Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Which is the formal word for “test”? (a) examination (b) occupation (c) residence (d) error
- 2.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “entire”? (a) lucky (b) enough (c) often (d) whole
- 3.Fill in the opposite: An elephant is big, but an ant is ___. (a) tall (b) wet (c) loud (d) small
- 4.Which is the formal word for “big”? (a) substantial (b) sufficient (c) previous (d) fortunate
- 5.What does the idiom “let the cat out of the bag” mean? (a) go shopping (b) tell a secret (c) tell a lie (d) free a pet
- 6.Which word is an adverb? (a) simply (b) simple (c) simplify (d) simplicity
- 7.Complete the analogy: Cub is to lion as kitten is to ___. (a) cat (b) cow (c) dog (d) hen
- 8.What is the masculine of “actress”? (a) actor (b) hero (c) host (d) waiter
- 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 10.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelope (b) envelop
- 11.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) victory – defeat (b) victory – win (c) end – finish (d) gift – present
- 12.One word for: the story of a person’s life written by that person (a) autobiography (b) biography (c) atlas (d) novel
- 13.Complete the analogy: Hungry is to eat as tired is to ___. (a) run (b) rest (c) dance (d) shout
- 14.Which word is the opposite of “night”? (a) cold (b) down (c) day (d) wet
- 15.What is the feminine of “king”? (a) niece (b) aunt (c) princess (d) queen
- 16.One word for: a book of word meanings in alphabetical order (a) dictionary (b) atlas (c) diary (d) novel
- 17.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 18.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
- 19.Which is the formal word for “end”? (a) reside (b) conclude (c) purchase (d) assist
- 20.Complete the analogy: Pages are to book as leaves are to ___. (a) cloud (b) stone (c) tree (d) root
- 21.Which word means “paint again”? (a) repaint (b) dispaint (c) prepaint (d) mispaint
- 22.Choose the right form: My sister and I like ___ games. (a) differ (b) difference (c) differently (d) different
- 23.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) gift – river (b) up – down (c) open – shut (d) gift – present
- 24.Fill in the opposite: Come in through the front door and go ___ through the back door. (a) wet (b) tall (c) out (d) hot
- 25.Complete the analogy: Big is to large as small is to ___. (a) tall (b) wide (c) huge (d) little
- 26.One word for: a group of singers (a) crew (b) fleet (c) herd (d) choir
- 27.Fill the gap: The young one of a deer is a ___. (a) fawn (b) puppy (c) chick (d) kitten
- 28.Which word is the opposite of “young”? (a) fast (b) loud (c) wet (d) old
- 29.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept
- 30.Which word is an adjective? (a) creatively (b) creative (c) creation (d) create
- 31.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) preunderstand (b) misunderstand (c) reunderstand (d) disunderstand
- 32.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
- 33.Which is the formal word for “main”? (a) previous (b) fortunate (c) principal (d) sufficient
- 34.One word for: the study of past events (a) geography (b) astronomy (c) history (d) biology
- 35.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by
- 36.What does the idiom “once in a blue moon” mean? (a) very quickly (b) at midnight (c) every night (d) very rarely
- 37.What does the phrasal verb “switch off” mean? (a) break a light (b) make a light go on (c) make a light go out (d) buy a light
- 38.Dad was ecstatic when India won the World Cup. “Ecstatic” means ___. (a) sleepy (b) bored (c) overjoyed (d) upset
- 39.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) shut – close (b) mend – repair (c) wise – foolish (d) below – under
- 40.Fill in the opposite: We push a door to open it and ___ it to close it. (a) eat (b) sing (c) cut (d) pull
Answer key
- examination
- whole
- small
- substantial
- tell a secret
- simply
- cat
- actor
- dis-
- envelope
- victory – defeat
- autobiography
- rest
- day
- queen
- dictionary
- re-
- breath
- conclude
- tree
- repaint
- different
- gift – present
- out
- little
- choir
- fawn
- old
- accept
- creative
- misunderstand
- its
- principal
- history
- by
- very rarely
- make a light go out
- overjoyed
- wise – foolish
- pull
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