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.Fill the gap: The young one of a sheep is a ___. (a) cub (b) chick (c) lamb (d) kid
- 2.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) big – small (b) big – large (c) hot – cold (d) fast – slow
- 3.What does the phrasal verb “hand in” mean? (a) lose (b) hold (c) submit (d) keep
- 4.Which word means the same as “little”? (a) big (b) kind (c) small (d) loud
- 5.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
- 6.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) in – out (b) cold – hot (c) cold – chilly (d) buy – sell
- 7.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) dis-
- 9.What does the phrasal verb “look after” mean? (a) look behind (b) look later (c) take care of (d) search for
- 10.Fill the gap: A team is a group of ___. (a) grapes (b) players (c) cows (d) ships
- 11.Fill the gap with the right small word: Grandma brought ___ five children. (a) off (b) across (c) up (d) after
- 12.What does the idiom “bite the bullet” mean? (a) get angry (b) eat something hard (c) bravely do a hard thing (d) break a tooth
- 13.Which word means “one who teaches”? (a) taught (b) teachable (c) teaching (d) teacher
- 14.What does the idiom “a white elephant” mean? (a) a big white toy (b) a lucky charm (c) a rare animal (d) costly but useless thing
- 15.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
- 16.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) all ready (b) already
- 17.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
- 18.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) whether (b) weather
- 19.Choose the right form: Can you ___ the picture in five sentences? (a) describe (b) descriptive (c) description (d) descriptively
- 20.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
- 21.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) especially (b) beginning (c) interupt (d) foreign
- 22.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dyeing (b) dying
- 23.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
- 24.Fill the gap with the right small word: Never give ___; keep trying! (a) after (b) up (c) across (d) off
- 25.Fill in the opposite: Riya came first in the race and Dev came ___. (a) hot (b) tall (c) wet (d) last
- 26.Complete the idiom: The news came out of the ___. (a) green (b) pink (c) red (d) blue
- 27.One word for: words that sound alike but differ in meaning (a) antonyms (b) prefixes (c) homophones (d) synonyms
- 28.Fill the gap: a ___ of lions (a) bunch (b) flock (c) pride (d) swarm
- 29.Which word means the same as “big”? (a) large (b) quick (c) empty (d) angry
- 30.Choose the right form: If you practise daily, you will ___. (a) successful (b) success (c) succeed (d) successfully
- 31.Fill the gap: The young one of a horse is a ___. (a) cub (b) kitten (c) foal (d) lamb
- 32.Which word is an adjective? (a) dangerously (b) endanger (c) dangerous (d) danger
- 33.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave again (c) behave wrongly (d) behave before
- 34.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write wrongly (c) write again (d) write before
- 35.Fill in the opposite: An elephant is big, but an ant is ___. (a) small (b) tall (c) loud (d) wet
- 36.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
- 37.Rohan was perplexed by the strange message and read it five times. “Perplexed” means ___. (a) sleepy (b) angry (c) pleased (d) puzzled
- 38.One word for: easily broken (a) fragile (b) flexible (c) edible (d) visible
- 39.After the rain, the garden looked lush and green. “Lush” means ___. (a) very dirty (b) dry and dead (c) thick and healthy (d) very small
- 40.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “cowardly”? (a) brave (b) tiny (c) lazy (d) rude
Answer key
- lamb
- big – large
- submit
- small
- principle
- cold – chilly
- mis-
- dis-
- take care of
- players
- up
- bravely do a hard thing
- teacher
- costly but useless thing
- accept
- already
- latter
- whether
- describe
- hear
- interupt
- dyeing
- sun
- up
- last
- blue
- homophones
- pride
- large
- succeed
- foal
- dangerous
- behave wrongly
- write again
- small
- quiet
- puzzled
- fragile
- thick and healthy
- brave
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