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.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
- 2.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 3.What does the idiom “a piece of cake” mean? (a) very tasty (b) very sweet (c) very small (d) very easy
- 4.Choose the right form: She is a ___ doctor in Pune. (a) successful (b) succeed (c) success (d) successfully
- 5.Choose the right form: Can you ___ Dad to buy a puppy? (a) persuade (b) persuasion (c) persuasively (d) persuasive
- 6.Fill the gap: A calf is the young one of a ___. (a) frog (b) cat (c) cow (d) hen
- 7.Which word means the same as “yell”? (a) shout (b) eat (c) sit (d) whisper
- 8.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) clever – smart (b) talk – speak (c) generous – selfish (d) below – under
- 9.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
- 10.Complete the idiom: Don’t cry over spilt ___. (a) milk (b) juice (c) tea (d) water
- 11.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “approximately”? (a) lucky (b) enough (c) often (d) about
- 12.Choose the right form: There is a big ___ between a frog and a toad. (a) differently (b) different (c) difference (d) differ
- 13.Fill the gap: A herd is a group of ___. (a) grapes (b) bees (c) cows (d) ships
- 14.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
- 15.Which word is a noun? (a) imaginative (b) imagine (c) imaginatively (d) imagination
- 16.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) end – finish (b) victory – defeat (c) victory – win (d) gift – present
- 17.Complete the analogy: Finger is to hand as toe is to ___. (a) arm (b) knee (c) foot (d) nail
- 18.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “subsequently”? (a) about (b) enough (c) later (d) often
- 19.One word for: the study of past events (a) history (b) astronomy (c) geography (d) biology
- 20.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where
- 21.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 22.Fill the gap with the right small word: Kavya takes ___ her mother; they look alike. (a) up (b) out (c) after (d) off
- 23.One word for: something that cannot be seen (a) edible (b) invisible (c) audible (d) illegible
- 24.Complete the analogy: Mother is to daughter as father is to ___. (a) uncle (b) brother (c) nephew (d) son
- 25.Fill the gap: The young one of a donkey is a ___. (a) kitten (b) foal (c) chick (d) cub
- 26.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
- 27.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
- 28.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
- 29.Which spelling is correct? (a) governmant (b) goverment (c) govenment (d) government
- 30.Fill the gap: A tadpole is the young one of a ___. (a) cat (b) cow (c) frog (d) hen
- 31.Which word is a verb? (a) purity (b) purify (c) pure (d) purely
- 32.Which spelling is correct? (a) temperature (b) temperture (c) temprature (d) tempreture
- 33.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “float”? (a) sink (b) borrow (c) run (d) shout
- 34.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) choose – select (b) choose – reject (c) give – take (d) laugh – cry
- 35.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -less (b) -ful (c) -er (d) -ly
- 36.The tiny ant carried a load that was colossal compared to its body. “Colossal” means ___. (a) light (b) soft (c) tiny (d) huge
- 37.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “entire”? (a) often (b) whole (c) enough (d) lucky
- 38.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) not understand (c) understand before (d) understand again
- 39.Priya was adamant that she would finish the race, even with a sore foot. “Adamant” means ___. (a) unsure (b) firm, not changing mind (c) sleepy (d) scared
- 40.One word for: the study of the earth and its countries (a) geography (b) biology (c) history (d) astronomy
Answer key
- sum
- mis-
- very easy
- successful
- persuade
- cow
- shout
- generous – selfish
- brake
- milk
- about
- difference
- cows
- sell
- imagination
- victory – defeat
- foot
- later
- history
- were
- re-
- after
- invisible
- son
- foal
- there
- than
- knight
- government
- frog
- purify
- temperature
- sink
- choose – select
- -ly
- huge
- whole
- understand wrongly
- firm, not changing mind
- geography
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