Vocabulary Test Worksheet
Word tip (Name the skill, use the method): Decide which skill the question is testing. Use that lesson’s method — swap test, split the word, find the link, or look for the clue. Read your answer back in the sentence to check it.
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- 1.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) goverment (b) height (c) recommend (d) excellent
- 2.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -less (b) -ness (c) -ly (d) -er
- 3.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) precedes (b) proceeds
- 4.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
- 5.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) end – finish (b) victory – defeat (c) gift – present (d) victory – win
- 6.What does the phrasal verb “put off” mean? (a) arrive (b) wear (c) agree (d) postpone
- 7.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “opaque”? (a) early (b) transparent (c) honest (d) modern
- 8.Fill the gap: The young one of a horse is a ___. (a) lamb (b) cub (c) foal (d) kitten
- 9.One word for: a place where bees are kept (a) apiary (b) aviary (c) aquarium (d) granary
- 10.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual again (c) usual wrongly (d) usual before
- 11.Fill the gap: a ___ of cattle (a) swarm (b) herd (c) fleet (d) bunch
- 12.One word for: a person who mends shoes (a) plumber (b) barber (c) tailor (d) cobbler
- 13.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
- 14.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “minority”? (a) majority (b) answer (c) journey (d) roof
- 15.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) scared – brave (b) scared – afraid (c) in – out (d) old – new
- 16.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
- 17.Which word is the opposite of “rich”? (a) wet (b) poor (c) early (d) tall
- 18.Which word means the same as “chilly”? (a) cold (b) quick (c) warm (d) dry
- 19.Which word is a noun? (a) admiration (b) admirable (c) admirably (d) admire
- 20.Fill the gap: a ___ of grapes (a) bunch (b) pride (c) herd (d) swarm
- 21.Complete the analogy: Finger is to hand as toe is to ___. (a) arm (b) nail (c) foot (d) knee
- 22.Complete the idiom: Stop beating around the ___ and tell me the truth. (a) garden (b) house (c) tree (d) bush
- 23.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
- 24.Fill in the opposite: My glass was full; now it is ___. (a) tall (b) hot (c) loud (d) empty
- 25.Which word means “full of power”? (a) powerful (b) powerless (c) powerfully (d) powered
- 26.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “however”? (a) but (b) about (c) so (d) often
- 27.The obstinate goat refused to move, however hard we pulled. “Obstinate” means ___. (a) tiny (b) hungry (c) friendly (d) stubborn
- 28.What does the phrasal verb “carry on” mean? (a) stop (b) carry a bag (c) lift up (d) continue
- 29.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) cold – hot (b) cold – chilly (c) buy – sell (d) in – out
- 30.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) believe (b) receve (c) guarantee (d) rhythm
- 31.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
- 32.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use before (c) use wrongly (d) use again
- 33.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
- 34.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join again (c) join before (d) join wrongly
- 35.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) affect (b) effect
- 36.Fill the gap: The young one of a frog is a ___. (a) lamb (b) chick (c) cub (d) tadpole
- 37.Fill in the opposite: A cheetah is fast, but a snail is ___. (a) big (b) slow (c) wet (d) loud
- 38.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) especially (b) grammer (c) disappear (d) rhythm
- 39.Which word is a verb? (a) imagination (b) imagine (c) imaginatively (d) imaginative
- 40.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
Answer key
- goverment
- -er
- precedes
- by
- victory – defeat
- postpone
- transparent
- foal
- apiary
- not usual
- herd
- cobbler
- hare
- majority
- scared – afraid
- quiet
- poor
- cold
- admiration
- bunch
- foot
- bush
- bare
- empty
- powerful
- but
- stubborn
- continue
- cold – chilly
- receve
- eight
- use again
- heel
- join again
- affect
- tadpole
- slow
- grammer
- imagine
- deer
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