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 is the everyday (informal) word for “commence”? (a) live (b) buy (c) help (d) start
- 2.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “sufficient”? (a) enough (b) lucky (c) about (d) often
- 3.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) rejudge (b) unjudge (c) misjudge (d) disjudge
- 4.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) arrive – depart (b) arrive – reach (c) shut – close (d) begin – start
- 5.Choose the right form: Do not play near the railway track; it is ___. (a) endanger (b) danger (c) dangerous (d) dangerously
- 6.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
- 7.One word for: a person who sells medicines (a) florist (b) optician (c) pharmacist (d) dentist
- 8.Fill the gap: a ___ of ants (a) herd (b) pride (c) colony (d) fleet
- 9.Which word means the same as “start”? (a) repair (b) stop (c) begin (d) laugh
- 10.Which word is the opposite of “cold”? (a) hot (b) late (c) full (d) short
- 11.The empty house looked eerie at night, with creaking doors. “Eerie” means ___. (a) very clean (b) strange and scary (c) very warm (d) bright and cheerful
- 12.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) clothes (b) cloth
- 13.Which word means the same as “simple”? (a) difficult (b) rich (c) tall (d) easy
- 14.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
- 15.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
- 16.Complete the analogy: Boat is to water as aeroplane is to ___. (a) air (b) track (c) sand (d) road
- 17.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -ful (b) -er (c) -ly (d) -less
- 18.Fill the gap: The young one of a swan is a ___. (a) cub (b) foal (c) kid (d) cygnet
- 19.Which word is an adjective? (a) simplify (b) simply (c) simple (d) simplicity
- 20.Complete the analogy: Bread is to baker as shoes are to ___. (a) barber (b) tailor (c) cobbler (d) farmer
- 21.One word for: a person who writes poems (a) poet (b) painter (c) singer (d) tailor
- 22.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “expensive”? (a) polite (b) cheap (c) early (d) honest
- 23.Fill the gap with the right small word: Please fill ___ this form with your name. (a) after (b) across (c) off (d) in
- 24.One word for: an animal that eats both plants and meat (a) carnivore (b) herbivore (c) scavenger (d) omnivore
- 25.Fill in the opposite: Winter is cold, but summer is ___. (a) slow (b) hot (c) sad (d) small
- 26.Complete the analogy: Eye is to see as ear is to ___. (a) hear (b) touch (c) smell (d) taste
- 27.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) hot – cold (b) fast – slow (c) big – small (d) big – large
- 28.Complete the idiom: After the long day, Dad decided to hit the ___. (a) sack (b) bag (c) ball (d) wall
- 29.Fill the gap: The young one of a deer is a ___. (a) kitten (b) puppy (c) chick (d) fawn
- 30.Which word is a verb? (a) pure (b) purely (c) purify (d) purity
- 31.Dad was ecstatic when India won the World Cup. “Ecstatic” means ___. (a) upset (b) sleepy (c) overjoyed (d) bored
- 32.Which is the formal word for “get”? (a) reside (b) receive (c) inform (d) assist
- 33.What is the feminine of “horse”? (a) hen (b) cow (c) mare (d) ewe
- 34.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -ness (b) -less (c) -er (d) -ful
- 35.What does the idiom “the tip of the iceberg” mean? (a) a cold place (b) the top of a hill (c) a melting ice block (d) only a small part
- 36.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “exclude”? (a) whisper (b) float (c) include (d) accept
- 37.Complete the idiom: After the argument, Zoya gave her brother the cold ___. (a) hand (b) water (c) shoulder (d) foot
- 38.Which is the formal word for “help”? (a) purchase (b) commence (c) assist (d) reside
- 39.Dad was furious when someone dented his new car. “Furious” means ___. (a) very tired (b) very calm (c) very happy (d) very angry
- 40.Add the suffix: write + er = ? (a) writeer (b) writter (c) writar (d) writer
Answer key
- start
- enough
- misjudge
- arrive – depart
- dangerous
- except
- pharmacist
- colony
- begin
- hot
- strange and scary
- clothes
- easy
- flew
- eight
- air
- -ly
- cygnet
- simple
- cobbler
- poet
- cheap
- in
- omnivore
- hot
- hear
- big – large
- sack
- fawn
- purify
- overjoyed
- receive
- mare
- -less
- only a small part
- include
- shoulder
- assist
- very angry
- writer
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