Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
- 2.Complete the analogy: Author is to book as composer is to ___. (a) music (b) statue (c) painting (d) bridge
- 3.Which is the formal word for “see”? (a) require (b) reside (c) observe (d) purchase
- 4.Complete the idiom: After the argument, Zoya gave her brother the cold ___. (a) shoulder (b) foot (c) hand (d) water
- 5.Fill the gap: a ___ of cows (a) bunch (b) swarm (c) fleet (d) herd
- 6.Choose the right form: The Taj Mahal is a famous tourist ___. (a) attraction (b) attractively (c) attract (d) attractive
- 7.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
- 8.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “depart”? (a) leave (b) buy (c) need (d) tell
- 9.Which word is the opposite of “come”? (a) go (b) eat (c) sit (d) cry
- 10.Which spelling is correct? (a) tomorrow (b) tomorow (c) tommorrow (d) tommorow
- 11.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) fast – quick (b) quiet – silent (c) float – sink (d) scared – afraid
- 12.Choose the right form: My sister and I like ___ games. (a) difference (b) differently (c) differ (d) different
- 13.Which word is the opposite of “sad”? (a) late (b) happy (c) small (d) wet
- 14.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “export”? (a) float (b) import (c) whisper (d) accept
- 15.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write again (b) write before (c) not write (d) write wrongly
- 16.Which word is the opposite of “winter”? (a) evening (b) Sunday (c) summer (d) mountain
- 17.What is the masculine of “peahen”? (a) lion (b) peacock (c) bull (d) rooster
- 18.Fill in the opposite: A feather is light, but a stone is ___. (a) sweet (b) loud (c) heavy (d) wet
- 19.What does the phrasal verb “find out” mean? (a) discover (b) go outside (c) lose (d) hide
- 20.Which word is the opposite of “enemy”? (a) driver (b) friend (c) doctor (d) farmer
- 21.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adapt (b) adopt
- 22.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) not play (c) play again (d) play wrongly
- 23.Which word means the same as “hurry”? (a) rush (b) sing (c) eat (d) rest
- 24.Complete the idiom: We will finish this by hook or by ___. (a) look (b) book (c) cook (d) crook
- 25.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 26.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) big – large (b) gift – present (c) deep – shallow (d) ill – sick
- 27.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope
- 28.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
- 29.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “villain”? (a) hero (b) journey (c) answer (d) window
- 30.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
- 31.Complete the analogy: Lion is to lioness as tiger is to ___. (a) lioness (b) tigress (c) mare (d) hen
- 32.Complete the analogy: Pilot is to plane as driver is to ___. (a) car (b) horse (c) kite (d) ship
- 33.One word for: a park where animals are kept for people to see (a) zoo (b) museum (c) library (d) granary
- 34.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “physician”? (a) bike (b) doctor (c) phone (d) money
- 35.What does the idiom “a white elephant” mean? (a) a big white toy (b) a lucky charm (c) costly but useless thing (d) a rare animal
- 36.Complete the analogy: Hen is to chick as frog is to ___. (a) foal (b) kitten (c) cub (d) tadpole
- 37.Fill the gap: a ___ of thieves (a) litter (b) fleet (c) gang (d) pride
- 38.Which spelling is correct? (a) hieght (b) heighth (c) heigth (d) height
- 39.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “demonstrate”? (a) show (b) live (c) need (d) buy
- 40.Which word means the same as “weary”? (a) tired (b) loud (c) fresh (d) happy
Answer key
- male
- music
- observe
- shoulder
- herd
- attraction
- Would
- leave
- go
- tomorrow
- float – sink
- different
- happy
- import
- write again
- summer
- peacock
- heavy
- discover
- friend
- adopt
- play again
- rush
- crook
- mis-
- deep – shallow
- envelop
- later
- hero
- so
- tigress
- car
- zoo
- doctor
- costly but useless thing
- tadpole
- gang
- height
- show
- tired
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