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 is the masculine of “bride”? (a) king (b) bridegroom (c) nephew (d) uncle
- 2.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
- 3.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
- 4.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope
- 5.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair
- 6.What does the idiom “lend a hand” mean? (a) borrow money (b) shake hands (c) help someone (d) give a hand away
- 7.Complete the idiom: Breaking the vase was the last ___; Mum was really upset. (a) cup (b) stone (c) straw (d) stick
- 8.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) some (b) sum
- 9.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
- 10.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “private”? (a) early (b) public (c) polite (d) ancient
- 11.Which word means the same as “quick”? (a) quiet (b) rich (c) ill (d) fast
- 12.What is the feminine of “brother”? (a) niece (b) aunt (c) wife (d) sister
- 13.What does the phrasal verb “look for” mean? (a) take care of (b) search for (c) find by chance (d) wait for
- 14.Fill in the opposite: In the morning I am awake; at night I am ___. (a) tall (b) wet (c) asleep (d) loud
- 15.Which is the formal word for “live”? (a) reside (b) require (c) purchase (d) assist
- 16.Which word is an adjective? (a) beauty (b) beautifully (c) beautiful (d) beautify
- 17.Which word is the opposite of “night”? (a) wet (b) day (c) down (d) cold
- 18.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) library (b) address (c) heigth (d) necessary
- 19.The cake looked tempting, and we could not wait to eat it. “Tempting” means ___. (a) hard to resist (b) burnt (c) ugly (d) tiny
- 20.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) ill – well (b) full – empty (c) early – late (d) ill – sick
- 21.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “conclude”? (a) live (b) end (c) buy (d) help
- 22.What does the phrasal verb “give in” mean? (a) attack (b) win (c) agree after resisting (d) refuse
- 23.Which word is the opposite of “strong”? (a) loud (b) wet (c) early (d) weak
- 24.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
- 25.Which word is an adverb? (a) simple (b) simply (c) simplify (d) simplicity
- 26.Our new neighbour seems amiable; she smiles and greets everyone. “Amiable” means ___. (a) angry (b) rude (c) sleepy (d) friendly
- 27.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) committee (b) restaurant (c) calendar (d) charactor
- 28.What does the idiom “spill the beans” mean? (a) cook badly (b) tell a secret (c) tell a lie (d) waste food
- 29.Which word is the opposite of “wet”? (a) fast (b) full (c) dry (d) hot
- 30.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) environment (b) conscence (c) recommend (d) especially
- 31.What is the feminine of “father”? (a) mother (b) aunt (c) sister (d) niece
- 32.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) fast – quick (b) float – sink (c) quiet – silent (d) scared – afraid
- 33.Which word means the same as “naughty”? (a) obedient (b) quiet (c) tall (d) mischievous
- 34.One word for: a place where bees are kept (a) aviary (b) granary (c) apiary (d) aquarium
- 35.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) not honest (c) honest wrongly (d) honest before
- 36.Which spelling is correct? (a) embarras (b) embarass (c) embarrass (d) embaress
- 37.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
- 38.Which word means “join again”? (a) rejoin (b) misjoin (c) prejoin (d) unjoin
- 39.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “lend”? (a) float (b) borrow (c) arrive (d) sing
- 40.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
Answer key
- bridegroom
- pre-
- see
- envelop
- stair
- help someone
- straw
- some
- read
- public
- fast
- sister
- search for
- asleep
- reside
- beautiful
- day
- heigth
- hard to resist
- ill – sick
- end
- agree after resisting
- weak
- right
- simply
- friendly
- charactor
- tell a secret
- dry
- conscence
- mother
- float – sink
- mischievous
- apiary
- not honest
- embarrass
- plane
- rejoin
- borrow
- heal
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