Vocabulary Test Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 30: Final vocabulary test · Set 22 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.The Thar Desert is arid; it hardly ever rains there. “Arid” means ___. (a) very wet (b) very cold (c) very dry (d) very green
2. 2.Fill in the opposite: A feather is light, but a stone is ___. (a) wet (b) heavy (c) loud (d) sweet
3. 3.Fill the gap: a ___ of people (a) fleet (b) litter (c) pride (d) crowd
4. 4.Complete the idiom: Don’t cry over spilt ___. (a) tea (b) juice (c) water (d) milk
5. 5.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “failure”? (a) victory (b) success (c) question (d) journey
6. 6.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “approximately”? (a) often (b) lucky (c) about (d) enough
7. 7.What does the phrasal verb “hand in” mean? (a) hold (b) lose (c) submit (d) keep
8. 8.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) shy – bold (b) shy – timid (c) old – new (d) tall – short
9. 9.Which word is the opposite of “slow”? (a) cold (b) wet (c) fast (d) empty
10. 10.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) displace (c) unplace (d) replace
11. 11.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky before (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky
12. 12.Complete the analogy: Day is to week as month is to ___. (a) minute (b) second (c) hour (d) year
13. 13.What does the phrasal verb “look up” mean? (a) forget a word (b) feel sad (c) take care of (d) find in a dictionary
14. 14.What does the idiom “cost an arm and a leg” mean? (a) be very expensive (b) need a doctor (c) be cheap (d) hurt badly
15. 15.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
16. 16.Complete the analogy: Astronaut is to spacecraft as sailor is to ___. (a) plane (b) train (c) ship (d) bus
17. 17.Which is the formal word for “doctor”? (a) occupation (b) residence (c) physician (d) error
18. 18.One word for: a person who gives money or blood to help others (a) tourist (b) donor (c) borrower (d) thief
19. 19.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) brave – cowardly (b) quick – fast (c) brave – bold (d) big – large
20. 20.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
21. 21.What is the feminine of “lion”? (a) lioness (b) tigress (c) mare (d) queen
22. 22.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “kind”? (a) wide (b) cruel (c) lazy (d) ancient
23. 23.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) unsafe (c) resafe (d) dissafe
24. 24.Choose the right form: Tara spoke ___ and won the debate. (a) persuade (b) persuasively (c) persuasion (d) persuasive
25. 25.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
26. 26.What does the idiom “out of the blue” mean? (a) suddenly, unexpectedly (b) very sad (c) from the sea (d) from the sky
27. 27.One word for: fit to be eaten (a) edible (b) audible (c) fragile (d) visible
28. 28.Which spelling is correct? (a) government (b) goverment (c) governmant (d) govenment
29. 29.Which is the formal word for “think about”? (a) conclude (b) reside (c) purchase (d) consider
30. 30.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “commence”? (a) start (b) help (c) live (d) buy
31. 31.What does the phrasal verb “carry on” mean? (a) continue (b) stop (c) carry a bag (d) lift up
32. 32.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
33. 33.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “minimum”? (a) maximum (b) journey (c) ancient (d) late
34. 34.One word for: a place where grain is stored (a) library (b) orchard (c) granary (d) aviary
35. 35.What does the idiom “let the cat out of the bag” mean? (a) free a pet (b) go shopping (c) tell a lie (d) tell a secret
36. 36.Which word means “full of thanks”? (a) thanking (b) thankfully (c) thankless (d) thankful
37. 37.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
38. 38.Which word is the opposite of “hot”? (a) tall (b) empty (c) early (d) cold
39. 39.What does the phrasal verb “look for” mean? (a) find by chance (b) search for (c) take care of (d) wait for
40. 40.The fragrant jasmine filled the room with a lovely smell. “Fragrant” means ___. (a) sweet-smelling (b) very small (c) bad-smelling (d) very bright

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