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 is the formal word for “test”? (a) error (b) occupation (c) residence (d) examination
- 2.Which spelling is correct? (a) beleive (b) believe (c) beleeve (d) belive
- 3.Dad was ecstatic when India won the World Cup. “Ecstatic” means ___. (a) upset (b) sleepy (c) overjoyed (d) bored
- 4.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat before
- 5.Fill the gap with the right small word: Please turn ___ the volume; the baby is sleeping. (a) down (b) after (c) across (d) up
- 6.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 7.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read wrongly (c) read before (d) not read
- 8.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “success”? (a) question (b) answer (c) journey (d) failure
- 9.One word for: a person with great skill in something (a) novice (b) expert (c) amateur (d) beginner
- 10.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
- 11.One word for: a place where bees are kept (a) apiary (b) aviary (c) granary (d) aquarium
- 12.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) misfair (c) unfair (d) prefair
- 13.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) rhythem (b) necessary (c) achieve (d) excellent
- 14.Complete the analogy: Thirsty is to water as sleepy is to ___. (a) toy (b) bed (c) food (d) juice
- 15.After the marathon, the runners were exhausted and lay down on the grass. “Exhausted” means ___. (a) very excited (b) very angry (c) very proud (d) very tired
- 16.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “majority”? (a) journey (b) victory (c) minority (d) question
- 17.Complete the idiom: Don’t give up now; don’t throw in the ___! (a) towel (b) bag (c) ball (d) book
- 18.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) rich – wealthy (b) tiny – little (c) ancient – old (d) ancient – modern
- 19.Complete the analogy: Lock is to key as question is to ___. (a) pen (b) book (c) teacher (d) answer
- 20.Fill in the opposite: The sun shines in the day; the moon shines at ___. (a) lunch (b) morning (c) school (d) night
- 21.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “maximum”? (a) victory (b) minimum (c) modern (d) early
- 22.Which is the formal word for “about”? (a) immediately (b) previous (c) sufficient (d) approximately
- 23.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 24.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) ill – sick (b) big – large (c) deep – shallow (d) gift – present
- 25.Which word is a noun? (a) destroy (b) destruction (c) destructively (d) destructive
- 26.What is the feminine of “father”? (a) niece (b) sister (c) mother (d) aunt
- 27.Fill the gap with the right small word: Calm ___ and tell me what happened. (a) after (b) across (c) up (d) down
- 28.Add the suffix: silly + ness = ? (a) sillyness (b) silines (c) silliness (d) sillines
- 29.Which word is the opposite of “boy”? (a) tree (b) girl (c) cloud (d) river
- 30.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
- 31.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
- 32.Fill the gap with the right small word: Pick ___ the paper from the floor. (a) off (b) after (c) across (d) up
- 33.Which word means the same as “chilly”? (a) cold (b) quick (c) dry (d) warm
- 34.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “fortunate”? (a) enough (b) lucky (c) about (d) often
- 35.One word for: a person who is new to a job or skill (a) beginner (b) expert (c) veteran (d) owner
- 36.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) victory – defeat (b) gift – present (c) victory – win (d) end – finish
- 37.Which is the formal word for “whole”? (a) previous (b) entire (c) sufficient (d) fortunate
- 38.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) hear before (c) not hear (d) hear again
- 39.What does the phrasal verb “fill in” mean? (a) tear a form (b) post a form (c) lose a form (d) complete a form
- 40.Which spelling is correct? (a) Wensday (b) Wednesday (c) Wednsday (d) Wedensday
Answer key
- examination
- believe
- overjoyed
- heat again
- down
- re-
- read wrongly
- failure
- expert
- hear
- apiary
- unfair
- rhythem
- bed
- very tired
- minority
- towel
- ancient – modern
- answer
- night
- minimum
- approximately
- pre-
- deep – shallow
- destruction
- mother
- down
- silliness
- girl
- son
- up
- cold
- lucky
- beginner
- victory – defeat
- entire
- hear wrongly
- complete a form
- Wednesday
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