Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Complete the analogy: Teacher is to students as doctor is to ___. (a) books (b) farmers (c) patients (d) tickets
- 2.Which is the formal word for “leave”? (a) purchase (b) depart (c) require (d) reside
- 3.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) dislead (c) unlead (d) mislead
- 4.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) shout – yell (b) shout – whisper (c) push – pull (d) buy – sell
- 5.What does the phrasal verb “run out of” mean? (a) run outside (b) have none left (c) have plenty (d) run very fast
- 6.Which is the formal word for “want”? (a) conclude (b) reside (c) purchase (d) desire
- 7.One word for: a person who betrays his or her country (a) tourist (b) patriot (c) traitor (d) optimist
- 8.Fill in the opposite: A pillow is soft, but a rock is ___. (a) hard (b) happy (c) loud (d) wet
- 9.Which word is the opposite of “night”? (a) wet (b) day (c) down (d) cold
- 10.Which word means “without pain”? (a) painless (b) painted (c) painful (d) painter
- 11.The old man was frail and needed help to climb the stairs. “Frail” means ___. (a) strong (b) weak (c) rich (d) rude
- 12.One word for: people who watch a match (a) pedestrians (b) patients (c) passengers (d) spectators
- 13.Complete the idiom: Stop beating around the ___ and tell me the truth. (a) tree (b) bush (c) house (d) garden
- 14.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) yell – shout (b) ill – sick (c) borrow – lend (d) jump – leap
- 15.Which is the formal word for “enough”? (a) previous (b) fortunate (c) frequent (d) sufficient
- 16.Choose the right form: You must ___ which book to read first. (a) decisively (b) decisive (c) decide (d) decision
- 17.Which word is the opposite of “below”? (a) sad (b) late (c) above (d) dry
- 18.One word for: agreed upon by everyone (a) unanimous (b) generous (c) famous (d) anonymous
- 19.Which spelling is correct? (a) embarass (b) embaress (c) embarrass (d) embarras
- 20.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) course (b) coarse
- 21.What does the idiom “the apple of someone’s eye” mean? (a) an eye problem (b) a red fruit (c) a greedy person (d) a dearly loved person
- 22.What does the phrasal verb “come across” mean? (a) come back (b) find by chance (c) cross a road (d) lose by chance
- 23.What is the masculine of “ewe”? (a) ram (b) lion (c) horse (d) bull
- 24.Which word is the opposite of “come”? (a) cry (b) sit (c) go (d) eat
- 25.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “fortunate”? (a) often (b) lucky (c) about (d) enough
- 26.Fill the gap: A crew is a group of ___. (a) grapes (b) sailors (c) cows (d) lions
- 27.One word for: a person who cuts hair (a) plumber (b) barber (c) cobbler (d) tailor
- 28.Which spelling is correct? (a) rythm (b) rhytm (c) rhythem (d) rhythm
- 29.What is the masculine of “mother”? (a) son (b) brother (c) father (d) uncle
- 30.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
- 31.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “provide”? (a) live (b) give (c) buy (d) tell
- 32.Fill the gap: The young one of a fox is a ___. (a) lamb (b) foal (c) cub (d) calf
- 33.Complete the analogy: Cow is to milk as hen is to ___. (a) silk (b) wool (c) eggs (d) honey
- 34.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
- 35.Which spelling is correct? (a) beleive (b) belive (c) believe (d) beleeve
- 36.Fill the gap with the right small word: It is cold; put ___ your sweater. (a) on (b) up (c) away (d) off
- 37.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) talk – speak (b) clever – smart (c) below – under (d) generous – selfish
- 38.What does the idiom “butterflies in the stomach” mean? (a) a nervous feeling (b) a hungry feeling (c) a happy dance (d) a stomach ache
- 39.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
- 40.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
Answer key
- patients
- depart
- mislead
- shout – yell
- have none left
- desire
- traitor
- hard
- day
- painless
- weak
- spectators
- bush
- borrow – lend
- sufficient
- decide
- above
- unanimous
- embarrass
- coarse
- a dearly loved person
- find by chance
- ram
- go
- lucky
- sailors
- barber
- rhythm
- father
- son
- give
- cub
- eggs
- sell
- believe
- on
- generous – selfish
- a nervous feeling
- sun
- wander
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