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.What is the masculine of “sister”? (a) brother (b) uncle (c) nephew (d) husband
- 2.Add the suffix: use + less = ? (a) useless (b) useles (c) usless (d) uselesss
- 3.What does the phrasal verb “put up with” mean? (a) decorate (b) pick up (c) build (d) tolerate
- 4.Complete the idiom: Stop beating around the ___ and tell me the truth. (a) bush (b) garden (c) tree (d) house
- 5.What does the idiom “on the same page” mean? (a) very busy (b) far apart (c) in agreement (d) reading a book
- 6.Fill the gap: A gosling is the young one of a ___. (a) dog (b) goose (c) cow (d) cat
- 7.Complete the idiom: It is raining ___ and dogs outside. (a) cats (b) rats (c) cows (d) mice
- 8.What does the phrasal verb “find out” mean? (a) lose (b) discover (c) go outside (d) hide
- 9.What does the phrasal verb “bring up” mean? (a) forget a child (b) carry upstairs (c) raise a child (d) punish
- 10.Which word is an adverb? (a) different (b) differently (c) difference (d) differ
- 11.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
- 12.What does the phrasal verb “stand for” mean? (a) sit down (b) argue (c) wait (d) mean
- 13.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) rough – smooth (b) end – finish (c) rich – wealthy (d) quiet – silent
- 14.Choose the right form: My sister and I like ___ games. (a) difference (b) differ (c) differently (d) different
- 15.Fill the gap: a ___ of elephants (a) herd (b) flock (c) fleet (d) bunch
- 16.Fill in the opposite: We push a door to open it and ___ it to close it. (a) eat (b) sing (c) cut (d) pull
- 17.Complete the analogy: Write is to writer as dance is to ___. (a) dancer (b) dancing (c) danced (d) dances
- 18.The sky grew ominous as dark clouds gathered before the storm. “Ominous” means ___. (a) bright and clear (b) warning of danger (c) very beautiful (d) very quiet
- 19.Complete the analogy: Horse is to stable as dog is to ___. (a) nest (b) den (c) kennel (d) hive
- 20.Which word means the same as “friend”? (a) pal (b) teacher (c) stranger (d) enemy
- 21.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) all ready (b) already
- 22.Which word means “one who paints”? (a) painting (b) paints (c) painted (d) painter
- 23.One word for: a list of things to be discussed at a meeting (a) atlas (b) menu (c) agenda (d) diary
- 24.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) big – large (b) ill – sick (c) gift – present (d) deep – shallow
- 25.Which is the formal word for “but”? (a) however (b) previously (c) frequently (d) approximately
- 26.Which word is an adjective? (a) persuasively (b) persuade (c) persuasion (d) persuasive
- 27.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common before (c) common wrongly (d) common again
- 28.Which is the formal word for “try”? (a) inform (b) attempt (c) reside (d) purchase
- 29.One word for: a park where animals are kept for people to see (a) library (b) granary (c) zoo (d) museum
- 30.Which word means the same as “gift”? (a) smile (b) river (c) present (d) shout
- 31.After the rain, the garden looked lush and green. “Lush” means ___. (a) very small (b) dry and dead (c) very dirty (d) thick and healthy
- 32.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “however”? (a) but (b) about (c) so (d) often
- 33.Fill in the opposite: My glass was full; now it is ___. (a) hot (b) empty (c) tall (d) loud
- 34.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) beautiful (b) interupt (c) independent (d) achieve
- 35.What does the phrasal verb “look up” mean? (a) take care of (b) feel sad (c) forget a word (d) find in a dictionary
- 36.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 37.Fill in the opposite: A pillow is soft, but a rock is ___. (a) loud (b) hard (c) wet (d) happy
- 38.Choose the right form: Close your eyes and ___ you are on the moon. (a) imagine (b) imaginative (c) imagination (d) imaginatively
- 39.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
- 40.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
Answer key
- brother
- useless
- tolerate
- bush
- in agreement
- goose
- cats
- discover
- raise a child
- differently
- they're
- mean
- rough – smooth
- different
- herd
- pull
- dancer
- warning of danger
- kennel
- pal
- all ready
- painter
- agenda
- deep – shallow
- however
- persuasive
- not common
- attempt
- zoo
- present
- thick and healthy
- but
- empty
- interupt
- find in a dictionary
- pre-
- hard
- imagine
- complimented
- quite
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