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.What does the phrasal verb “turn down” mean? (a) refuse (b) build (c) arrive (d) accept
- 2.Fill the gap with the right small word: We set ___ for Shimla early in the morning. (a) in (b) down (c) off (d) up
- 3.One word for: not fit to be eaten (a) inedible (b) edible (c) visible (d) audible
- 4.One word for: the study of living things (a) geography (b) biology (c) history (d) astronomy
- 5.Which is the formal word for “live”? (a) assist (b) purchase (c) require (d) reside
- 6.Fill in the opposite: Ice is cold, but fire is ___. (a) slow (b) small (c) wet (d) hot
- 7.What is the masculine of “daughter”? (a) husband (b) son (c) uncle (d) nephew
- 8.Which word is an adjective? (a) successful (b) success (c) successfully (d) succeed
- 9.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) not common (c) common again (d) common before
- 10.Add the suffix: angry + ly = ? (a) angrily (b) angrly (c) angrilly (d) angryly
- 11.What does the idiom “sit on the fence” mean? (a) fall down (b) fix a fence (c) not take a side (d) rest outside
- 12.Fill the gap: The young one of an eagle is an ___. (a) cub (b) kid (c) eaglet (d) calf
- 13.Complete the idiom: We will finish this by hook or by ___. (a) crook (b) book (c) look (d) cook
- 14.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) scared – afraid (b) fast – quick (c) quiet – silent (d) float – sink
- 15.Fill the gap: a ___ of ants (a) fleet (b) pride (c) colony (d) herd
- 16.Which word is an adjective? (a) destroy (b) destruction (c) destructively (d) destructive
- 17.Which is the formal word for “phone”? (a) residence (b) telephone (c) occupation (d) error
- 18.There was an abundant crop of mangoes this year; every tree was full. “Abundant” means ___. (a) very small (b) rotten (c) more than enough (d) very sour
- 19.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 20.Which spelling is correct? (a) knowlege (b) knowledge (c) knowladge (d) knoledge
- 21.Choose the right form: Wear a helmet for ___ while cycling. (a) protect (b) protection (c) protective (d) protectively
- 22.Fill the gap with the right small word: The plane will take ___ at 6 am. (a) down (b) off (c) in (d) up
- 23.Which word is the opposite of “strong”? (a) wet (b) weak (c) early (d) loud
- 24.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 25.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
- 26.Complete the analogy: Sheep is to wool as bee is to ___. (a) milk (b) silk (c) honey (d) eggs
- 27.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
- 28.What does the idiom “feel blue” mean? (a) feel lucky (b) feel cold (c) feel sad (d) turn blue
- 29.Which word means the same as “timid”? (a) busy (b) tall (c) shy (d) brave
- 30.Choose the right form: Hard work is the key to ___. (a) succeed (b) successful (c) success (d) successfully
- 31.Which spelling is correct? (a) imediately (b) immediately (c) immediatly (d) immediatley
- 32.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscious (b) conscience
- 33.Add the suffix: teach + er = ? (a) teachar (b) teacher (c) teachor (d) teachere
- 34.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) spell wrongly (c) spell again (d) not spell
- 35.The thief was apprehended by the police and taken to the station. “Apprehended” means ___. (a) freed (b) caught (c) praised (d) helped
- 36.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
- 37.Which word means the same as “happy”? (a) hungry (b) glad (c) rude (d) tired
- 38.Complete the idiom: The test was hard, but I had to bite the ___ and finish it. (a) pencil (b) apple (c) bullet (d) biscuit
- 39.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) schedule (b) conscience (c) belive (d) temperature
- 40.Complete the analogy: Pilot is to plane as driver is to ___. (a) ship (b) kite (c) car (d) horse
Answer key
- refuse
- off
- inedible
- biology
- reside
- hot
- son
- successful
- not common
- angrily
- not take a side
- eaglet
- crook
- float – sink
- colony
- destructive
- telephone
- more than enough
- re-
- knowledge
- protection
- off
- weak
- un-
- wait
- honey
- site
- feel sad
- shy
- success
- immediately
- conscious
- teacher
- spell wrongly
- caught
- morale
- glad
- bullet
- belive
- car
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