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.Fill the gap: A colony is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) grapes (c) cows (d) ants
- 2.What does the idiom “beat around the bush” mean? (a) hit a plant (b) run very fast (c) clean the garden (d) avoid the main point
- 3.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
- 4.What does the phrasal verb “go off” mean? (a) start ringing (b) stop ringing (c) break (d) fall asleep
- 5.Complete the analogy: Ruler is to length as weighing scale is to ___. (a) time (b) heat (c) weight (d) speed
- 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 7.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind before (c) kind again (d) not kind
- 8.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
- 9.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
- 10.One word for: a place where old and rare things are kept for show (a) aviary (b) granary (c) library (d) museum
- 11.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “minimum”? (a) journey (b) ancient (c) maximum (d) late
- 12.Fill in the opposite: Grandpa is old, but the baby is ___. (a) loud (b) young (c) tall (d) dry
- 13.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
- 14.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -ful (b) -less (c) -er (d) -ness
- 15.Which word means “full of thanks”? (a) thankless (b) thanking (c) thankful (d) thankfully
- 16.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair before (c) fair wrongly (d) fair again
- 17.One word for: a person with great skill in something (a) novice (b) expert (c) beginner (d) amateur
- 18.Complete the idiom: It is raining cats and ___. (a) cows (b) mice (c) dogs (d) rats
- 19.The road was so congested that cars hardly moved for an hour. “Congested” means ___. (a) very smooth (b) blocked with traffic (c) very wide (d) newly built
- 20.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
- 21.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “artificial”? (a) natural (b) honest (c) ancient (d) brave
- 22.Complete the analogy: Brave is to cowardly as generous is to ___. (a) selfish (b) kind (c) giving (d) rich
- 23.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge
- 24.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
- 25.Fill in the opposite: Come in through the front door and go ___ through the back door. (a) wet (b) hot (c) out (d) tall
- 26.Which word means “full of help”? (a) helpfully (b) helpful (c) helper (d) helpless
- 27.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personnel (b) personal
- 28.Which word is an adjective? (a) description (b) descriptively (c) describe (d) descriptive
- 29.What is the feminine of “god”? (a) queen (b) hostess (c) goddess (d) princess
- 30.Fill the gap: a ___ of flowers (a) pride (b) herd (c) bouquet (d) fleet
- 31.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “failure”? (a) journey (b) question (c) victory (d) success
- 32.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) all ready (b) already
- 33.Complete the idiom: After the long day, Dad decided to hit the ___. (a) bag (b) sack (c) ball (d) wall
- 34.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “praise”? (a) arrive (b) blame (c) float (d) borrow
- 35.Which spelling is correct? (a) govenment (b) government (c) governmant (d) goverment
- 36.Which word is the opposite of “happy”? (a) big (b) early (c) dry (d) sad
- 37.Which word means “build again”? (a) unbuild (b) prebuild (c) misbuild (d) rebuild
- 38.Fill the gap: A kitten is the young one of a ___. (a) hen (b) cat (c) dog (d) cow
- 39.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) by (b) bye (c) buy
- 40.Fill in the opposite: A feather is light, but a stone is ___. (a) sweet (b) loud (c) wet (d) heavy
Answer key
- ants
- avoid the main point
- ate
- start ringing
- weight
- dis-
- not kind
- nose
- whether
- museum
- maximum
- young
- flew
- -less
- thankful
- not fair
- expert
- dogs
- blocked with traffic
- tale
- natural
- selfish
- judge wrongly
- sale
- out
- helpful
- personnel
- descriptive
- goddess
- bouquet
- success
- all ready
- sack
- blame
- government
- sad
- rebuild
- cat
- by
- heavy
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