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 “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join wrongly (c) join again (d) join before
- 2.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “public”? (a) modern (b) private (c) brave (d) honest
- 3.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) big – large (b) quick – fast (c) brave – bold (d) brave – cowardly
- 4.Which spelling is correct? (a) noticable (b) noticeble (c) notisable (d) noticeable
- 5.What does the phrasal verb “run out of” mean? (a) have none left (b) run outside (c) run very fast (d) have plenty
- 6.Complete the idiom: Stop pulling my ___; I know you are joking! (a) ear (b) leg (c) hair (d) arm
- 7.Fill the gap: A duckling is the young one of a ___. (a) cow (b) cat (c) duck (d) goat
- 8.Which word is the opposite of “heavy”? (a) light (b) sad (c) early (d) wet
- 9.Which word is an adverb? (a) attract (b) attractive (c) attractively (d) attraction
- 10.The patient’s condition was critical, so the doctors acted fast. “Critical” means ___. (a) very good (b) very funny (c) very simple (d) very serious
- 11.The fragrant jasmine filled the room with a lovely smell. “Fragrant” means ___. (a) sweet-smelling (b) very small (c) bad-smelling (d) very bright
- 12.What does the phrasal verb “stand for” mean? (a) sit down (b) argue (c) mean (d) wait
- 13.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “require”? (a) tell (b) need (c) buy (d) live
- 14.Which is the formal word for “let”? (a) permit (b) purchase (c) conclude (d) reside
- 15.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
- 16.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
- 17.Which word means “without a name”? (a) namely (b) nameless (c) named (d) names
- 18.Fill the gap: a ___ of goats (a) swarm (b) fleet (c) bunch (d) herd
- 19.One word for: happening every day (a) weekly (b) annual (c) daily (d) monthly
- 20.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) dis-
- 21.Which word means “without a friend”? (a) friendly (b) friendless (c) friends (d) friendship
- 22.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
- 23.Fill the gap: a ___ of lions (a) flock (b) bunch (c) pride (d) swarm
- 24.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) push – pull (b) day – night (c) friend – pal (d) friend – enemy
- 25.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
- 26.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 27.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 28.Complete the analogy: Tailor is to needle as carpenter is to ___. (a) pen (b) saw (c) brush (d) stethoscope
- 29.Which word is a verb? (a) successful (b) success (c) successfully (d) succeed
- 30.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
- 31.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
- 32.One word for: able to use both hands equally well (a) ambidextrous (b) talkative (c) illiterate (d) bilingual
- 33.What is the feminine of “brother”? (a) wife (b) niece (c) aunt (d) sister
- 34.What is the masculine of “lioness”? (a) king (b) lion (c) tiger (d) bull
- 35.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) reheat (c) misheat (d) unheat
- 36.Kavya is meticulous; she checks every sum twice before handing in her work. “Meticulous” means ___. (a) very careless (b) very careful (c) very fast (d) very lazy
- 37.Which word is the opposite of “winter”? (a) mountain (b) Sunday (c) evening (d) summer
- 38.What is the feminine of “ram”? (a) hen (b) ewe (c) mare (d) peahen
- 39.Which word is the opposite of “fast”? (a) full (b) dry (c) sad (d) slow
- 40.Which word means “in a brave way”? (a) bravery (b) bravely (c) bravest (d) braver
Answer key
- join again
- private
- brave – cowardly
- noticeable
- have none left
- leg
- duck
- light
- attractively
- very serious
- sweet-smelling
- mean
- need
- permit
- personal
- sell
- nameless
- herd
- daily
- dis-
- friendless
- won
- pride
- friend – pal
- new
- pre-
- mis-
- saw
- succeed
- meet
- diary
- ambidextrous
- sister
- lion
- preheat
- very careful
- summer
- ewe
- slow
- bravely
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