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 “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear before (c) clear again (d) not clear
- 2.Which is the formal word for “ask”? (a) conclude (b) enquire (c) reside (d) assist
- 3.What is the feminine of “drake”? (a) hen (b) duck (c) mare (d) ewe
- 4.Fill the gap: A bench is a group of ___. (a) judges (b) ships (c) cows (d) bees
- 5.One word for: a person who sells medicines (a) florist (b) dentist (c) optician (d) pharmacist
- 6.Fill in the opposite: My glass was full; now it is ___. (a) empty (b) hot (c) tall (d) loud
- 7.Which word means “full of pain”? (a) painful (b) painter (c) painless (d) painfully
- 8.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) arrive – reach (b) begin – start (c) arrive – depart (d) shut – close
- 9.Complete the analogy: Square is to four as triangle is to ___. (a) five (b) six (c) four (d) three
- 10.What does the phrasal verb “go on” mean? (a) continue (b) leave (c) sleep (d) stop
- 11.Fill in the opposite: A lion is strong, but a mouse is ___. (a) wet (b) weak (c) tall (d) loud
- 12.Which word means the same as “below”? (a) above (b) under (c) beside (d) behind
- 13.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
- 14.Complete the analogy: Big is to bigger as small is to ___. (a) smallest (b) smaller (c) little (d) tiny
- 15.Which word means the same as “shut”? (a) clean (b) choose (c) smile (d) close
- 16.Which word is an adverb? (a) descriptively (b) describe (c) description (d) descriptive
- 17.What is the masculine of “niece”? (a) son (b) uncle (c) brother (d) nephew
- 18.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
- 19.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
- 20.One word for: a period of two weeks (a) century (b) decade (c) semester (d) fortnight
- 21.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “however”? (a) often (b) so (c) about (d) but
- 22.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) mend – repair (b) come – go (c) mend – break (d) win – lose
- 23.What is the masculine of “woman”? (a) uncle (b) king (c) nephew (d) man
- 24.Choose the right form: Termites can ___ wooden furniture. (a) destruction (b) destructive (c) destroy (d) destructively
- 25.Complete the analogy: Day is to night as summer is to ___. (a) spring (b) monsoon (c) winter (d) sunny
- 26.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “praise”? (a) blame (b) borrow (c) float (d) arrive
- 27.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -ful (b) -er (c) -less (d) -ly
- 28.Which word is a verb? (a) beautifully (b) beauty (c) beautiful (d) beautify
- 29.Which word is the opposite of “summer”? (a) morning (b) Monday (c) winter (d) river
- 30.One word for: the life story of a person written by someone else (a) autobiography (b) geography (c) biography (d) atlas
- 31.One word for: a person who does not eat meat (a) omnivore (b) vegetarian (c) carnivore (d) pedestrian
- 32.The tortoise was sluggish and took all day to cross the garden. “Sluggish” means ___. (a) angry (b) slow-moving (c) fast (d) noisy
- 33.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) push – pull (b) buy – sell (c) shout – whisper (d) shout – yell
- 34.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
- 35.Complete the analogy: Ice is to cold as fire is to ___. (a) wet (b) soft (c) quiet (d) hot
- 36.Which word means the same as “bright”? (a) dull (b) slow (c) shiny (d) sad
- 37.Choose the right form: The storm caused great ___ in the village. (a) destroy (b) destruction (c) destructive (d) destructively
- 38.Complete the analogy: Chef is to kitchen as scientist is to ___. (a) library (b) laboratory (c) stadium (d) court
- 39.Which is the formal word for “big”? (a) sufficient (b) previous (c) substantial (d) fortunate
- 40.Fill the gap: A cub is the young one of a ___. (a) hen (b) sheep (c) lion (d) cow
Answer key
- not clear
- enquire
- duck
- judges
- pharmacist
- empty
- painful
- arrive – depart
- three
- continue
- weak
- under
- some
- smaller
- close
- descriptively
- nephew
- eight
- new
- fortnight
- but
- mend – repair
- man
- destroy
- winter
- blame
- -ly
- beautify
- winter
- biography
- vegetarian
- slow-moving
- shout – yell
- than
- hot
- shiny
- destruction
- laboratory
- substantial
- lion
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