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 the opposite of “rich”? (a) wet (b) early (c) poor (d) tall
- 2.Choose the right form: It was a hard ___ to make. (a) decisively (b) decide (c) decision (d) decisive
- 3.Complete the analogy: Sugar is to sweet as lemon is to ___. (a) salty (b) bitter (c) sour (d) spicy
- 4.Fill the gap with the right small word: Rohan turned ___ the invitation because he was busy. (a) across (b) up (c) after (d) down
- 5.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) scared – afraid (b) old – new (c) in – out (d) scared – brave
- 6.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) accommodation (b) libary (c) noticeable (d) beautiful
- 7.Which word means “without care”? (a) carer (b) careless (c) careful (d) carefully
- 8.One word for: a daily record of personal events (a) novel (b) dictionary (c) atlas (d) diary
- 9.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) cold – hot (b) buy – sell (c) in – out (d) cold – chilly
- 10.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
- 11.Which spelling is correct? (a) Febuary (b) Feburary (c) Febrary (d) February
- 12.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind wrongly (c) kind before (d) kind again
- 13.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
- 14.Which word is a noun? (a) protection (b) protective (c) protect (d) protectively
- 15.What is the masculine of “peahen”? (a) peacock (b) bull (c) rooster (d) lion
- 16.Which word means “in a loud way”? (a) loudness (b) loudest (c) loudly (d) louder
- 17.Fill the gap: a ___ of sticks (a) pride (b) flock (c) herd (d) bundle
- 18.Fill in the opposite: Ice is cold, but fire is ___. (a) wet (b) slow (c) small (d) hot
- 19.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -er (b) -ly (c) -ness (d) -ful
- 20.What does the phrasal verb “break down” mean? (a) start working (b) stop working (c) build up (d) go downstairs
- 21.What does the phrasal verb “put up with” mean? (a) build (b) pick up (c) tolerate (d) decorate
- 22.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
- 23.One word for: a place where films are shown (a) cinema (b) stadium (c) library (d) museum
- 24.Which word is the opposite of “soft”? (a) hard (b) short (c) slow (d) hot
- 25.Which word is the opposite of “laugh”? (a) push (b) cry (c) run (d) eat
- 26.Fill the gap: a ___ of kittens (a) fleet (b) flock (c) litter (d) pride
- 27.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) unheat (c) misheat (d) reheat
- 28.Which word means the same as “rock”? (a) cloud (b) sand (c) stone (d) leaf
- 29.Choose the right form: Tara spoke ___ and won the debate. (a) persuasion (b) persuade (c) persuasively (d) persuasive
- 30.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) definately (b) beginning (c) business (d) guarantee
- 31.Complete the idiom: Could you lend me a ___ with these heavy bags? (a) leg (b) head (c) foot (d) hand
- 32.The pond water was murky, so we could not see the bottom. “Murky” means ___. (a) clear (b) very cold (c) sweet (d) cloudy and dark
- 33.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 34.Which word is a noun? (a) persuasive (b) persuade (c) persuasively (d) persuasion
- 35.Complete the idiom: Hold your ___! Wait for everyone to sit down. (a) goats (b) horses (c) cows (d) dogs
- 36.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) quick – fast (b) brave – bold (c) brave – cowardly (d) big – large
- 37.Kabir was reluctant to jump into the cold pool and stood at the edge for ages. “Reluctant” means ___. (a) excited (b) proud (c) unwilling (d) quick
- 38.What does the phrasal verb “turn up” mean? (a) arrive (b) leave (c) turn around (d) go to sleep
- 39.Fill the gap: a ___ of players (a) herd (b) swarm (c) team (d) flock
- 40.The old building was dilapidated, with broken walls and a fallen roof. “Dilapidated” means ___. (a) brand new (b) very tall (c) very clean (d) falling apart
Answer key
- poor
- decision
- sour
- down
- scared – afraid
- libary
- careless
- diary
- cold – chilly
- peace
- February
- not kind
- wait
- protection
- peacock
- loudly
- bundle
- hot
- -ness
- stop working
- tolerate
- flew
- cinema
- hard
- cry
- litter
- reheat
- stone
- persuasively
- definately
- hand
- cloudy and dark
- re-
- persuasion
- horses
- brave – cowardly
- unwilling
- arrive
- team
- falling apart
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