Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.The wedding was a lavish affair with food, music and lights everywhere. “Lavish” means ___. (a) very sad (b) very short (c) grand and rich (d) simple and plain
- 2.Complete the idiom: We will finish this by hook or by ___. (a) book (b) cook (c) look (d) crook
- 3.Which word means the same as “road”? (a) river (b) house (c) sky (d) street
- 4.Which word is a verb? (a) inventive (b) invention (c) invent (d) inventively
- 5.Fill in the opposite: Come in through the front door and go ___ through the back door. (a) wet (b) hot (c) out (d) tall
- 6.Which word means “the state of being kind”? (a) kindness (b) kindly (c) kindest (d) kinder
- 7.Which word is an adjective? (a) pure (b) purify (c) purely (d) purity
- 8.One word for: a person who cuts hair (a) tailor (b) cobbler (c) barber (d) plumber
- 9.Fill the gap: a ___ of elephants (a) flock (b) fleet (c) bunch (d) herd
- 10.Add the suffix: quick + ly = ? (a) quikly (b) quickly (c) quickely (d) quickley
- 11.One word for: a person who sells medicines (a) pharmacist (b) dentist (c) optician (d) florist
- 12.Fill the gap with the right small word: The thief finally gave ___ and told the truth. (a) in (b) after (c) off (d) across
- 13.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open before (c) open wrongly (d) open again
- 14.What does the idiom “when pigs fly” mean? (a) very soon (b) every morning (c) in summer (d) never
- 15.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than
- 16.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -er (b) -less (c) -ness (d) -ful
- 17.Fill in the opposite: In the morning I am awake; at night I am ___. (a) tall (b) loud (c) wet (d) asleep
- 18.Add the suffix: write + er = ? (a) writter (b) writeer (c) writar (d) writer
- 19.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “natural”? (a) generous (b) modern (c) artificial (d) polite
- 20.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
- 21.Which word is the opposite of “start”? (a) sing (b) stop (c) cry (d) eat
- 22.Riya made a feeble attempt to lift the heavy box and soon gave up. “Feeble” means ___. (a) clever (b) loud (c) weak (d) strong
- 23.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) borrow – lend (b) ill – sick (c) yell – shout (d) jump – leap
- 24.Fill in the opposite: Riya came first in the race and Dev came ___. (a) wet (b) hot (c) last (d) tall
- 25.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) separate (b) rhythm (c) environment (d) addres
- 26.Fill in the opposite: We push a door to open it and ___ it to close it. (a) pull (b) sing (c) eat (d) cut
- 27.Fill the gap: The young one of a duck is a ___. (a) cub (b) foal (c) duckling (d) kitten
- 28.Complete the analogy: Bread is to baker as shoes are to ___. (a) tailor (b) farmer (c) cobbler (d) barber
- 29.Fill in the opposite: An elephant is big, but an ant is ___. (a) loud (b) small (c) tall (d) wet
- 30.Complete the analogy: Petal is to flower as page is to ___. (a) shelf (b) pen (c) book (d) ink
- 31.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
- 32.Which spelling is correct? (a) buisness (b) busness (c) business (d) bussiness
- 33.Fill the gap: a ___ of judges (a) herd (b) flock (c) bench (d) swarm
- 34.Which word is the opposite of “sell”? (a) sleep (b) run (c) sit (d) buy
- 35.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) rerespect (c) misrespect (d) unrespect
- 36.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) wet – dry (b) rich – poor (c) quick – fast (d) quick – slow
- 37.Complete the analogy: Ruler is to length as weighing scale is to ___. (a) time (b) weight (c) heat (d) speed
- 38.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) cook before (c) cook wrongly (d) not cook
- 39.Which word is the opposite of “late”? (a) dry (b) small (c) early (d) sad
- 40.Complete the analogy: Paper is to tear as glass is to ___. (a) sew (b) break (c) fold (d) bend
Answer key
- grand and rich
- crook
- street
- invent
- out
- kindness
- pure
- barber
- herd
- quickly
- pharmacist
- in
- open again
- never
- then
- -less
- asleep
- writer
- artificial
- bear
- stop
- weak
- borrow – lend
- last
- addres
- pull
- duckling
- cobbler
- small
- book
- no
- business
- bench
- buy
- disrespect
- quick – fast
- weight
- cook before
- early
- break
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