Vocabulary Test Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 30: Final vocabulary test · Set 235 · 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.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
2. 2.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) schedule (b) believe (c) library (d) mischievious
3. 3.Dad was furious when someone dented his new car. “Furious” means ___. (a) very calm (b) very tired (c) very happy (d) very angry
4. 4.Which is the formal word for “big”? (a) substantial (b) sufficient (c) previous (d) fortunate
5. 5.Which word means “without fear”? (a) feared (b) fearless (c) fearfully (d) fearful
6. 6.Fill the gap: A colony is a group of ___. (a) grapes (b) cows (c) ships (d) ants
7. 7.Which word is a noun? (a) beautiful (b) beautify (c) beauty (d) beautifully
8. 8.What does the idiom “burn the midnight oil” mean? (a) cook at night (b) light a lamp (c) waste oil (d) work late into the night
9. 9.Which word means the same as “afraid”? (a) proud (b) tired (c) scared (d) lazy
10. 10.Fill the gap: A kid is the young one of a ___. (a) cat (b) hen (c) cow (d) goat
11. 11.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
12. 12.Fill the gap: The young one of an owl is an ___. (a) cub (b) kid (c) owlet (d) calf
13. 13.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) embaress (b) exaggerate (c) February (d) immediately
14. 14.Complete the analogy: Paper is to tear as glass is to ___. (a) bend (b) break (c) sew (d) fold
15. 15.What does the idiom “out of the blue” mean? (a) suddenly, unexpectedly (b) from the sea (c) very sad (d) from the sky
16. 16.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
17. 17.One word for: a place where bees are kept (a) apiary (b) aquarium (c) granary (d) aviary
18. 18.One word for: able to use both hands equally well (a) talkative (b) ambidextrous (c) bilingual (d) illiterate
19. 19.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) arrive – reach (b) arrive – depart (c) begin – start (d) shut – close
20. 20.Fill the gap: a ___ of scouts (a) fleet (b) swarm (c) troop (d) herd
21. 21.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “natural”? (a) artificial (b) modern (c) generous (d) polite
22. 22.Which word is an adverb? (a) destructive (b) destroy (c) destruction (d) destructively
23. 23.Which word is an adverb? (a) imagination (b) imagine (c) imaginative (d) imaginatively
24. 24.Fill the gap with the right small word: We set ___ for Shimla early in the morning. (a) down (b) up (c) off (d) in
25. 25.Which word means “cook before”? (a) recook (b) uncook (c) miscook (d) precook
26. 26.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
27. 27.Which word is the opposite of “heavy”? (a) early (b) sad (c) light (d) wet
28. 28.Fill the gap: a ___ of eggs (a) clutch (b) fleet (c) swarm (d) herd
29. 29.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -ly (b) -ful (c) -less (d) -er
30. 30.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -ness (b) -ful (c) -er (d) -less
31. 31.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) interrupt (b) conscience (c) embarrass (d) noticable
32. 32.What does the phrasal verb “grow up” mean? (a) become an adult (b) plant trees (c) climb up (d) get smaller
33. 33.Which word is the opposite of “awake”? (a) wet (b) tall (c) hot (d) asleep
34. 34.Complete the idiom: Can you keep an ___ on my bag for a minute? (a) arm (b) hand (c) eye (d) ear
35. 35.Complete the analogy: Lock is to key as question is to ___. (a) book (b) pen (c) answer (d) teacher
36. 36.Which word means the same as “answer”? (a) travel (b) sleep (c) reply (d) question
37. 37.The speech was so tedious that half the class yawned. “Tedious” means ___. (a) short and funny (b) very exciting (c) long and boring (d) very loud
38. 38.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) old – new (b) shy – bold (c) tall – short (d) shy – timid
39. 39.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “enquire”? (a) live (b) ask (c) buy (d) help
40. 40.Which word means the same as “wealthy”? (a) poor (b) kind (c) rich (d) tall

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