Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.What does the phrasal verb “cut down” mean? (a) cook (b) reduce (c) increase (d) grow
- 2.Which word is a noun? (a) beautiful (b) beautify (c) beauty (d) beautifully
- 3.Which word is the opposite of “small”? (a) dry (b) slow (c) big (d) sad
- 4.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) device (b) devise
- 5.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) shut – close (b) below – under (c) mend – repair (d) wise – foolish
- 6.Which spelling is correct? (a) tomorrow (b) tommorow (c) tomorow (d) tommorrow
- 7.Complete the analogy: Puppy is to dog as calf is to ___. (a) goat (b) cow (c) horse (d) hen
- 8.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 9.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
- 10.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
- 11.One word for: able to speak two languages (a) literate (b) talkative (c) silent (d) bilingual
- 12.Fill in the opposite: The sun shines in the day; the moon shines at ___. (a) lunch (b) night (c) morning (d) school
- 13.Complete the analogy: Doctor is to hospital as teacher is to ___. (a) farm (b) court (c) school (d) shop
- 14.Which word means “full of help”? (a) helpless (b) helpful (c) helper (d) helpfully
- 15.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) shout – whisper (b) buy – sell (c) push – pull (d) shout – yell
- 16.What is the feminine of “husband”? (a) aunt (b) niece (c) wife (d) daughter
- 17.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) government (b) embarras (c) pronunciation (d) definitely
- 18.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) resafe (c) dissafe (d) unsafe
- 19.Which spelling is correct? (a) character (b) caracter (c) charecter (d) charactor
- 20.Fill the gap: A flock is a group of ___. (a) keys (b) ships (c) sheep (d) lions
- 21.Which word is the opposite of “dry”? (a) wet (b) slow (c) cold (d) empty
- 22.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
- 23.An elephant’s trunk is versatile; it can lift logs and pick up a peanut. “Versatile” means ___. (a) very slow (b) very short (c) able to do many things (d) very weak
- 24.Which word is a noun? (a) successfully (b) success (c) succeed (d) successful
- 25.What does the idiom “on the same page” mean? (a) reading a book (b) very busy (c) in agreement (d) far apart
- 26.Fill the gap: The young one of a fox is a ___. (a) cub (b) calf (c) lamb (d) foal
- 27.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) jump – leap (b) yell – shout (c) borrow – lend (d) ill – sick
- 28.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
- 29.What does the idiom “turn a deaf ear” mean? (a) lose hearing (b) refuse to listen (c) whisper softly (d) listen carefully
- 30.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
- 31.Fill the gap with the right small word: I ran ___ my teacher at the market. (a) up (b) into (c) off (d) after
- 32.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelope (b) envelop
- 33.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
- 34.One word for: a place where coins are made (a) mint (b) museum (c) bank (d) granary
- 35.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view again (c) view wrongly (d) view before
- 36.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) read wrongly (c) not read (d) read again
- 37.What does the idiom “a drop in the ocean” mean? (a) a sea journey (b) a rain shower (c) a very small amount (d) a big wave
- 38.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “converse”? (a) need (b) talk (c) live (d) buy
- 39.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 40.Which word is an adjective? (a) protective (b) protectively (c) protect (d) protection
Answer key
- reduce
- beauty
- big
- device
- wise – foolish
- tomorrow
- cow
- mis-
- pear
- brake
- bilingual
- night
- school
- helpful
- shout – yell
- wife
- embarras
- unsafe
- character
- sheep
- wet
- principal
- able to do many things
- success
- in agreement
- cub
- borrow – lend
- its
- refuse to listen
- their
- into
- envelope
- sale
- mint
- view before
- read wrongly
- a very small amount
- talk
- re-
- protective
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