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 word means the same as “select”? (a) carry (b) refuse (c) jump (d) choose
- 2.Fill in the opposite: A pillow is soft, but a rock is ___. (a) hard (b) happy (c) wet (d) loud
- 3.Which word is an adjective? (a) persuasive (b) persuasion (c) persuasively (d) persuade
- 4.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) led (b) lead
- 5.Fill the gap: A lamb is the young one of a ___. (a) cat (b) sheep (c) dog (d) hen
- 6.Complete the analogy: Farmer is to field as sailor is to ___. (a) court (b) farm (c) ship (d) school
- 7.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) government (b) environment (c) occasion (d) garantee
- 8.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “demonstrate”? (a) need (b) buy (c) live (d) show
- 9.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) shout – whisper (b) buy – sell (c) push – pull (d) shout – yell
- 10.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “hero”? (a) journey (b) question (c) roof (d) villain
- 11.One word for: a person who loves his or her country (a) pilot (b) patriot (c) traitor (d) tourist
- 12.Which word is the opposite of “tall”? (a) fast (b) hot (c) empty (d) short
- 13.Which word means the same as “speak”? (a) talk (b) eat (c) walk (d) listen
- 14.Fill the gap: a ___ of dolphins (a) herd (b) swarm (c) pride (d) pod
- 15.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
- 16.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “praise”? (a) float (b) borrow (c) arrive (d) blame
- 17.What does the phrasal verb “look out” mean? (a) be careless (b) close your eyes (c) go out (d) be careful
- 18.Fill in the opposite: Ice is cold, but fire is ___. (a) slow (b) small (c) wet (d) hot
- 19.What is the feminine of “brother”? (a) aunt (b) niece (c) wife (d) sister
- 20.Complete the idiom: Stop beating around the ___ and tell me the truth. (a) tree (b) house (c) bush (d) garden
- 21.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) hot – cold (b) up – down (c) stone – rock (d) win – lose
- 22.Fill the gap: a ___ of camels (a) fleet (b) caravan (c) swarm (d) bunch
- 23.Which word means “one who dances”? (a) danced (b) dancer (c) dances (d) dancing
- 24.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -er (b) -less (c) -ly (d) -ful
- 25.The tiny village is remote; it takes two days to reach it by road. “Remote” means ___. (a) very busy (b) very large (c) far away (d) very near
- 26.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “rough”? (a) modern (b) polite (c) smooth (d) early
- 27.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) discontinue (c) miscontinue (d) uncontinue
- 28.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) cold – chilly (b) buy – sell (c) cold – hot (d) in – out
- 29.Fill the gap with the right small word: Dev and Neel get ___ well with each other. (a) off (b) up (c) along (d) after
- 30.Fill the gap: A caterpillar is the young one of a ___. (a) hen (b) butterfly (c) frog (d) cow
- 31.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
- 32.Which is the formal word for “help”? (a) reside (b) commence (c) assist (d) purchase
- 33.Which word means the same as “choose”? (a) sleep (b) reject (c) carry (d) select
- 34.One word for: a person who writes poems (a) poet (b) painter (c) singer (d) tailor
- 35.Fill the gap with the right small word: The cows were let ___ to graze in the field. (a) off (b) out (c) after (d) across
- 36.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
- 37.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “borrow”? (a) arrive (b) lend (c) shout (d) win
- 38.Fill the gap: A troop is a group of ___. (a) bees (b) ships (c) monkeys (d) grapes
- 39.Fill the gap: a ___ of ants (a) colony (b) herd (c) pride (d) fleet
- 40.What does the idiom “over the moon” mean? (a) very tired (b) extremely happy (c) very far away (d) in outer space
Answer key
- choose
- hard
- persuasive
- led
- sheep
- ship
- garantee
- show
- shout – yell
- villain
- patriot
- short
- talk
- pod
- one
- blame
- be careful
- hot
- sister
- bush
- stone – rock
- caravan
- dancer
- -ly
- far away
- smooth
- discontinue
- cold – chilly
- along
- butterfly
- write
- assist
- select
- poet
- out
- personal
- lend
- monkeys
- colony
- extremely happy
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