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.Choose the right form: Can you ___ Dad to buy a puppy? (a) persuasive (b) persuade (c) persuasion (d) persuasively
- 2.Fill in the opposite: A cheetah is fast, but a snail is ___. (a) slow (b) wet (c) big (d) loud
- 3.Choose the right form: It was a hard ___ to make. (a) decisively (b) decisive (c) decision (d) decide
- 4.Which word is the opposite of “early”? (a) wet (b) happy (c) big (d) late
- 5.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) begin – start (b) tall – short (c) begin – finish (d) happy – sad
- 6.Fill in the opposite: We push a door to open it and ___ it to close it. (a) eat (b) pull (c) cut (d) sing
- 7.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “absent”? (a) present (b) ancient (c) late (d) polite
- 8.What does the idiom “back to square one” mean? (a) starting all over again (b) going backwards (c) a new square shape (d) winning a game
- 9.Which word is an adverb? (a) protection (b) protect (c) protective (d) protectively
- 10.The thief was apprehended by the police and taken to the station. “Apprehended” means ___. (a) freed (b) praised (c) helped (d) caught
- 11.Fill the gap with the right small word: Please look ___ my puppy while I am away. (a) down (b) up (c) after (d) into
- 12.What is the masculine of “lioness”? (a) lion (b) king (c) bull (d) tiger
- 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 14.Which word means “without end”? (a) endless (b) ending (c) ended (d) endings
- 15.What does the phrasal verb “look for” mean? (a) search for (b) wait for (c) find by chance (d) take care of
- 16.What does the phrasal verb “hand in” mean? (a) hold (b) lose (c) submit (d) keep
- 17.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “additionally”? (a) lucky (b) enough (c) often (d) also
- 18.Which word is the opposite of “near”? (a) sad (b) wet (c) hot (d) far
- 19.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Where (b) Were
- 20.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) rebehave (b) unbehave (c) disbehave (d) misbehave
- 21.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
- 22.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
- 23.Which word means “cook before”? (a) precook (b) miscook (c) discook (d) recook
- 24.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
- 25.Complete the analogy: Kitchen is to cook as bedroom is to ___. (a) bathe (b) dig (c) sleep (d) swim
- 26.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
- 27.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “profit”? (a) question (b) roof (c) loss (d) journey
- 28.Fill the gap: A bouquet is a bunch of ___. (a) cows (b) ships (c) wolves (d) flowers
- 29.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) deep – shallow (b) ill – sick (c) gift – present (d) big – large
- 30.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) up – down (b) gift – river (c) open – shut (d) gift – present
- 31.The ancient temples of Hampi were built hundreds of years ago. “Ancient” means ___. (a) very tall (b) very old (c) very new (d) very small
- 32.Fill in the opposite: An elephant is big, but an ant is ___. (a) loud (b) small (c) tall (d) wet
- 33.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
- 34.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “enquire”? (a) live (b) buy (c) ask (d) help
- 35.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “sharp”? (a) blunt (b) honest (c) modern (d) early
- 36.Which word is the opposite of “dry”? (a) wet (b) slow (c) empty (d) cold
- 37.Choose the right form: There is a big ___ between a frog and a toad. (a) different (b) differently (c) difference (d) differ
- 38.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
- 39.What does the idiom “the tip of the iceberg” mean? (a) the top of a hill (b) a cold place (c) a melting ice block (d) only a small part
- 40.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “therefore”? (a) about (b) so (c) but (d) often
Answer key
- persuade
- slow
- decision
- late
- begin – start
- pull
- present
- starting all over again
- protectively
- caught
- after
- lion
- un-
- endless
- search for
- submit
- also
- far
- Where
- misbehave
- road
- precook
- sale
- sleep
- stationery
- loss
- flowers
- deep – shallow
- gift – present
- very old
- small
- whether
- ask
- blunt
- wet
- difference
- be
- only a small part
- so
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