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.One word for: a home for children who have no parents (a) aviary (b) hospital (c) orphanage (d) library
- 2.What does the idiom “add fuel to the fire” mean? (a) cook food (b) make things worse (c) put out a fire (d) fill a car
- 3.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual again (c) usual before (d) usual wrongly
- 4.Which word means the same as “below”? (a) beside (b) above (c) behind (d) under
- 5.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
- 6.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) friend – enemy (b) friend – pal (c) push – pull (d) day – night
- 7.What is the masculine of “sister”? (a) husband (b) brother (c) uncle (d) nephew
- 8.Which spelling is correct? (a) beggining (b) begining (c) beginnig (d) beginning
- 9.Fill the gap: A litter is a group of ___. (a) puppies (b) ships (c) singers (d) sticks
- 10.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
- 11.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
- 12.Choose the right form: Meera sings ___. (a) beautify (b) beautiful (c) beauty (d) beautifully
- 13.Which is the formal word for “help”? (a) purchase (b) commence (c) reside (d) assist
- 14.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) misuse (c) reuse (d) disuse
- 15.Which word is an adverb? (a) simplicity (b) simplify (c) simple (d) simply
- 16.Fill the gap: A troop is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) bees (c) monkeys (d) grapes
- 17.Complete the idiom: The maths test was a piece of ___. (a) paper (b) cake (c) bread (d) chalk
- 18.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “polite”? (a) quick (b) heavy (c) rude (d) honest
- 19.Fill in the opposite: Day is bright, but night is ___. (a) slow (b) wet (c) dark (d) tall
- 20.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) preheat (c) disheat (d) unheat
- 21.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) two (b) to (c) too
- 22.The puppy was inquisitive and sniffed every new box in the house. “Inquisitive” means ___. (a) sleepy (b) curious (c) angry (d) lazy
- 23.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) pronunciation (b) noticeable (c) mischievious (d) character
- 24.What does the phrasal verb “look after” mean? (a) search for (b) look behind (c) look later (d) take care of
- 25.Complete the idiom: After winning the prize, Riya was on cloud ___. (a) ten (b) five (c) seven (d) nine
- 26.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “ascend”? (a) live (b) buy (c) tell (d) go up
- 27.Fill the gap with the right small word: “UN” stands ___ United Nations. (a) for (b) up (c) off (d) after
- 28.Add the suffix: hope + ful = ? (a) hopefull (b) hopeful (c) hopful (d) hoapful
- 29.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “funds”? (a) bike (b) fridge (c) money (d) phone
- 30.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) disopen (c) unopen (d) misopen
- 31.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) laugh – cry (b) give – take (c) choose – select (d) choose – reject
- 32.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
- 33.One word for: people who watch a match (a) patients (b) pedestrians (c) spectators (d) passengers
- 34.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
- 35.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
- 36.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
- 37.Complete the idiom: Kabir spilled the ___ about the surprise party. (a) rice (b) tea (c) milk (d) beans
- 38.Which is the formal word for “about”? (a) sufficient (b) approximately (c) immediately (d) previous
- 39.What is the masculine of “niece”? (a) brother (b) nephew (c) son (d) uncle
- 40.What is the masculine of “aunt”? (a) son (b) brother (c) nephew (d) uncle
Answer key
- orphanage
- make things worse
- not usual
- under
- bee
- friend – pal
- brother
- beginning
- puppies
- quiet
- stationary
- beautifully
- assist
- reuse
- simply
- monkeys
- cake
- rude
- dark
- reheat
- two
- curious
- mischievious
- take care of
- nine
- go up
- for
- hopeful
- money
- reopen
- choose – select
- night
- spectators
- wait
- imminent
- led
- beans
- approximately
- nephew
- uncle
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