Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Which word is a noun? (a) persuasively (b) persuasive (c) persuasion (d) persuade
- 2.Complete the analogy: Cat is to kitten as dog is to ___. (a) cub (b) foal (c) calf (d) puppy
- 3.Fill in the opposite: In the morning I am awake; at night I am ___. (a) asleep (b) wet (c) loud (d) tall
- 4.Fill the gap: A herd is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) ships (c) grapes (d) bees
- 5.Fill in the opposite: Riya came first in the race and Dev came ___. (a) hot (b) tall (c) last (d) wet
- 6.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) ununderstand (b) disunderstand (c) preunderstand (d) misunderstand
- 7.Which is the formal word for “test”? (a) residence (b) error (c) examination (d) occupation
- 8.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) miswell (c) diswell (d) prewell
- 9.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) wet – dry (b) quick – fast (c) quick – slow (d) rich – poor
- 10.Which is the formal word for “money”? (a) residence (b) error (c) funds (d) occupation
- 11.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
- 12.One word for: a person who always expects the worst (a) pessimist (b) tourist (c) optimist (d) dentist
- 13.After the long walk, Rohan was so famished that he ate four chapatis. “Famished” means ___. (a) very sleepy (b) very proud (c) very angry (d) very hungry
- 14.Fill the gap: a ___ of cards (a) pack (b) fleet (c) herd (d) flock
- 15.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “victory”? (a) question (b) journey (c) answer (d) defeat
- 16.What does the idiom “once bitten, twice shy” mean? (a) brave again (b) bitten by a dog (c) very shy (d) careful after a bad time
- 17.Which word is the opposite of “sad”? (a) happy (b) late (c) wet (d) small
- 18.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) scared – afraid (b) fast – quick (c) float – sink (d) quiet – silent
- 19.Choose the right form: The storm caused great ___ in the village. (a) destroy (b) destructive (c) destruction (d) destructively
- 20.The mountain air was so frigid that our fingers went numb. “Frigid” means ___. (a) very wet (b) very hot (c) very fresh (d) very cold
- 21.One word for: the life story of a person written by someone else (a) geography (b) atlas (c) autobiography (d) biography
- 22.Complete the analogy: Big is to large as small is to ___. (a) wide (b) huge (c) little (d) tall
- 23.Fill the gap: A cub is the young one of a ___. (a) lion (b) sheep (c) hen (d) cow
- 24.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flu (b) flew
- 25.Complete the idiom: Don’t cry over spilt ___. (a) juice (b) water (c) milk (d) tea
- 26.Fill in the opposite: A giraffe is tall, but a puppy is ___. (a) loud (b) short (c) wet (d) hot
- 27.Choose the right form: Use your ___ to write a story about a flying elephant. (a) imaginatively (b) imaginative (c) imagine (d) imagination
- 28.What is the masculine of “girl”? (a) boy (b) king (c) husband (d) uncle
- 29.Fill the gap: The young one of a pig is a ___. (a) piglet (b) kitten (c) foal (d) cub
- 30.Fill the gap with the right small word: Stop showing ___ your new phone. (a) off (b) after (c) across (d) up
- 31.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stair (b) stare
- 32.Which is the formal word for “right away”? (a) previously (b) frequently (c) immediately (d) approximately
- 33.Fill the gap: The young one of a deer is a ___. (a) chick (b) kitten (c) puppy (d) fawn
- 34.Which word means the same as “difficult”? (a) easy (b) hard (c) early (d) sweet
- 35.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -less (b) -er (c) -ness (d) -ful
- 36.Rohan was perplexed by the strange message and read it five times. “Perplexed” means ___. (a) sleepy (b) angry (c) puzzled (d) pleased
- 37.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) end – finish (b) rough – smooth (c) quiet – silent (d) rich – wealthy
- 38.Complete the analogy: Bat is to cricket as racket is to ___. (a) tennis (b) kabaddi (c) hockey (d) football
- 39.The old building was dilapidated, with broken walls and a fallen roof. “Dilapidated” means ___. (a) brand new (b) very tall (c) very clean (d) falling apart
- 40.Fill the gap: A chick is the young one of a ___. (a) hen (b) dog (c) cow (d) cat
Answer key
- persuasion
- puppy
- asleep
- cows
- last
- misunderstand
- examination
- unwell
- quick – fast
- funds
- pre-
- pessimist
- very hungry
- pack
- defeat
- careful after a bad time
- happy
- float – sink
- destruction
- very cold
- biography
- little
- lion
- flu
- milk
- short
- imagination
- boy
- piglet
- off
- stair
- immediately
- fawn
- hard
- -less
- puzzled
- rough – smooth
- tennis
- falling apart
- hen
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