Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) hard – soft (b) rich – wealthy (c) light – dark (d) rich – poor
- 2.What is the masculine of “empress”? (a) bull (b) prince (c) emperor (d) uncle
- 3.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
- 4.Fill in the opposite: The sun shines in the day; the moon shines at ___. (a) morning (b) lunch (c) school (d) night
- 5.Complete the analogy: Child is to children as mouse is to ___. (a) cheese (b) mice (c) rats (d) mouse
- 6.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
- 7.Fill the gap: a ___ of pearls (a) herd (b) flock (c) string (d) pride
- 8.The stray dog looked emaciated; we could see its ribs. “Emaciated” means ___. (a) very fierce (b) very fat (c) very happy (d) very thin
- 9.What does the idiom “a piece of cake” mean? (a) very small (b) very easy (c) very sweet (d) very tasty
- 10.Rohan was perplexed by the strange message and read it five times. “Perplexed” means ___. (a) angry (b) puzzled (c) sleepy (d) pleased
- 11.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) preagree (c) misagree (d) unagree
- 12.Fill the gap: A caterpillar is the young one of a ___. (a) frog (b) hen (c) cow (d) butterfly
- 13.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) visit before (c) not visit (d) visit again
- 14.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “success”? (a) failure (b) journey (c) question (d) answer
- 15.Which word means the same as “damp”? (a) cold (b) dry (c) fast (d) wet
- 16.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
- 17.Choose the right form: Trees ___ the soil from washing away. (a) protective (b) protection (c) protectively (d) protect
- 18.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formally (b) formerly
- 19.Which word is the opposite of “come”? (a) eat (b) sit (c) cry (d) go
- 20.Which word means the same as “street”? (a) river (b) roof (c) road (d) garden
- 21.Which spelling is correct? (a) exagerate (b) exagarate (c) exaggarate (d) exaggerate
- 22.Add the suffix: dark + ness = ? (a) darkeness (b) darckness (c) darknes (d) darkness
- 23.One word for: a place where birds are kept (a) library (b) aviary (c) aquarium (d) kennel
- 24.One word for: an animal that eats only meat (a) vegetarian (b) omnivore (c) herbivore (d) carnivore
- 25.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) council (b) counsel
- 26.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
- 27.Which word is the opposite of “weak”? (a) dry (b) late (c) quiet (d) strong
- 28.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
- 29.Complete the idiom: We will finish this by hook or by ___. (a) look (b) book (c) cook (d) crook
- 30.Complete the idiom: Yash burnt the midnight ___ before his exam. (a) lamp (b) paper (c) oil (d) candle
- 31.Fill the gap: The young one of a deer is a ___. (a) puppy (b) chick (c) kitten (d) fawn
- 32.One word for: the study of living things (a) biology (b) history (c) geography (d) astronomy
- 33.One word for: a person who writes poems (a) painter (b) poet (c) tailor (d) singer
- 34.What is the feminine of “nephew”? (a) daughter (b) niece (c) sister (d) aunt
- 35.Complete the analogy: Hungry is to eat as tired is to ___. (a) shout (b) run (c) dance (d) rest
- 36.Choose the right form: Write a short ___ of your best friend. (a) describe (b) descriptively (c) description (d) descriptive
- 37.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “borrow”? (a) arrive (b) win (c) shout (d) lend
- 38.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) shut – close (b) below – under (c) mend – repair (d) wise – foolish
- 39.One word for: a place where bees are kept (a) aquarium (b) aviary (c) granary (d) apiary
- 40.Which word means “one who writes”? (a) writing (b) written (c) writer (d) wrote
Answer key
- rich – wealthy
- emperor
- road
- night
- mice
- wood
- string
- very thin
- very easy
- puzzled
- disagree
- butterfly
- visit again
- failure
- wet
- cell
- protect
- formerly
- go
- road
- exaggerate
- darkness
- aviary
- carnivore
- council
- break
- strong
- steel
- crook
- oil
- fawn
- biology
- poet
- niece
- rest
- description
- lend
- wise – foolish
- apiary
- writer
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