Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.After the marathon, the runners were exhausted and lay down on the grass. “Exhausted” means ___. (a) very excited (b) very angry (c) very proud (d) very tired
- 2.Which spelling is correct? (a) argumant (b) arguemant (c) arguement (d) argument
- 3.Complete the analogy: Hen is to chick as frog is to ___. (a) foal (b) tadpole (c) cub (d) kitten
- 4.Fill the gap: a ___ of lions (a) bunch (b) pride (c) swarm (d) flock
- 5.What is the feminine of “waiter”? (a) hostess (b) waitress (c) princess (d) actress
- 6.Fill in the opposite: The sun shines in the day; the moon shines at ___. (a) school (b) morning (c) night (d) lunch
- 7.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
- 8.What does the idiom “zip your lips” mean? (a) eat quickly (b) close a bag (c) keep quiet (d) smile widely
- 9.Fill the gap: A clutch is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) eggs (c) cows (d) lions
- 10.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “however”? (a) often (b) so (c) but (d) about
- 11.What does the phrasal verb “turn up” mean? (a) arrive (b) go to sleep (c) leave (d) turn around
- 12.Which word is the opposite of “win”? (a) lose (b) eat (c) sing (d) jump
- 13.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) committee (b) embarrass (c) grammar (d) reccommend
- 14.Fill the gap: The young one of a camel is a ___. (a) calf (b) cub (c) kitten (d) chick
- 15.Complete the idiom: Kavya is the apple of her grandfather’s ___. (a) tree (b) heart (c) hand (d) eye
- 16.What does the phrasal verb “look after” mean? (a) look later (b) take care of (c) look behind (d) search for
- 17.Which word is a verb? (a) admirably (b) admirable (c) admiration (d) admire
- 18.Complete the analogy: Ink is to pen as paint is to ___. (a) plate (b) brush (c) spoon (d) book
- 19.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “superior”? (a) ancient (b) polite (c) early (d) inferior
- 20.Which word is an adjective? (a) descriptive (b) descriptively (c) describe (d) description
- 21.Which word is the opposite of “stop”? (a) sing (b) eat (c) start (d) sit
- 22.What is the masculine of “waitress”? (a) host (b) waiter (c) hero (d) actor
- 23.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
- 24.Kavya is meticulous; she checks every sum twice before handing in her work. “Meticulous” means ___. (a) very careful (b) very lazy (c) very fast (d) very careless
- 25.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “converse”? (a) talk (b) need (c) live (d) buy
- 26.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) mend – break (b) mend – repair (c) win – lose (d) come – go
- 27.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Beside (b) Besides
- 28.Which word means “in a quick way”? (a) quicker (b) quickly (c) quicken (d) quickness
- 29.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) shout – yell (b) include – exclude (c) happy – glad (d) mend – repair
- 30.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “temporary”? (a) modern (b) permanent (c) honest (d) brave
- 31.Which word is an adverb? (a) successfully (b) success (c) succeed (d) successful
- 32.Which word is the opposite of “below”? (a) above (b) sad (c) late (d) dry
- 33.Which spelling is correct? (a) guarante (b) guarentee (c) guarantee (d) garantee
- 34.Fill the gap: A caterpillar is the young one of a ___. (a) hen (b) cow (c) butterfly (d) frog
- 35.What does the idiom “throw in the towel” mean? (a) dry your hands (b) give up (c) clean up (d) win easily
- 36.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
- 37.After the long walk, Rohan was so famished that he ate four chapatis. “Famished” means ___. (a) very angry (b) very proud (c) very hungry (d) very sleepy
- 38.Fill the gap: a ___ of stairs (a) pride (b) swarm (c) flight (d) herd
- 39.Which word means the same as “silent”? (a) loud (b) fast (c) rich (d) quiet
- 40.One word for: a person who sees an event happen (a) eyewitness (b) judge (c) victim (d) lawyer
Answer key
- very tired
- argument
- tadpole
- pride
- waitress
- night
- wood
- keep quiet
- eggs
- but
- arrive
- lose
- reccommend
- calf
- eye
- take care of
- admire
- brush
- inferior
- descriptive
- start
- waiter
- its
- very careful
- talk
- mend – repair
- Besides
- quickly
- include – exclude
- permanent
- successfully
- above
- guarantee
- butterfly
- give up
- latter
- very hungry
- flight
- quiet
- eyewitness
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