Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “praise”? (a) blame (b) arrive (c) borrow (d) float
- 2.Complete the analogy: Horse is to stable as dog is to ___. (a) nest (b) kennel (c) den (d) hive
- 3.The students were jubilant when their team won the trophy. “Jubilant” means ___. (a) full of fear (b) very tired (c) very angry (d) full of joy
- 4.Complete the idiom: The money we raised is just a drop in the ___. (a) river (b) ocean (c) pond (d) glass
- 5.Fill the gap: a ___ of cards (a) herd (b) fleet (c) flock (d) pack
- 6.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) calendar (b) govenment (c) character (d) environment
- 7.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) led (b) lead
- 8.Choose the right form: The storm caused great ___ in the village. (a) destroy (b) destructive (c) destructively (d) destruction
- 9.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
- 10.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -ly (b) -ness (c) -er (d) -less
- 11.The gigantic whale was longer than our school bus. “Gigantic” means ___. (a) huge (b) noisy (c) slow (d) tiny
- 12.Fill the gap: A herd is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) ships (c) grapes (d) bees
- 13.What does the phrasal verb “get up” mean? (a) sit down (b) lie down (c) rise from bed (d) go to sleep
- 14.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 15.What does the idiom “a red-letter day” mean? (a) a day of danger (b) a sad day (c) a postal holiday (d) a special, happy day
- 16.One word for: agreed upon by everyone (a) famous (b) anonymous (c) unanimous (d) generous
- 17.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind again (c) not kind (d) kind before
- 18.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) talk – speak (b) clever – smart (c) generous – selfish (d) below – under
- 19.Complete the analogy: Eye is to see as ear is to ___. (a) smell (b) touch (c) taste (d) hear
- 20.What does the idiom “kill two birds with one stone” mean? (a) hunt birds (b) throw stones (c) do two jobs at once (d) be very cruel
- 21.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
- 22.Fill the gap: A school is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) ships (c) fish (d) keys
- 23.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “converse”? (a) live (b) buy (c) talk (d) need
- 24.Which word means the same as “tired”? (a) weary (b) rich (c) quick (d) fresh
- 25.Which word means “full of power”? (a) powerful (b) powered (c) powerfully (d) powerless
- 26.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) separate (b) committee (c) vegetable (d) beatiful
- 27.Which spelling is correct? (a) Wednesday (b) Wensday (c) Wedensday (d) Wednsday
- 28.Which word means the same as “begin”? (a) start (b) choose (c) shout (d) finish
- 29.Fill the gap: The young one of an eagle is an ___. (a) kid (b) eaglet (c) calf (d) cub
- 30.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) schedule (b) Wednesday (c) conscience (d) grammmar
- 31.Fill in the opposite: The sun shines in the day; the moon shines at ___. (a) school (b) morning (c) lunch (d) night
- 32.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
- 33.Which word means the same as “mischievous”? (a) obedient (b) naughty (c) sleepy (d) polite
- 34.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightning (b) lightening
- 35.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
- 36.Which word means “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) preheat (c) disheat (d) unheat
- 37.One word for: a daily record of personal events (a) atlas (b) diary (c) novel (d) dictionary
- 38.Fill the gap: a ___ of scouts (a) herd (b) swarm (c) fleet (d) troop
- 39.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stair (b) stare
- 40.Which word means the same as “speak”? (a) eat (b) walk (c) talk (d) listen
Answer key
- blame
- kennel
- full of joy
- ocean
- pack
- govenment
- lead
- destruction
- new
- -er
- huge
- cows
- rise from bed
- week
- a special, happy day
- unanimous
- not kind
- generous – selfish
- hear
- do two jobs at once
- some
- fish
- talk
- weary
- powerful
- beatiful
- Wednesday
- start
- eaglet
- grammmar
- night
- right
- naughty
- lightening
- Would
- preheat
- diary
- troop
- stair
- talk
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