) kitten
- 32.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
- 33.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -ness (b) -less (c) -er (d) -ful
- 34.Add the suffix: heavy + ly = ? (a) heavilly (b) heavily (c) heavyly (d) heavly
- 35.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) grammer (b) excellent (c) argument (d) conscience
- 36.What does the idiom “when pigs fly” mean? (a) very soon (b) never (c) in summer (d) every morning
- 37.What is the feminine of “son”? (a) niece (b) wife (c) aunt (d) daughter
- 38.Which is the formal word for “end”? (a) reside (b) purchase (c) assist (d) conclude
- 39.Complete the idiom: Kavya is the apple of her grandfather’s ___. (a) tree (b) eye (c) heart (d) hand
- 40.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
Answer key
- ship
- unsure, holding back
- tadpole
- minimum
- cub
- -ness
- swarm
- You're
- steel
- night
- bridegroom
- success
- car
- breathe
- arrive – depart
- fix
- cub
- empty
- build again
- supervisor
- millennium
- borrow
- -ful
- to
- zoologist
- right away
- quick and light
- continue
- cub
- short and clear
- kitten
- new
- -less
- heavily
- grammer
- never
- daughter
- conclude
- eye
- tale
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