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 suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -less (b) -ly (c) -er (d) -ful
- 2.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) come – go (b) mend – break (c) win – lose (d) mend – repair
- 3.There was an abundant crop of mangoes this year; every tree was full. “Abundant” means ___. (a) very small (b) rotten (c) very sour (d) more than enough
- 4.Fill in the opposite: My glass was full; now it is ___. (a) loud (b) hot (c) tall (d) empty
- 5.Fill the gap: a ___ of ministers (a) flock (b) cabinet (c) swarm (d) herd
- 6.Complete the idiom: Can you keep an ___ on my bag for a minute? (a) arm (b) hand (c) ear (d) eye
- 7.One word for: a person who rides horses in races (a) pilot (b) jockey (c) driver (d) sailor
- 8.Which word means “in a slow way”? (a) slower (b) slowness (c) slowly (d) slowest
- 9.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
- 10.One word for: something that cannot be seen (a) edible (b) illegible (c) invisible (d) audible
- 11.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “increase”? (a) accept (b) decrease (c) shout (d) borrow
- 12.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) preuse (c) disuse (d) misuse
- 13.Choose the right form: Please explain it ___; I am only seven! (a) simple (b) simplify (c) simplicity (d) simply
- 14.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -ly (b) -ful (c) -less (d) -er
- 15.Riya made a feeble attempt to lift the heavy box and soon gave up. “Feeble” means ___. (a) loud (b) clever (c) strong (d) weak
- 16.One word for: a person who sells medicines (a) optician (b) dentist (c) florist (d) pharmacist
- 17.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
- 18.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
- 19.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) big – large (b) deep – shallow (c) ill – sick (d) gift – present
- 20.What does the phrasal verb “look after” mean? (a) take care of (b) look behind (c) look later (d) search for
- 21.Which word means the same as “naughty”? (a) quiet (b) tall (c) obedient (d) mischievous
- 22.Fill the gap: A team is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) grapes (c) players (d) cows
- 23.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “visible”? (a) invisible (b) modern (c) polite (d) ancient
- 24.Complete the idiom: Aditya felt like a fish out of ___ at the new school. (a) sand (b) water (c) milk (d) air
- 25.Which spelling is correct? (a) restaraunt (b) resturant (c) restaurent (d) restaurant
- 26.What does the idiom “once bitten, twice shy” mean? (a) careful after a bad time (b) bitten by a dog (c) very shy (d) brave again
- 27.The house was vacant; nobody had lived in it for years. “Vacant” means ___. (a) empty (b) crowded (c) beautiful (d) expensive
- 28.Which word means “the state of being sick”? (a) sicken (b) sickly (c) sicker (d) sickness
- 29.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) choose – select (b) choose – reject (c) laugh – cry (d) give – take
- 30.Fill the gap with the right small word: The rich man gave ___ all his money to the poor. (a) after (b) across (c) off (d) away
- 31.What does the phrasal verb “come across” mean? (a) cross a road (b) lose by chance (c) find by chance (d) come back
- 32.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
- 33.Which is the formal word for “try”? (a) purchase (b) attempt (c) reside (d) inform
- 34.What does the phrasal verb “grow up” mean? (a) plant trees (b) get smaller (c) become an adult (d) climb up
- 35.The empty house looked eerie at night, with creaking doors. “Eerie” means ___. (a) very warm (b) strange and scary (c) bright and cheerful (d) very clean
- 36.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) old – new (b) in – out (c) scared – brave (d) scared – afraid
- 37.Fill the gap: A calf is the young one of a ___. (a) hen (b) cow (c) frog (d) cat
- 38.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
- 39.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “import”? (a) sink (b) export (c) arrive (d) borrow
- 40.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advice (b) advise
Answer key
- -ly
- mend – repair
- more than enough
- empty
- cabinet
- eye
- jockey
- slowly
- read
- invisible
- decrease
- misuse
- simply
- -ful
- weak
- pharmacist
- pear
- witch
- deep – shallow
- take care of
- mischievous
- players
- invisible
- water
- restaurant
- careful after a bad time
- empty
- sickness
- choose – select
- away
- find by chance
- road
- attempt
- become an adult
- strange and scary
- scared – afraid
- cow
- brake
- export
- advise
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