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.The fruit seller was courteous and thanked every customer. “Courteous” means ___. (a) polite (b) rude (c) slow (d) lazy
- 2.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
- 3.The canteen was deserted; there was not a single person inside. “Deserted” means ___. (a) newly painted (b) very dirty (c) empty of people (d) very crowded
- 4.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “transparent”? (a) opaque (b) generous (c) polite (d) ancient
- 5.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
- 6.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “descend”? (a) buy (b) need (c) go down (d) help
- 7.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) interrupt (b) schedule (c) forein (d) rhythm
- 8.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “subsequently”? (a) often (b) later (c) enough (d) about
- 9.Fill the gap: a ___ of goats (a) bunch (b) herd (c) swarm (d) fleet
- 10.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
- 11.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “increase”? (a) borrow (b) accept (c) decrease (d) shout
- 12.Which word means “one who drives”? (a) drives (b) driver (c) driving (d) drove
- 13.The clown was so hilarious that the whole audience laughed. “Hilarious” means ___. (a) very sad (b) very tall (c) very scary (d) very funny
- 14.Complete the idiom: I had butterflies in my ___ before the race. (a) stomach (b) hands (c) head (d) shoes
- 15.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
- 16.Which spelling is correct? (a) busness (b) buisness (c) business (d) bussiness
- 17.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) misfill (c) refill (d) disfill
- 18.Which is the formal word for “talk”? (a) purchase (b) converse (c) require (d) reside
- 19.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) recheck (c) uncheck (d) precheck
- 20.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 21.Fill in the opposite: The shop is near, but the school is ___. (a) far (b) wet (c) sad (d) hot
- 22.The baby was drowsy after her bath and soon fell asleep. “Drowsy” means ___. (a) hungry (b) sleepy (c) angry (d) noisy
- 23.Which word means “one who helps”? (a) helpful (b) helpless (c) helpfully (d) helper
- 24.Fill the gap: The young one of a butterfly is a ___. (a) tadpole (b) cub (c) caterpillar (d) kitten
- 25.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
- 26.Fill in the opposite: An elephant is big, but an ant is ___. (a) small (b) wet (c) loud (d) tall
- 27.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) recieve (b) beginning (c) recommend (d) height
- 28.Fill the gap: A pride is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) lions (c) keys (d) sheep
- 29.What does the phrasal verb “break down” mean? (a) stop working (b) build up (c) go downstairs (d) start working
- 30.Complete the idiom: Shouting at him will only add fuel to the ___. (a) fire (b) stove (c) lamp (d) car
- 31.Which is the formal word for “think about”? (a) reside (b) purchase (c) consider (d) conclude
- 32.What does the phrasal verb “run out of” mean? (a) have none left (b) run very fast (c) have plenty (d) run outside
- 33.Fill in the opposite: We push a door to open it and ___ it to close it. (a) cut (b) eat (c) sing (d) pull
- 34.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “conclude”? (a) live (b) buy (c) help (d) end
- 35.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear before (c) hear wrongly (d) hear again
- 36.Complete the analogy: Tailor is to needle as carpenter is to ___. (a) brush (b) stethoscope (c) pen (d) saw
- 37.One word for: a person who stitches clothes (a) cobbler (b) carpenter (c) barber (d) tailor
- 38.Which word is an adverb? (a) description (b) descriptive (c) descriptively (d) describe
- 39.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
- 40.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
Answer key
- polite
- hare
- empty of people
- opaque
- whole
- go down
- forein
- later
- herd
- plane
- decrease
- driver
- very funny
- stomach
- no
- business
- refill
- converse
- recheck
- dis-
- far
- sleepy
- helper
- caterpillar
- except
- small
- recieve
- lions
- stop working
- fire
- consider
- have none left
- pull
- end
- hear wrongly
- saw
- tailor
- descriptively
- red
- hole
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