Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Which word means the same as “begin”? (a) shout (b) finish (c) choose (d) start
- 2.Complete the analogy: Spider is to eight as insect is to ___. (a) eight (b) four (c) ten (d) six
- 3.Which word means the same as “shout”? (a) whisper (b) yell (c) sleep (d) smile
- 4.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) quick – slow (b) rich – poor (c) quick – fast (d) wet – dry
- 5.One word for: a person who travels in a bus or train (a) driver (b) pedestrian (c) pilot (d) passenger
- 6.Which is the formal word for “about”? (a) sufficient (b) approximately (c) previous (d) immediately
- 7.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) well before (c) not well (d) well again
- 8.Which word is a verb? (a) protectively (b) protection (c) protect (d) protective
- 9.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
- 10.Complete the idiom: The money we raised is just a drop in the ___. (a) river (b) glass (c) pond (d) ocean
- 11.Which word means the same as “tired”? (a) quick (b) rich (c) weary (d) fresh
- 12.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “entrance”? (a) journey (b) roof (c) answer (d) exit
- 13.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
- 14.The mountain air was so frigid that our fingers went numb. “Frigid” means ___. (a) very cold (b) very wet (c) very hot (d) very fresh
- 15.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) end – finish (b) rough – smooth (c) quiet – silent (d) rich – wealthy
- 16.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 17.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
- 18.Which word means the same as “silent”? (a) quiet (b) rich (c) loud (d) fast
- 19.Complete the analogy: Ant is to small as elephant is to ___. (a) green (b) tiny (c) fast (d) big
- 20.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 21.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “kind”? (a) wide (b) cruel (c) ancient (d) lazy
- 22.Which word means “one who writes”? (a) written (b) writing (c) wrote (d) writer
- 23.What does the phrasal verb “look for” mean? (a) search for (b) find by chance (c) wait for (d) take care of
- 24.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
- 25.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 26.What does the phrasal verb “run into” mean? (a) avoid someone (b) meet by chance (c) race someone (d) run indoors
- 27.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) disview (c) preview (d) unview
- 28.Which word means “in a slow way”? (a) slower (b) slowness (c) slowest (d) slowly
- 29.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 30.Fill the gap: A colony is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) grapes (c) ants (d) ships
- 31.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) shut – close (b) begin – start (c) arrive – reach (d) arrive – depart
- 32.One word for: a person who loves his or her country (a) tourist (b) traitor (c) pilot (d) patriot
- 33.What does the idiom “in hot water” mean? (a) very busy (b) feeling warm (c) in trouble (d) taking a bath
- 34.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) misloyal (b) disloyal (c) preloyal (d) unloyal
- 35.Fill the gap: A team is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) grapes (c) players (d) cows
- 36.Which word is an adverb? (a) destructively (b) destruction (c) destroy (d) destructive
- 37.Which word is an adverb? (a) beautifully (b) beautify (c) beautiful (d) beauty
- 38.Add the suffix: happy + ness = ? (a) happieness (b) happines (c) happyness (d) happiness
- 39.The Thar Desert is arid; it hardly ever rains there. “Arid” means ___. (a) very wet (b) very dry (c) very cold (d) very green
- 40.One word for: a person who always looks on the bright side (a) optimist (b) scientist (c) pessimist (d) tourist
Answer key
- start
- six
- yell
- quick – fast
- passenger
- approximately
- not well
- protect
- bee
- ocean
- weary
- exit
- clothes
- very cold
- rough – smooth
- mis-
- weight
- quiet
- big
- week
- cruel
- writer
- search for
- past
- pre-
- meet by chance
- preview
- slowly
- dis-
- ants
- arrive – depart
- patriot
- in trouble
- disloyal
- players
- destructively
- beautifully
- happiness
- very dry
- optimist
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