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: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
- 2.Which word means the same as “hard”? (a) kind (b) wet (c) difficult (d) easy
- 3.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
- 4.Which is the formal word for “say sorry”? (a) purchase (b) apologise (c) reside (d) conclude
- 5.Fill the gap: The young one of a duck is a ___. (a) foal (b) duckling (c) cub (d) kitten
- 6.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
- 7.What does the idiom “get cold feet” mean? (a) get nervous and back out (b) feel very cold (c) need new socks (d) walk on ice
- 8.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
- 9.Fill the gap: a ___ of trees (a) herd (b) pride (c) swarm (d) grove
- 10.Fill in the opposite: Winter is cold, but summer is ___. (a) small (b) sad (c) slow (d) hot
- 11.Rohan was perplexed by the strange message and read it five times. “Perplexed” means ___. (a) angry (b) puzzled (c) sleepy (d) pleased
- 12.Fill the gap: a ___ of judges (a) swarm (b) bench (c) flock (d) herd
- 13.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightening (b) lightning
- 14.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest wrongly (c) not honest (d) honest again
- 15.What does the phrasal verb “set off” mean? (a) sit down (b) finish a trip (c) start a journey (d) switch off
- 16.What does the phrasal verb “look up” mean? (a) forget a word (b) feel sad (c) find in a dictionary (d) take care of
- 17.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 18.Complete the analogy: Petal is to flower as page is to ___. (a) shelf (b) pen (c) ink (d) book
- 19.Which spelling is correct? (a) exellent (b) excellent (c) excelent (d) excellant
- 20.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky before (c) lucky again (d) not lucky
- 21.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “wise”? (a) foolish (b) brave (c) polite (d) ancient
- 22.Complete the analogy: Letter is to word as word is to ___. (a) pencil (b) sentence (c) alphabet (d) letter
- 23.Which word means “without pain”? (a) painter (b) painted (c) painless (d) painful
- 24.Fill the gap: A tadpole is the young one of a ___. (a) hen (b) cat (c) cow (d) frog
- 25.Which word means “the state of being kind”? (a) kinder (b) kindly (c) kindness (d) kindest
- 26.Water is vital for all living things; we cannot live without it. “Vital” means ___. (a) tasty (b) very important (c) useless (d) harmful
- 27.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert
- 28.One word for: a person who works without being paid (a) tourist (b) owner (c) volunteer (d) employee
- 29.Fill the gap: A gosling is the young one of a ___. (a) cow (b) goose (c) cat (d) dog
- 30.Which word is an adjective? (a) destruction (b) destructive (c) destroy (d) destructively
- 31.What does the phrasal verb “carry on” mean? (a) stop (b) lift up (c) carry a bag (d) continue
- 32.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 33.One word for: the study of the earth and its countries (a) history (b) astronomy (c) biology (d) geography
- 34.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) beginning (b) library (c) schedule (d) excellant
- 35.Which word means the same as “clever”? (a) tired (b) rude (c) smart (d) lazy
- 36.Complete the analogy: Cat is to kitten as dog is to ___. (a) cub (b) foal (c) calf (d) puppy
- 37.What does the phrasal verb “take off” mean? (a) remove clothes (b) wear (c) buy (d) wash
- 38.Complete the analogy: Cub is to lion as kitten is to ___. (a) dog (b) cat (c) hen (d) cow
- 39.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) address (b) rhythm (c) neccesary (d) business
- 40.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) happy – glad (b) shout – yell (c) include – exclude (d) mend – repair
Answer key
- breath
- difficult
- adapt
- apologise
- duckling
- here
- get nervous and back out
- read
- grove
- hot
- puzzled
- bench
- lightning
- not honest
- start a journey
- find in a dictionary
- pre-
- book
- excellent
- not lucky
- foolish
- sentence
- painless
- frog
- kindness
- very important
- dessert
- volunteer
- goose
- destructive
- continue
- un-
- geography
- excellant
- smart
- puppy
- remove clothes
- cat
- neccesary
- include – exclude
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