Vocabulary Test Worksheet
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- 1.Which word is an adverb? (a) simple (b) simplify (c) simplicity (d) simply
- 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 3.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 4.Fill in the opposite: In the morning I am awake; at night I am ___. (a) wet (b) asleep (c) tall (d) loud
- 5.Fill the gap: The young one of a hen is a ___. (a) cub (b) kid (c) chick (d) calf
- 6.Fill the gap with the right small word: “UN” stands ___ United Nations. (a) off (b) up (c) after (d) for
- 7.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
- 8.Which is the formal word for “tell”? (a) reside (b) purchase (c) conclude (d) inform
- 9.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
- 10.Choose the right form: Bright flowers ___ bees. (a) attractively (b) attract (c) attractive (d) attraction
- 11.Fill the gap: a ___ of dancers (a) fleet (b) troupe (c) herd (d) swarm
- 12.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 13.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) lead before (c) not lead (d) lead again
- 14.Complete the analogy: Pupil is to school as patient is to ___. (a) bank (b) temple (c) farm (d) hospital
- 15.Complete the idiom: The money we raised is just a drop in the ___. (a) glass (b) river (c) ocean (d) pond
- 16.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
- 17.Which word is an adjective? (a) dangerously (b) endanger (c) dangerous (d) danger
- 18.What is the masculine of “goddess”? (a) king (b) god (c) prince (d) hero
- 19.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
- 20.What does the phrasal verb “break down” mean? (a) build up (b) go downstairs (c) stop working (d) start working
- 21.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) cheap – expensive (b) jump – leap (c) talk – speak (d) glad – happy
- 22.One word for: an animal that eats both plants and meat (a) carnivore (b) scavenger (c) omnivore (d) herbivore
- 23.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) gift – present (b) victory – defeat (c) victory – win (d) end – finish
- 24.Which word means “in a kind way”? (a) kinder (b) kindest (c) kindness (d) kindly
- 25.What is the masculine of “duchess”? (a) uncle (b) duke (c) prince (d) king
- 26.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) begining (b) Wednesday (c) receive (d) achieve
- 27.Meera’s room was immaculate; there was not a speck of dust anywhere. “Immaculate” means ___. (a) very dark (b) spotlessly clean (c) very messy (d) very small
- 28.Fill the gap: The young one of a lion is a ___. (a) cub (b) kitten (c) calf (d) chick
- 29.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “descend”? (a) buy (b) help (c) need (d) go down
- 30.Fill in the opposite: A giraffe is tall, but a puppy is ___. (a) wet (b) hot (c) short (d) loud
- 31.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “deep”? (a) shallow (b) polite (c) generous (d) ancient
- 32.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
- 33.Choose the right form: Painting helps children become more ___. (a) creation (b) creatively (c) creative (d) create
- 34.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -er (b) -ly (c) -less (d) -ful
- 35.Fill the gap: A troop is a group of ___. (a) bees (b) monkeys (c) ships (d) grapes
- 36.Which spelling is correct? (a) heighth (b) heigth (c) height (d) hieght
- 37.Which word is the opposite of “late”? (a) small (b) sad (c) dry (d) early
- 38.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “majority”? (a) question (b) minority (c) victory (d) journey
- 39.Add the suffix: easy + ly = ? (a) easyly (b) easely (c) easly (d) easily
- 40.There was a brief power cut that lasted only a minute. “Brief” means ___. (a) loud (b) short (c) long (d) dark
Answer key
- simply
- un-
- mis-
- asleep
- chick
- for
- flu
- inform
- fair
- attract
- troupe
- pre-
- lead wrongly
- hospital
- ocean
- imminent
- dangerous
- god
- eight
- stop working
- cheap – expensive
- omnivore
- victory – defeat
- kindly
- duke
- begining
- spotlessly clean
- cub
- go down
- short
- shallow
- our
- creative
- -ful
- monkeys
- height
- early
- minority
- easily
- short
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