Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) conscience (b) schedule (c) Wensday (d) exaggerate
- 2.The heat was unbearable, so we stayed indoors until evening. “Unbearable” means ___. (a) very mild (b) very cool (c) very pleasant (d) too much to stand
- 3.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “frequently”? (a) lucky (b) about (c) often (d) enough
- 4.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “minority”? (a) journey (b) roof (c) answer (d) majority
- 5.Complete the idiom: Can you keep an ___ on my bag for a minute? (a) ear (b) arm (c) hand (d) eye
- 6.Which word means the same as “shut”? (a) smile (b) choose (c) clean (d) close
- 7.Fill the gap: A team is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) players (c) grapes (d) ships
- 8.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “physician”? (a) doctor (b) bike (c) money (d) phone
- 9.Which spelling is correct? (a) parliament (b) parlament (c) parliment (d) parliamant
- 10.Fill the gap: A crew is a group of ___. (a) lions (b) sailors (c) grapes (d) cows
- 11.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
- 12.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -er (b) -ness (c) -ly (d) -less
- 13.Fill the gap: a ___ of soldiers (a) army (b) flock (c) swarm (d) bunch
- 14.Choose the right form: Tara spoke ___ and won the debate. (a) persuasively (b) persuasion (c) persuasive (d) persuade
- 15.Fill the gap: a ___ of players (a) team (b) flock (c) herd (d) swarm
- 16.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy again
- 17.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) not tell (c) tell wrongly (d) tell again
- 18.One word for: easily broken (a) edible (b) visible (c) flexible (d) fragile
- 19.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) acheive (b) grammar (c) definitely (d) calendar
- 20.Which word means “without a name”? (a) names (b) namely (c) nameless (d) named
- 21.Fill in the opposite: An elephant is big, but an ant is ___. (a) tall (b) loud (c) wet (d) small
- 22.Which word means the same as “speak”? (a) walk (b) listen (c) eat (d) talk
- 23.One word for: a book of word meanings in alphabetical order (a) diary (b) dictionary (c) novel (d) atlas
- 24.Which spelling is correct? (a) vegetable (b) vegtable (c) vegitable (d) vegetabel
- 25.Which word is an adverb? (a) purely (b) pure (c) purity (d) purify
- 26.Complete the analogy: Brave is to cowardly as generous is to ___. (a) giving (b) rich (c) selfish (d) kind
- 27.The garbage gave off a pungent smell that made us cover our noses. “Pungent” means ___. (a) pleasant (b) faint (c) strong-smelling (d) sweet-smelling
- 28.Which word means the same as “stone”? (a) cloud (b) tree (c) rock (d) river
- 29.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
- 30.Which word means the same as “sick”? (a) ill (b) tall (c) healthy (d) proud
- 31.Which word means “in a kind way”? (a) kinder (b) kindly (c) kindness (d) kindest
- 32.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave before (c) behave wrongly (d) not behave
- 33.Which word means “not respect”? (a) misrespect (b) prerespect (c) disrespect (d) unrespect
- 34.Which spelling is correct? (a) immediately (b) immediatly (c) immediatley (d) imediately
- 35.Which word is the opposite of “inside”? (a) slow (b) wet (c) outside (d) happy
- 36.Fill the gap: A troop is a group of ___. (a) grapes (b) monkeys (c) ships (d) bees
- 37.Which word is a verb? (a) creatively (b) create (c) creation (d) creative
- 38.Which is the formal word for “big”? (a) sufficient (b) substantial (c) previous (d) fortunate
- 39.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) brave – bold (b) quick – fast (c) big – large (d) brave – cowardly
- 40.Fill the gap with the right small word: Please write ___ the phone number before you forget. (a) across (b) down (c) off (d) after
Answer key
- Wensday
- too much to stand
- often
- majority
- eye
- close
- players
- doctor
- parliament
- sailors
- brake
- -er
- army
- persuasively
- team
- not happy
- tell again
- fragile
- acheive
- nameless
- small
- talk
- dictionary
- vegetable
- purely
- selfish
- strong-smelling
- rock
- stationary
- ill
- kindly
- behave wrongly
- disrespect
- immediately
- outside
- monkeys
- create
- substantial
- brave – cowardly
- down
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