Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.What does the phrasal verb “give in” mean? (a) win (b) refuse (c) attack (d) agree after resisting
- 2.Fill the gap with the right small word: Don’t make ___ stories; tell the truth. (a) off (b) across (c) after (d) up
- 3.Complete the analogy: Hungry is to eat as tired is to ___. (a) rest (b) shout (c) dance (d) run
- 4.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
- 5.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “lend”? (a) float (b) sing (c) borrow (d) arrive
- 6.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
- 7.One word for: a person who loves his or her country (a) traitor (b) patriot (c) pilot (d) tourist
- 8.Add the suffix: bake + er = ? (a) bakar (b) bakeer (c) bakor (d) baker
- 9.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) big – large (b) brave – cowardly (c) brave – bold (d) quick – fast
- 10.One word for: a list of things to be discussed at a meeting (a) atlas (b) agenda (c) menu (d) diary
- 11.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
- 12.Fill the gap with the right small word: Only five students turned ___ for practice. (a) off (b) up (c) across (d) after
- 13.Complete the idiom: Kavya is the apple of her grandfather’s ___. (a) heart (b) tree (c) eye (d) hand
- 14.Complete the analogy: Author is to book as composer is to ___. (a) statue (b) bridge (c) painting (d) music
- 15.Which word is a noun? (a) dangerously (b) endanger (c) dangerous (d) danger
- 16.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
- 17.Choose the right form: There is a big ___ between a frog and a toad. (a) different (b) difference (c) differ (d) differently
- 18.Fill the gap: A joey is the young one of a ___. (a) cat (b) cow (c) hen (d) kangaroo
- 19.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “apologise”? (a) say sorry (b) help (c) live (d) buy
- 20.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
- 21.Fill the gap: A flock is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) sheep (c) keys (d) lions
- 22.Fill in the opposite: Grandpa is old, but the baby is ___. (a) loud (b) dry (c) tall (d) young
- 23.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) borrow – lend (b) ill – sick (c) yell – shout (d) jump – leap
- 24.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) dis-
- 25.Fill in the opposite: We push a door to open it and ___ it to close it. (a) pull (b) eat (c) sing (d) cut
- 26.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) embarrass (b) height (c) accommodation (d) guarante
- 27.Which is the formal word for “about”? (a) previous (b) sufficient (c) approximately (d) immediately
- 28.One word for: a person who studies the stars and planets (a) astronomer (b) dentist (c) biologist (d) geologist
- 29.Complete the analogy: Painter is to brush as writer is to ___. (a) spade (b) needle (c) pen (d) saw
- 30.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
- 31.Fill the gap: a ___ of grapes (a) bunch (b) pride (c) swarm (d) herd
- 32.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
- 33.One word for: a place where sick people are treated (a) orphanage (b) library (c) hospital (d) museum
- 34.Which word means “the state of being dark”? (a) darken (b) darker (c) darkness (d) darkly
- 35.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightening (b) lightning
- 36.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) end – finish (b) victory – defeat (c) victory – win (d) gift – present
- 37.What does the phrasal verb “break down” mean? (a) go downstairs (b) start working (c) stop working (d) build up
- 38.Which is the formal word for “phone”? (a) occupation (b) telephone (c) error (d) residence
- 39.Which spelling is correct? (a) enviroment (b) envirnment (c) environmant (d) environment
- 40.Fill the gap: a ___ of bees (a) pride (b) fleet (c) swarm (d) herd
Answer key
- agree after resisting
- up
- rest
- desert
- borrow
- site
- patriot
- baker
- brave – cowardly
- agenda
- piece
- up
- eye
- music
- danger
- tail
- difference
- kangaroo
- say sorry
- past
- sheep
- young
- borrow – lend
- dis-
- pull
- guarante
- approximately
- astronomer
- pen
- devise
- bunch
- stationery
- hospital
- darkness
- lightening
- victory – defeat
- stop working
- telephone
- environment
- swarm
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