Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Which is the formal word for “house”? (a) assistance (b) occupation (c) residence (d) error
- 2.One word for: a person who does not eat meat (a) omnivore (b) pedestrian (c) carnivore (d) vegetarian
- 3.What does the idiom “cry over spilt milk” mean? (a) be very hungry (b) worry about the past (c) waste milk (d) cry loudly
- 4.What does the phrasal verb “bring up” mean? (a) punish (b) raise a child (c) forget a child (d) carry upstairs
- 5.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 6.Complete the analogy: Pupil is to school as patient is to ___. (a) temple (b) farm (c) hospital (d) bank
- 7.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) cold – hot (b) buy – sell (c) cold – chilly (d) in – out
- 8.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “sink”? (a) arrive (b) lend (c) sing (d) float
- 9.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Besides (b) Beside
- 10.Complete the analogy: Finger is to hand as toe is to ___. (a) nail (b) knee (c) arm (d) foot
- 11.Which word means “without fear”? (a) feared (b) fearless (c) fearful (d) fearfully
- 12.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair
- 13.Fill the gap: A herd is a group of ___. (a) grapes (b) ships (c) bees (d) cows
- 14.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
- 15.Which word is the opposite of “weak”? (a) strong (b) dry (c) late (d) quiet
- 16.Fill in the opposite: Day is bright, but night is ___. (a) slow (b) wet (c) dark (d) tall
- 17.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) shy – timid (b) old – new (c) tall – short (d) shy – bold
- 18.Fill in the opposite: Ice is cold, but fire is ___. (a) wet (b) slow (c) hot (d) small
- 19.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) desert (b) dessert
- 20.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) gift – present (b) ill – sick (c) big – large (d) deep – shallow
- 21.What is the feminine of “tiger”? (a) hen (b) mare (c) lioness (d) tigress
- 22.One word for: a garden of fruit trees (a) aquarium (b) aviary (c) granary (d) orchard
- 23.One word for: that which cannot be broken (a) fragile (b) edible (c) unbreakable (d) invisible
- 24.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -ful (b) -less (c) -ness (d) -er
- 25.Which word is an adverb? (a) simplicity (b) simplify (c) simple (d) simply
- 26.Fill the gap: The young one of a whale is a ___. (a) calf (b) kid (c) cub (d) chick
- 27.Fill the gap: A joey is the young one of a ___. (a) cat (b) hen (c) cow (d) kangaroo
- 28.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
- 29.Which word is a noun? (a) beautify (b) beautifully (c) beautiful (d) beauty
- 30.Which word is the opposite of “sit”? (a) stand (b) sing (c) eat (d) cry
- 31.Fill the gap with the right small word: Pick ___ the paper from the floor. (a) after (b) across (c) off (d) up
- 32.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear before (c) clear wrongly (d) not clear
- 33.Fill the gap: a ___ of ships (a) bunch (b) herd (c) fleet (d) flock
- 34.Which word means “without hope”? (a) hoping (b) hopeful (c) hoped (d) hopeless
- 35.What does the idiom “butterflies in the stomach” mean? (a) a stomach ache (b) a happy dance (c) a nervous feeling (d) a hungry feeling
- 36.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
- 37.Which spelling is correct? (a) Wednesday (b) Wednsday (c) Wedensday (d) Wensday
- 38.One word for: a person who sells flowers (a) florist (b) cashier (c) tailor (d) dentist
- 39.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
- 40.Which word is an adverb? (a) decision (b) decisive (c) decisively (d) decide
Answer key
- residence
- vegetarian
- worry about the past
- raise a child
- pre-
- hospital
- cold – chilly
- float
- Besides
- foot
- fearless
- stair
- cows
- conscience
- strong
- dark
- shy – timid
- hot
- desert
- deep – shallow
- tigress
- orchard
- unbreakable
- -less
- simply
- calf
- kangaroo
- piece
- beauty
- stand
- up
- not clear
- fleet
- hopeless
- a nervous feeling
- cell
- Wednesday
- florist
- son
- decisively
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