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.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) cell (b) sell
- 2.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) preread (c) disread (d) misread
- 3.Which word is a noun? (a) beautifully (b) beautiful (c) beauty (d) beautify
- 4.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
- 5.Fill the gap: A fleet is a group of ___. (a) lions (b) ships (c) grapes (d) bees
- 6.One word for: a person who hoards money and spends very little (a) miser (b) donor (c) glutton (d) tourist
- 7.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “fortunate”? (a) lucky (b) enough (c) often (d) about
- 8.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
- 9.Fill the gap: a ___ of thieves (a) gang (b) fleet (c) litter (d) pride
- 10.Dad was ecstatic when India won the World Cup. “Ecstatic” means ___. (a) upset (b) sleepy (c) bored (d) overjoyed
- 11.Which word is the opposite of “day”? (a) hot (b) up (c) night (d) dry
- 12.Which word is a noun? (a) attractively (b) attract (c) attractive (d) attraction
- 13.Which word is an adverb? (a) creation (b) creative (c) creatively (d) create
- 14.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than
- 15.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) scared – afraid (b) quiet – silent (c) float – sink (d) fast – quick
- 16.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “generous”? (a) polite (b) selfish (c) brave (d) early
- 17.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use wrongly (d) use before
- 18.Choose the right form: Use your ___ to write a story about a flying elephant. (a) imaginatively (b) imagine (c) imaginative (d) imagination
- 19.One word for: a person who works without being paid (a) owner (b) tourist (c) volunteer (d) employee
- 20.Fill in the opposite: A lion is strong, but a mouse is ___. (a) loud (b) weak (c) wet (d) tall
- 21.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “victory”? (a) defeat (b) journey (c) answer (d) question
- 22.Fill the gap: The young one of a bear is a ___. (a) lamb (b) chick (c) foal (d) cub
- 23.What is the feminine of “hero”? (a) princess (b) heroine (c) hostess (d) actress
- 24.Fill the gap: A school is a group of ___. (a) keys (b) ships (c) cows (d) fish
- 25.Add the suffix: kind + ness = ? (a) kindnes (b) kindeness (c) kindniss (d) kindness
- 26.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
- 27.Which word is a verb? (a) protectively (b) protect (c) protective (d) protection
- 28.One word for: a person who repairs pipes and taps (a) tailor (b) plumber (c) cobbler (d) carpenter
- 29.Complete the analogy: Sheep is to flock as cow is to ___. (a) herd (b) swarm (c) fleet (d) pride
- 30.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
- 31.The milk had a peculiar smell, so Mum threw it away. “Peculiar” means ___. (a) fresh (b) pleasant (c) sweet (d) strange
- 32.Fill the gap with the right small word: Mum told us to put ___ our toys after playing. (a) on (b) after (c) off (d) away
- 33.One word for: happening every week (a) daily (b) annual (c) weekly (d) monthly
- 34.Which spelling is correct? (a) beggining (b) beginnig (c) beginning (d) begining
- 35.The speech was so tedious that half the class yawned. “Tedious” means ___. (a) very loud (b) short and funny (c) very exciting (d) long and boring
- 36.Which spelling is correct? (a) rhythm (b) rhythem (c) rythm (d) rhytm
- 37.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
- 38.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personnel (b) personal
- 39.Which spelling is correct? (a) librery (b) liberary (c) library (d) libary
- 40.Fill in the opposite: A cheetah is fast, but a snail is ___. (a) loud (b) big (c) wet (d) slow
Answer key
- cell
- misread
- beauty
- road
- ships
- miser
- lucky
- flew
- gang
- overjoyed
- night
- attraction
- creatively
- then
- float – sink
- selfish
- use again
- imagination
- volunteer
- weak
- defeat
- cub
- heroine
- fish
- kindness
- quite
- protect
- plumber
- herd
- meat
- strange
- away
- weekly
- beginning
- long and boring
- rhythm
- blew
- personnel
- library
- slow
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