Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Which is the formal word for “start”? (a) assist (b) inform (c) commence (d) reside
- 2.What does the idiom “cry over spilt milk” mean? (a) cry loudly (b) worry about the past (c) be very hungry (d) waste milk
- 3.Which word is the opposite of “sell”? (a) run (b) buy (c) sit (d) sleep
- 4.Which word is an adjective? (a) descriptively (b) descriptive (c) describe (d) description
- 5.Fill the gap: An owlet is the young one of an ___. (a) ox (b) eagle (c) ant (d) owl
- 6.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
- 7.Fill the gap: A gang is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) ships (c) thieves (d) grapes
- 8.Choose the right form: There is a big ___ between a frog and a toad. (a) differ (b) different (c) differently (d) difference
- 9.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
- 10.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) happy – glad (b) mend – repair (c) include – exclude (d) shout – yell
- 11.Which word is the opposite of “night”? (a) wet (b) down (c) cold (d) day
- 12.Fill the gap: A flight is a group of ___. (a) lions (b) grapes (c) cows (d) stairs
- 13.What does the idiom “once in a blue moon” mean? (a) every night (b) very rarely (c) very quickly (d) at midnight
- 14.Complete the analogy: Butter is to milk as paper is to ___. (a) glass (b) plastic (c) iron (d) wood
- 15.Add the suffix: home + less = ? (a) homelees (b) homeless (c) homeles (d) homless
- 16.Which word means the same as “rush”? (a) read (b) hurry (c) sleep (d) wait
- 17.Fill the gap with the right small word: “UN” stands ___ United Nations. (a) off (b) after (c) up (d) for
- 18.Fill the gap: A range is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) cows (c) bees (d) mountains
- 19.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
- 20.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “provide”? (a) give (b) buy (c) tell (d) live
- 21.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
- 22.The milk had a peculiar smell, so Mum threw it away. “Peculiar” means ___. (a) pleasant (b) fresh (c) strange (d) sweet
- 23.Which spelling is correct? (a) govenment (b) government (c) goverment (d) governmant
- 24.Which is the formal word for “old”? (a) elderly (b) sufficient (c) previous (d) fortunate
- 25.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -er (b) -ly (c) -less (d) -ful
- 26.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) unkind (c) rekind (d) prekind
- 27.Which word is a verb? (a) beautify (b) beauty (c) beautiful (d) beautifully
- 28.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
- 29.One word for: the story of a person’s life written by that person (a) biography (b) autobiography (c) atlas (d) novel
- 30.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
- 31.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “additionally”? (a) often (b) lucky (c) enough (d) also
- 32.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personal (b) personnel
- 33.Which spelling is correct? (a) exaggerate (b) exagarate (c) exaggarate (d) exagerate
- 34.Fill the gap: A lamb is the young one of a ___. (a) hen (b) cat (c) dog (d) sheep
- 35.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) affect (b) effect
- 36.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 37.Choose the right form: Meera sings ___. (a) beauty (b) beautifully (c) beautiful (d) beautify
- 38.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
- 39.Which is the formal word for “need”? (a) require (b) conclude (c) inform (d) reside
- 40.Fill the gap with the right small word: Please turn ___ the volume; the baby is sleeping. (a) up (b) after (c) across (d) down
Answer key
- commence
- worry about the past
- buy
- descriptive
- owl
- breath
- thieves
- difference
- knight
- include – exclude
- day
- stairs
- very rarely
- wood
- homeless
- hurry
- for
- mountains
- adapt
- give
- sight
- strange
- government
- elderly
- -ful
- unkind
- beautify
- ate
- autobiography
- nose
- also
- personnel
- exaggerate
- sheep
- affect
- dis-
- beautifully
- breathe
- require
- down
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