Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “enquire”? (a) ask (b) live (c) help (d) buy
- 2.Add the suffix: sad + ness = ? (a) sadness (b) sadnes (c) saddness (d) sadeness
- 3.Complete the idiom: Ananya was all ___ when Grandpa told the story. (a) eyes (b) feet (c) hands (d) ears
- 4.Which word is a noun? (a) persuasively (b) persuasive (c) persuasion (d) persuade
- 5.Complete the idiom: Stop pulling my ___; I know you are joking! (a) ear (b) hair (c) arm (d) leg
- 6.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) occasion (b) exagarate (c) argument (d) accommodation
- 7.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) vegetabel (b) pronunciation (c) beautiful (d) address
- 8.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -ful (b) -ness (c) -less (d) -er
- 9.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wander (b) wonder
- 10.The traveller was weary after walking all day in the sun. “Weary” means ___. (a) very tired (b) very rich (c) very happy (d) very angry
- 11.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
- 12.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 13.One word for: a person who cannot read or write (a) innocent (b) illiterate (c) illegal (d) invisible
- 14.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “elderly”? (a) lucky (b) old (c) often (d) enough
- 15.The two friends had a loud dispute over whose turn it was. “Dispute” means ___. (a) a hug (b) an argument (c) a game (d) a gift
- 16.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
- 17.Fill the gap: An army is a group of ___. (a) soldiers (b) ships (c) keys (d) grapes
- 18.Complete the idiom: We will finish this by hook or by ___. (a) cook (b) book (c) crook (d) look
- 19.Choose the right form: If you practise daily, you will ___. (a) succeed (b) successfully (c) successful (d) success
- 20.What does the idiom “cost an arm and a leg” mean? (a) be very expensive (b) need a doctor (c) be cheap (d) hurt badly
- 21.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) course (b) coarse
- 22.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
- 23.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 24.Fill the gap: A troop is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) grapes (c) monkeys (d) bees
- 25.Complete the analogy: Car is to road as train is to ___. (a) sea (b) river (c) sky (d) track
- 26.One word for: a place where birds are kept (a) library (b) aquarium (c) aviary (d) kennel
- 27.One word for: a sound loud enough to be heard (a) visible (b) fragile (c) edible (d) audible
- 28.Fill in the opposite: A giraffe is tall, but a puppy is ___. (a) hot (b) short (c) loud (d) wet
- 29.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) shy – bold (b) shy – timid (c) old – new (d) tall – short
- 30.Fill in the opposite: An elephant is big, but an ant is ___. (a) tall (b) wet (c) loud (d) small
- 31.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
- 32.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “refrigerator”? (a) money (b) phone (c) fridge (d) bike
- 33.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) mend – break (b) mend – repair (c) win – lose (d) come – go
- 34.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
- 35.Fill in the opposite: Day is bright, but night is ___. (a) wet (b) tall (c) slow (d) dark
- 36.Fill the gap: a ___ of sheep (a) flock (b) swarm (c) fleet (d) pride
- 37.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 38.Fill in the opposite: The sun shines in the day; the moon shines at ___. (a) lunch (b) school (c) night (d) morning
- 39.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “invisible”? (a) visible (b) generous (c) early (d) honest
- 40.Which word is the opposite of “dry”? (a) slow (b) empty (c) wet (d) cold
Answer key
- ask
- sadness
- ears
- persuasion
- leg
- exagarate
- vegetabel
- -less
- wonder
- very tired
- stationary
- aunt
- illiterate
- old
- an argument
- sail
- soldiers
- crook
- succeed
- be very expensive
- course
- see
- mis-
- monkeys
- track
- aviary
- audible
- short
- shy – timid
- small
- read
- fridge
- mend – repair
- Would
- dark
- flock
- week
- night
- visible
- wet
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