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.Add the suffix: happy + ly = ? (a) happly (b) happiely (c) happyly (d) happily
- 2.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear wrongly (c) hear again (d) not hear
- 3.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) mend – repair (b) happy – glad (c) shout – yell (d) include – exclude
- 4.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -er (b) -less (c) -ful (d) -ly
- 5.Complete the analogy: Ant is to small as elephant is to ___. (a) fast (b) green (c) big (d) tiny
- 6.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “inform”? (a) live (b) need (c) buy (d) tell
- 7.Fill the gap: A pride is a group of ___. (a) sheep (b) lions (c) keys (d) ships
- 8.Fill the gap with the right small word: The cows were let ___ to graze in the field. (a) after (b) across (c) off (d) out
- 9.Fill the gap: The young one of a hen is a ___. (a) cub (b) chick (c) calf (d) kid
- 10.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
- 11.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “sunrise”? (a) journey (b) sunset (c) roof (d) answer
- 12.One word for: happening every week (a) monthly (b) weekly (c) annual (d) daily
- 13.Fill the gap: a ___ of geese (a) swarm (b) gaggle (c) bunch (d) fleet
- 14.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
- 15.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) vegetable (b) business (c) argument (d) reccomend
- 16.Fill the gap: a ___ of penguins (a) pride (b) herd (c) colony (d) fleet
- 17.One word for: a doctor who treats sick animals (a) florist (b) veterinarian (c) dentist (d) optician
- 18.Which word is a verb? (a) protectively (b) protective (c) protect (d) protection
- 19.Which word means the same as “chilly”? (a) cold (b) warm (c) quick (d) dry
- 20.Water is vital for all living things; we cannot live without it. “Vital” means ___. (a) useless (b) harmful (c) tasty (d) very important
- 21.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) whether (b) weather
- 22.Fill the gap: The young one of a fox is a ___. (a) calf (b) cub (c) foal (d) lamb
- 23.Which is the formal word for “also”? (a) additionally (b) immediately (c) approximately (d) previously
- 24.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “sufficient”? (a) lucky (b) about (c) often (d) enough
- 25.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “minority”? (a) roof (b) journey (c) answer (d) majority
- 26.Fill the gap: A swarm is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) ships (c) bees (d) grapes
- 27.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
- 28.Complete the idiom: Rohan was over the ___ when he won the prize. (a) hill (b) sun (c) moon (d) stars
- 29.Which spelling is correct? (a) independent (b) indipendent (c) independant (d) indepedent
- 30.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “subsequently”? (a) often (b) enough (c) about (d) later
- 31.What does the idiom “cry over spilt milk” mean? (a) be very hungry (b) cry loudly (c) worry about the past (d) waste milk
- 32.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -less (b) -ful (c) -ness (d) -er
- 33.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adapt (b) adopt
- 34.The stray dog looked emaciated; we could see its ribs. “Emaciated” means ___. (a) very fat (b) very fierce (c) very thin (d) very happy
- 35.The sky grew ominous as dark clouds gathered before the storm. “Ominous” means ___. (a) very beautiful (b) bright and clear (c) warning of danger (d) very quiet
- 36.Fill the gap with the right small word: I ran ___ my teacher at the market. (a) off (b) after (c) into (d) up
- 37.What does the idiom “pull someone’s leg” mean? (a) trip someone (b) hurt someone (c) tease someone (d) help someone walk
- 38.Fill in the opposite: Day is bright, but night is ___. (a) dark (b) tall (c) slow (d) wet
- 39.Fill in the opposite: Grandpa is old, but the baby is ___. (a) dry (b) young (c) loud (d) tall
- 40.Which word is the opposite of “awake”? (a) tall (b) wet (c) hot (d) asleep
Answer key
- happily
- hear wrongly
- include – exclude
- -ful
- big
- tell
- lions
- out
- chick
- course
- sunset
- weekly
- gaggle
- hear
- reccomend
- colony
- veterinarian
- protect
- cold
- very important
- weather
- cub
- additionally
- enough
- majority
- bees
- cell
- moon
- independent
- later
- worry about the past
- -less
- adopt
- very thin
- warning of danger
- into
- tease someone
- dark
- young
- asleep
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