Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Complete the analogy: Big is to bigger as small is to ___. (a) smaller (b) tiny (c) smallest (d) little
- 2.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “subsequently”? (a) often (b) enough (c) about (d) later
- 3.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
- 4.Which is the formal word for “get”? (a) reside (b) inform (c) receive (d) assist
- 5.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) gift – river (b) gift – present (c) up – down (d) open – shut
- 6.What is the masculine of “hostess”? (a) actor (b) waiter (c) hero (d) host
- 7.One word for: something that cannot be seen (a) illegible (b) invisible (c) audible (d) edible
- 8.Which spelling is correct? (a) interrup (b) interupt (c) intterupt (d) interrupt
- 9.Complete the idiom: The two friends decided to bury the ___. (a) hatchet (b) box (c) bone (d) treasure
- 10.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) retidy (c) mistidy (d) untidy
- 11.Which word means “the state of being sick”? (a) sickness (b) sickly (c) sicken (d) sicker
- 12.One word for: a person who walks in his or her sleep (a) sleepwalker (b) tourist (c) optimist (d) pedestrian
- 13.Fill the gap with the right small word: The plane will take ___ at 6 am. (a) up (b) in (c) down (d) off
- 14.Which word means “full of hope”? (a) hopeless (b) hopefully (c) hopeful (d) hoping
- 15.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
- 16.Which word means “without care”? (a) careless (b) carefully (c) carer (d) careful
- 17.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) indepedent (b) necessary (c) believe (d) rhythm
- 18.Complete the analogy: Finger is to hand as toe is to ___. (a) nail (b) arm (c) knee (d) foot
- 19.One word for: a person who cuts hair (a) tailor (b) plumber (c) barber (d) cobbler
- 20.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 21.Which word means “join again”? (a) unjoin (b) rejoin (c) misjoin (d) disjoin
- 22.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
- 23.What does the idiom “call it a day” mean? (a) name the day (b) start a new day (c) stop working for now (d) phone a friend
- 24.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “arrive”? (a) accept (b) depart (c) laugh (d) borrow
- 25.Which word means “without a home”? (a) homework (b) homely (c) homeward (d) homeless
- 26.Fill the gap: The young one of a lion is a ___. (a) kitten (b) chick (c) cub (d) calf
- 27.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
- 28.Fill the gap: An army is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) keys (c) grapes (d) soldiers
- 29.Complete the idiom: Ananya was all ___ when Grandpa told the story. (a) feet (b) hands (c) eyes (d) ears
- 30.The house was vacant; nobody had lived in it for years. “Vacant” means ___. (a) beautiful (b) empty (c) crowded (d) expensive
- 31.Which word means the same as “sick”? (a) tall (b) ill (c) proud (d) healthy
- 32.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) brave – bold (b) quick – fast (c) big – large (d) brave – cowardly
- 33.Which word is the opposite of “full”? (a) dry (b) fast (c) tall (d) empty
- 34.What does the phrasal verb “cut down” mean? (a) cook (b) reduce (c) increase (d) grow
- 35.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “sunrise”? (a) journey (b) answer (c) roof (d) sunset
- 36.Fill the gap: An eaglet is the young one of an ___. (a) ant (b) eagle (c) owl (d) ox
- 37.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where
- 38.Which word means “not common”? (a) precommon (b) discommon (c) uncommon (d) recommon
- 39.Complete the analogy: Glove is to hand as sock is to ___. (a) head (b) arm (c) neck (d) foot
- 40.Complete the analogy: Pupil is to school as patient is to ___. (a) temple (b) bank (c) farm (d) hospital
Answer key
- smaller
- later
- loose
- receive
- gift – present
- host
- invisible
- interrupt
- hatchet
- untidy
- sickness
- sleepwalker
- off
- hopeful
- hear
- careless
- indepedent
- foot
- barber
- mis-
- rejoin
- Where
- stop working for now
- depart
- homeless
- cub
- fair
- soldiers
- ears
- empty
- ill
- brave – cowardly
- empty
- reduce
- sunset
- eagle
- were
- uncommon
- foot
- hospital
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