Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Which is the formal word for “many”? (a) fortunate (b) numerous (c) sufficient (d) previous
- 2.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
- 3.What does the phrasal verb “turn up” mean? (a) turn around (b) leave (c) go to sleep (d) arrive
- 4.Fill the gap: The young one of a sheep is a ___. (a) kid (b) lamb (c) cub (d) chick
- 5.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) big – large (b) ill – sick (c) deep – shallow (d) gift – present
- 6.Fill the gap: A fleet is a group of ___. (a) grapes (b) bees (c) ships (d) lions
- 7.Fill the gap: A troupe is a group of ___. (a) keys (b) ships (c) dancers (d) cows
- 8.Which is the formal word for “buy”? (a) reside (b) purchase (c) inform (d) require
- 9.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) not view (c) view again (d) view before
- 10.What is the masculine of “wife”? (a) son (b) uncle (c) husband (d) nephew
- 11.What does the idiom “once in a blue moon” mean? (a) every night (b) at midnight (c) very quickly (d) very rarely
- 12.Which is the formal word for “talk”? (a) require (b) converse (c) reside (d) purchase
- 13.Fill the gap: The young one of a camel is a ___. (a) kitten (b) cub (c) calf (d) chick
- 14.Add the suffix: run + er = ? (a) runnar (b) runnor (c) runner (d) runer
- 15.What does the phrasal verb “run out of” mean? (a) run very fast (b) run outside (c) have none left (d) have plenty
- 16.Which word means “full of power”? (a) powerless (b) powerfully (c) powered (d) powerful
- 17.Which word means the same as “sick”? (a) healthy (b) tall (c) ill (d) proud
- 18.Fill the gap with the right small word: The car slowed ___ at the speed breaker. (a) after (b) down (c) across (d) up
- 19.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “loss”? (a) journey (b) answer (c) window (d) profit
- 20.Which word means the same as “big”? (a) angry (b) empty (c) large (d) quick
- 21.The tiny village is remote; it takes two days to reach it by road. “Remote” means ___. (a) very large (b) very busy (c) far away (d) very near
- 22.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 23.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
- 24.Complete the idiom: Don’t give up now; don’t throw in the ___! (a) bag (b) ball (c) towel (d) book
- 25.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) exaggerate (b) priviledge (c) occasion (d) embarrass
- 26.One word for: a person who gives money or blood to help others (a) borrower (b) tourist (c) donor (d) thief
- 27.Which word is a noun? (a) descriptively (b) descriptive (c) describe (d) description
- 28.Complete the analogy: Cub is to lion as kitten is to ___. (a) cat (b) cow (c) dog (d) hen
- 29.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dyeing (b) dying
- 30.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) mistell (c) untell (d) retell
- 31.Which word means “one who dances”? (a) dancer (b) dancing (c) danced (d) dances
- 32.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) arrive – depart (b) begin – start (c) shut – close (d) arrive – reach
- 33.Complete the analogy: Monday is to Tuesday as January is to ___. (a) March (b) June (c) February (d) December
- 34.Fill the gap: The young one of a kangaroo is a ___. (a) cub (b) lamb (c) chick (d) joey
- 35.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
- 36.Complete the analogy: Butter is to milk as paper is to ___. (a) plastic (b) wood (c) glass (d) iron
- 37.Fill the gap: A piglet is the young one of a ___. (a) frog (b) cat (c) pig (d) hen
- 38.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “assist”? (a) buy (b) live (c) tell (d) help
- 39.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “export”? (a) float (b) whisper (c) import (d) accept
- 40.What does the phrasal verb “wake up” mean? (a) stand up (b) go to bed (c) stop sleeping (d) dream
Answer key
- numerous
- breathe
- arrive
- lamb
- deep – shallow
- ships
- dancers
- purchase
- view before
- husband
- very rarely
- converse
- calf
- runner
- have none left
- powerful
- ill
- down
- profit
- large
- far away
- dis-
- dessert
- towel
- priviledge
- donor
- description
- cat
- dyeing
- retell
- dancer
- arrive – depart
- February
- joey
- write
- wood
- pig
- help
- import
- stop sleeping
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