Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.One word for: a person who is being treated by a doctor (a) nurse (b) visitor (c) patient (d) surgeon
- 2.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -ly (b) -ness (c) -er (d) -less
- 3.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) brave – cowardly (b) quick – fast (c) big – large (d) brave – bold
- 4.Which word is the opposite of “dry”? (a) wet (b) empty (c) slow (d) cold
- 5.What does the phrasal verb “look for” mean? (a) wait for (b) find by chance (c) take care of (d) search for
- 6.Add the suffix: hope + ful = ? (a) hopful (b) hoapful (c) hopefull (d) hopeful
- 7.Complete the analogy: Day is to night as summer is to ___. (a) monsoon (b) winter (c) spring (d) sunny
- 8.Fill the gap: The young one of a goose is a ___. (a) kid (b) cub (c) gosling (d) calf
- 9.What is the masculine of “girl”? (a) boy (b) husband (c) uncle (d) king
- 10.Fill in the opposite: Grandpa is old, but the baby is ___. (a) loud (b) dry (c) tall (d) young
- 11.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) mistidy (c) untidy (d) pretidy
- 12.Fill the gap: A lamb is the young one of a ___. (a) dog (b) sheep (c) hen (d) cat
- 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 14.What does the phrasal verb “come across” mean? (a) lose by chance (b) come back (c) find by chance (d) cross a road
- 15.Choose the right form: Can you ___ the picture in five sentences? (a) description (b) descriptively (c) describe (d) descriptive
- 16.What is the feminine of “prince”? (a) queen (b) niece (c) aunt (d) princess
- 17.One word for: words that sound alike but differ in meaning (a) homophones (b) antonyms (c) synonyms (d) prefixes
- 18.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) proceed (b) precede
- 19.What does the phrasal verb “run away” mean? (a) stay (b) escape (c) sleep (d) return
- 20.Add the suffix: happy + ly = ? (a) happily (b) happyly (c) happly (d) happiely
- 21.Which word means “one who dances”? (a) dancer (b) dances (c) danced (d) dancing
- 22.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
- 23.Riya was elated when she topped the class; she danced all the way home. “Elated” means ___. (a) very hungry (b) very angry (c) very tired (d) very happy
- 24.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “additionally”? (a) also (b) lucky (c) often (d) enough
- 25.Complete the analogy: Ice is to cold as fire is to ___. (a) wet (b) soft (c) quiet (d) hot
- 26.Add the suffix: happy + ness = ? (a) happiness (b) happines (c) happyness (d) happieness
- 27.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “natural”? (a) generous (b) artificial (c) modern (d) polite
- 28.Which word means “join again”? (a) unjoin (b) rejoin (c) disjoin (d) misjoin
- 29.Kabir was hesitant to raise his hand, unsure if his answer was right. “Hesitant” means ___. (a) unsure, holding back (b) very confident (c) very loud (d) very fast
- 30.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) ill – sick (b) jump – leap (c) yell – shout (d) borrow – lend
- 31.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -ful (b) -er (c) -ness (d) -less
- 32.One word for: a person who repairs pipes and taps (a) carpenter (b) plumber (c) cobbler (d) tailor
- 33.The cliff path was so perilous that climbers needed ropes. “Perilous” means ___. (a) safe (b) easy (c) flat (d) dangerous
- 34.Which word is the opposite of “young”? (a) wet (b) old (c) loud (d) fast
- 35.Complete the analogy: Tooth is to teeth as foot is to ___. (a) toes (b) feet (c) legs (d) shoes
- 36.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
- 37.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
- 38.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “funds”? (a) money (b) fridge (c) phone (d) bike
- 39.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
- 40.What does the idiom “throw in the towel” mean? (a) give up (b) win easily (c) dry your hands (d) clean up
Answer key
- patient
- -er
- brave – cowardly
- wet
- search for
- hopeful
- winter
- gosling
- boy
- young
- untidy
- sheep
- un-
- find by chance
- describe
- princess
- homophones
- proceed
- escape
- happily
- dancer
- son
- very happy
- also
- hot
- happiness
- artificial
- rejoin
- unsure, holding back
- borrow – lend
- -less
- plumber
- dangerous
- old
- feet
- sail
- fair
- money
- mis-
- give up
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