Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) quick – fast (b) quick – slow (c) rich – poor (d) wet – dry
- 2.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
- 3.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “honest”? (a) polite (b) brave (c) lazy (d) dishonest
- 4.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
- 5.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) occasion (b) grammar (c) enviroment (d) guarantee
- 6.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) gift – present (b) end – finish (c) victory – defeat (d) victory – win
- 7.Fill in the opposite: My glass was full; now it is ___. (a) empty (b) tall (c) hot (d) loud
- 8.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “commence”? (a) help (b) buy (c) live (d) start
- 9.Complete the analogy: Fish is to swim as bird is to ___. (a) run (b) crawl (c) fly (d) dig
- 10.Which word is the opposite of “big”? (a) wet (b) happy (c) fast (d) small
- 11.Which word means the same as “weary”? (a) loud (b) fresh (c) happy (d) tired
- 12.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “sunset”? (a) window (b) sunrise (c) question (d) journey
- 13.Complete the idiom: Their fight over a pencil was just a storm in a ___. (a) glass (b) bucket (c) bottle (d) teacup
- 14.The ancient temples of Hampi were built hundreds of years ago. “Ancient” means ___. (a) very old (b) very tall (c) very small (d) very new
- 15.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) arrive – depart (b) begin – start (c) arrive – reach (d) shut – close
- 16.Fill in the opposite: A giraffe is tall, but a puppy is ___. (a) hot (b) short (c) wet (d) loud
- 17.Fill the gap: The young one of a donkey is a ___. (a) cub (b) chick (c) foal (d) kitten
- 18.Which word means the same as “leap”? (a) jump (b) sing (c) crawl (d) sleep
- 19.Which word means the same as “shy”? (a) quick (b) timid (c) rich (d) bold
- 20.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) it's (b) its
- 21.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 22.Complete the idiom: The maths test was a piece of ___. (a) cake (b) paper (c) chalk (d) bread
- 23.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 24.Which is the formal word for “later”? (a) subsequently (b) immediately (c) approximately (d) previously
- 25.Fill the gap: a ___ of bats (a) fleet (b) herd (c) pride (d) colony
- 26.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) too (c) to
- 27.Complete the analogy: Ice is to cold as fire is to ___. (a) hot (b) quiet (c) wet (d) soft
- 28.Which word is the opposite of “inside”? (a) wet (b) outside (c) happy (d) slow
- 29.Complete the analogy: Light is to dark as noise is to ___. (a) song (b) silence (c) sound (d) music
- 30.One word for: that which cannot be broken (a) unbreakable (b) invisible (c) edible (d) fragile
- 31.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
- 32.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
- 33.Which is the formal word for “ask”? (a) conclude (b) enquire (c) assist (d) reside
- 34.What is the masculine of “peahen”? (a) rooster (b) lion (c) bull (d) peacock
- 35.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) light – dark (b) hard – soft (c) rich – wealthy (d) rich – poor
- 36.Which word means “the state of being lazy”? (a) lazier (b) laziness (c) lazily (d) laziest
- 37.The old building was dilapidated, with broken walls and a fallen roof. “Dilapidated” means ___. (a) very clean (b) very tall (c) falling apart (d) brand new
- 38.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
- 39.Which word is a verb? (a) invention (b) inventive (c) inventively (d) invent
- 40.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
Answer key
- quick – fast
- brake
- dishonest
- hear
- enviroment
- victory – defeat
- empty
- start
- fly
- small
- tired
- sunrise
- teacup
- very old
- arrive – depart
- short
- foal
- jump
- timid
- its
- pre-
- cake
- dis-
- subsequently
- colony
- to
- hot
- outside
- silence
- unbreakable
- knight
- cite
- enquire
- peacock
- rich – wealthy
- laziness
- falling apart
- weight
- invent
- re-
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