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: A clutch is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) lions (c) eggs (d) cows
- 2.Fill the gap: a ___ of buffaloes (a) fleet (b) swarm (c) herd (d) pride
- 3.Complete the analogy: Day is to week as month is to ___. (a) hour (b) year (c) second (d) minute
- 4.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell wrongly (c) not spell (d) spell before
- 5.Which word means “use again”? (a) disuse (b) reuse (c) misuse (d) unuse
- 6.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place again (c) place before (d) place wrongly
- 7.Add the suffix: easy + ly = ? (a) easely (b) easily (c) easyly (d) easly
- 8.One word for: a person who studies the stars and planets (a) astronomer (b) dentist (c) geologist (d) biologist
- 9.Which word means the same as “select”? (a) choose (b) refuse (c) jump (d) carry
- 10.Which word is an adjective? (a) beautify (b) beauty (c) beautiful (d) beautifully
- 11.What does the phrasal verb “give up” mean? (a) give a gift (b) keep going (c) stop trying (d) stand up
- 12.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) knowledge (b) independent (c) excellent (d) govenment
- 13.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) jump – leap (b) borrow – lend (c) ill – sick (d) yell – shout
- 14.Which is the formal word for “ask”? (a) reside (b) assist (c) conclude (d) enquire
- 15.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “sink”? (a) sing (b) arrive (c) float (d) lend
- 16.What is the feminine of “god”? (a) queen (b) princess (c) goddess (d) hostess
- 17.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
- 18.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) rise (b) raise
- 19.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
- 20.Complete the analogy: Author is to book as composer is to ___. (a) statue (b) painting (c) bridge (d) music
- 21.Fill the gap: a ___ of ants (a) pride (b) herd (c) colony (d) fleet
- 22.Fill the gap: An owlet is the young one of an ___. (a) eagle (b) owl (c) ox (d) ant
- 23.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 24.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) mishear (b) unhear (c) rehear (d) dishear
- 25.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “depart”? (a) buy (b) need (c) leave (d) tell
- 26.Complete the idiom: Breaking the vase was the last ___; Mum was really upset. (a) stone (b) cup (c) stick (d) straw
- 27.Fill the gap: The young one of a frog is a ___. (a) cub (b) tadpole (c) lamb (d) chick
- 28.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “inferior”? (a) honest (b) late (c) modern (d) superior
- 29.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 30.Fill in the opposite: The shop is near, but the school is ___. (a) hot (b) wet (c) far (d) sad
- 31.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) happy – sad (b) tall – short (c) begin – finish (d) begin – start
- 32.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) big – large (b) big – small (c) fast – slow (d) hot – cold
- 33.Fill the gap with the right small word: The plane will take ___ at 6 am. (a) up (b) in (c) down (d) off
- 34.The empty house looked eerie at night, with creaking doors. “Eerie” means ___. (a) very clean (b) very warm (c) bright and cheerful (d) strange and scary
- 35.Which word is the opposite of “full”? (a) fast (b) tall (c) dry (d) empty
- 36.Which word is the opposite of “poor”? (a) rich (b) late (c) short (d) dry
- 37.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) buy – sell (b) in – out (c) cold – chilly (d) cold – hot
- 38.Complete the analogy: Rose is to flower as mango is to ___. (a) drink (b) fruit (c) spice (d) vegetable
- 39.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) ancient – old (b) tiny – little (c) ancient – modern (d) rich – wealthy
- 40.Which word means “the state of being kind”? (a) kindly (b) kinder (c) kindest (d) kindness
Answer key
- eggs
- herd
- year
- spell wrongly
- reuse
- place wrongly
- easily
- astronomer
- choose
- beautiful
- stop trying
- govenment
- borrow – lend
- enquire
- float
- goddess
- complimented
- rise
- no
- music
- colony
- owl
- ant
- mishear
- leave
- straw
- tadpole
- superior
- re-
- far
- begin – start
- big – large
- off
- strange and scary
- empty
- rich
- cold – chilly
- fruit
- ancient – modern
- kindness
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