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 prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 2.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place before (c) place again (d) place wrongly
- 3.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest wrongly (c) not honest (d) honest again
- 4.Which word is the opposite of “first”? (a) tall (b) wet (c) hot (d) last
- 5.Choose the right form: You must ___ which book to read first. (a) decisively (b) decide (c) decision (d) decisive
- 6.Complete the analogy: Big is to bigger as small is to ___. (a) smallest (b) little (c) smaller (d) tiny
- 7.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow before (b) allow again (c) not allow (d) allow wrongly
- 8.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
- 9.Which is the formal word for “big”? (a) sufficient (b) substantial (c) previous (d) fortunate
- 10.Fill in the opposite: The sun shines in the day; the moon shines at ___. (a) morning (b) night (c) school (d) lunch
- 11.One word for: a period of a hundred years (a) century (b) millennium (c) decade (d) fortnight
- 12.One word for: a word opposite in meaning to another word (a) synonym (b) homophone (c) antonym (d) suffix
- 13.Fill the gap: A colony is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) grapes (c) cows (d) ants
- 14.Fill the gap: A flock is a group of ___. (a) sheep (b) lions (c) keys (d) ships
- 15.Which word means the same as “big”? (a) empty (b) angry (c) large (d) quick
- 16.The tiny village is remote; it takes two days to reach it by road. “Remote” means ___. (a) very busy (b) very large (c) very near (d) far away
- 17.Which word is the opposite of “out”? (a) in (b) dry (c) cold (d) down
- 18.Complete the analogy: King is to queen as prince is to ___. (a) king (b) duchess (c) aunt (d) princess
- 19.Fill in the opposite: A lion is strong, but a mouse is ___. (a) weak (b) loud (c) wet (d) tall
- 20.Complete the analogy: Ink is to pen as paint is to ___. (a) plate (b) brush (c) book (d) spoon
- 21.What does the phrasal verb “stand for” mean? (a) mean (b) argue (c) sit down (d) wait
- 22.Fill the gap: The young one of a goat is a ___. (a) kid (b) lamb (c) foal (d) cub
- 23.After the monsoon, the village had an ample supply of water. “Ample” means ___. (a) more than enough (b) salty (c) very little (d) dirty
- 24.Which word is a verb? (a) creative (b) creatively (c) create (d) creation
- 25.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) unkind (c) prekind (d) rekind
- 26.Which word is the opposite of “cold”? (a) short (b) late (c) hot (d) full
- 27.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) wet – dry (b) rich – poor (c) quick – slow (d) quick – fast
- 28.Complete the analogy: Lock is to key as question is to ___. (a) pen (b) book (c) answer (d) teacher
- 29.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “subsequently”? (a) enough (b) often (c) about (d) later
- 30.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “accept”? (a) borrow (b) refuse (c) whisper (d) arrive
- 31.What is the feminine of “nephew”? (a) daughter (b) niece (c) aunt (d) sister
- 32.Complete the idiom: The exam was so easy; it was a ___ of cake. (a) plate (b) box (c) bowl (d) piece
- 33.The ancient temples of Hampi were built hundreds of years ago. “Ancient” means ___. (a) very tall (b) very new (c) very small (d) very old
- 34.Which is the formal word for “about”? (a) sufficient (b) immediately (c) approximately (d) previous
- 35.Which word means “the state of being happy”? (a) happier (b) happily (c) happiness (d) unhappy
- 36.Which word means the same as “road”? (a) river (b) street (c) house (d) sky
- 37.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
- 38.Which spelling is correct? (a) disapear (b) dissapear (c) disappear (d) dissappear
- 39.Which word means “not agree”? (a) preagree (b) reagree (c) disagree (d) unagree
- 40.Fill the gap: The young one of a swan is a ___. (a) cub (b) kid (c) cygnet (d) foal
Answer key
- pre-
- place wrongly
- not honest
- last
- decide
- smaller
- not allow
- piece
- substantial
- night
- century
- antonym
- ants
- sheep
- large
- far away
- in
- princess
- weak
- brush
- mean
- kid
- more than enough
- create
- unkind
- hot
- quick – fast
- answer
- later
- refuse
- niece
- piece
- very old
- approximately
- happiness
- street
- there
- disappear
- disagree
- cygnet
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