Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
- 2.Complete the analogy: Cow is to milk as hen is to ___. (a) wool (b) silk (c) honey (d) eggs
- 3.Add the suffix: care + ful = ? (a) careful (b) caerful (c) carefull (d) carful
- 4.Fill the gap: a ___ of dolphins (a) herd (b) pride (c) swarm (d) pod
- 5.The gigantic whale was longer than our school bus. “Gigantic” means ___. (a) tiny (b) slow (c) huge (d) noisy
- 6.Which is the formal word for “try”? (a) inform (b) purchase (c) reside (d) attempt
- 7.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) rich – poor (b) rich – wealthy (c) hard – soft (d) light – dark
- 8.What is the feminine of “father”? (a) sister (b) mother (c) niece (d) aunt
- 9.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view again (c) view before (d) view wrongly
- 10.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) clothes (b) cloth
- 11.Which word means the same as “timid”? (a) brave (b) tall (c) shy (d) busy
- 12.Choose the right form: Let us ___ a poster for Earth Day. (a) create (b) creation (c) creative (d) creatively
- 13.Which is the formal word for “ask”? (a) enquire (b) reside (c) assist (d) conclude
- 14.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) choose – reject (b) laugh – cry (c) choose – select (d) give – take
- 15.Fill the gap: The young one of a wolf is a ___. (a) lamb (b) calf (c) cub (d) foal
- 16.Fill the gap: a ___ of zebras (a) bunch (b) fleet (c) herd (d) swarm
- 17.Which word means “without help”? (a) helper (b) helpful (c) helpless (d) helping
- 18.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
- 19.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -less (b) -ly (c) -er (d) -ful
- 20.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “transparent”? (a) ancient (b) generous (c) opaque (d) polite
- 21.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “visible”? (a) modern (b) ancient (c) invisible (d) polite
- 22.Complete the idiom: Rohan was over the ___ when he won the prize. (a) sun (b) hill (c) moon (d) stars
- 23.Complete the idiom: Their fight over a pencil was just a storm in a ___. (a) bottle (b) bucket (c) teacup (d) glass
- 24.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) February (b) scedule (c) disappear (d) especially
- 25.What does the phrasal verb “switch off” mean? (a) make a light go out (b) buy a light (c) make a light go on (d) break a light
- 26.Add the suffix: beauty + ful = ? (a) beautifull (b) beautyful (c) beautful (d) beautiful
- 27.Fill the gap with the right small word: The balloon blew ___ with a loud bang. (a) after (b) up (c) off (d) across
- 28.One word for: a period of a thousand years (a) century (b) decade (c) fortnight (d) millennium
- 29.Which word means the same as “glad”? (a) angry (b) sleepy (c) quick (d) happy
- 30.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “fortunate”? (a) enough (b) often (c) lucky (d) about
- 31.We got drenched in the heavy rain because we had no umbrella. “Drenched” means ___. (a) very cold (b) very tired (c) very late (d) completely wet
- 32.One word for: a person who cannot read or write (a) illegal (b) illiterate (c) invisible (d) innocent
- 33.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) pre-
- 34.What does the phrasal verb “pick up” mean? (a) lift (b) push (c) throw (d) drop
- 35.Which word is a noun? (a) simplify (b) simplicity (c) simply (d) simple
- 36.The thief was apprehended by the police and taken to the station. “Apprehended” means ___. (a) praised (b) helped (c) caught (d) freed
- 37.The stray dog looked emaciated; we could see its ribs. “Emaciated” means ___. (a) very happy (b) very thin (c) very fierce (d) very fat
- 38.Which word means “full of joy”? (a) joyless (b) enjoy (c) joyful (d) joyfully
- 39.Which word is an adverb? (a) simple (b) simplicity (c) simplify (d) simply
- 40.Which word is the opposite of “fast”? (a) dry (b) sad (c) slow (d) full
Answer key
- sea
- eggs
- careful
- pod
- huge
- attempt
- rich – wealthy
- mother
- view before
- clothes
- shy
- create
- enquire
- choose – select
- cub
- herd
- helpless
- weight
- -ful
- opaque
- invisible
- moon
- teacup
- scedule
- make a light go out
- beautiful
- up
- millennium
- happy
- lucky
- completely wet
- illiterate
- dis-
- lift
- simplicity
- caught
- very thin
- joyful
- simply
- slow
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