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.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) government (b) interrupt (c) embarass (d) recommend
- 2.Which spelling is correct? (a) belive (b) beleeve (c) believe (d) beleive
- 3.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) tall – short (b) old – new (c) shy – bold (d) shy – timid
- 4.What does the idiom “bite the bullet” mean? (a) eat something hard (b) bravely do a hard thing (c) break a tooth (d) get angry
- 5.Fill the gap: a ___ of birds (a) flock (b) herd (c) pride (d) bunch
- 6.Fill in the opposite: In the morning I am awake; at night I am ___. (a) wet (b) tall (c) asleep (d) loud
- 7.Fill the gap: A cygnet is the young one of a ___. (a) swan (b) cat (c) horse (d) cow
- 8.Fill in the opposite: We push a door to open it and ___ it to close it. (a) eat (b) cut (c) sing (d) pull
- 9.Which word is the opposite of “boy”? (a) girl (b) tree (c) river (d) cloud
- 10.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) cold – chilly (b) buy – sell (c) in – out (d) cold – hot
- 11.Fill in the opposite: Winter is cold, but summer is ___. (a) small (b) sad (c) slow (d) hot
- 12.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -ful (b) -less (c) -er (d) -ly
- 13.Which word is the opposite of “stand”? (a) sing (b) eat (c) cry (d) sit
- 14.One word for: handwriting that cannot be read (a) illiterate (b) invisible (c) edible (d) illegible
- 15.Fill the gap: a ___ of dancers (a) swarm (b) fleet (c) herd (d) troupe
- 16.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
- 17.The fragrant jasmine filled the room with a lovely smell. “Fragrant” means ___. (a) sweet-smelling (b) very bright (c) bad-smelling (d) very small
- 18.Which word means “full of help”? (a) helpfully (b) helpful (c) helpless (d) helper
- 19.Which word is the opposite of “win”? (a) eat (b) jump (c) lose (d) sing
- 20.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
- 21.One word for: a book of maps (a) diary (b) novel (c) dictionary (d) atlas
- 22.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair
- 23.Fill the gap: A crew is a group of ___. (a) lions (b) grapes (c) cows (d) sailors
- 24.Which is the formal word for “old”? (a) sufficient (b) fortunate (c) previous (d) elderly
- 25.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
- 26.One word for: the story of a person’s life written by that person (a) novel (b) atlas (c) autobiography (d) biography
- 27.Which word is a verb? (a) difference (b) differently (c) different (d) differ
- 28.Which word means the same as “smart”? (a) empty (b) angry (c) slow (d) clever
- 29.Which spelling is correct? (a) calander (b) calender (c) calendar (d) calandar
- 30.The crowd at the stadium was boisterous, shouting and cheering loudly. “Boisterous” means ___. (a) sad (b) quiet and calm (c) sleepy (d) noisy and lively
- 31.Which is the formal word for “tell”? (a) inform (b) reside (c) purchase (d) conclude
- 32.Which is the formal word for “help”? (a) purchase (b) assist (c) reside (d) commence
- 33.Which word means “in a soft way”? (a) softer (b) soften (c) softness (d) softly
- 34.One word for: a sound too soft to be heard (a) inaudible (b) invisible (c) inedible (d) illegible
- 35.Complete the analogy: Bird is to nest as bee is to ___. (a) hive (b) kennel (c) stable (d) den
- 36.The mango was succulent, and juice ran down my chin. “Succulent” means ___. (a) juicy (b) hard (c) dry (d) sour
- 37.Which spelling is correct? (a) imediately (b) immediatly (c) immediatley (d) immediately
- 38.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) include – exclude (b) mend – repair (c) happy – glad (d) shout – yell
- 39.Which word is the opposite of “far”? (a) cold (b) near (c) happy (d) dry
- 40.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
Answer key
- embarass
- believe
- shy – timid
- bravely do a hard thing
- flock
- asleep
- swan
- pull
- girl
- cold – chilly
- hot
- -ly
- sit
- illegible
- troupe
- tale
- sweet-smelling
- helpful
- lose
- conscience
- atlas
- stair
- sailors
- elderly
- blew
- autobiography
- differ
- clever
- calendar
- noisy and lively
- inform
- assist
- softly
- inaudible
- hive
- juicy
- immediately
- include – exclude
- near
- flower
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