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.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) besides (b) beside
- 2.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “honest”? (a) lazy (b) dishonest (c) polite (d) brave
- 3.Which word is an adjective? (a) simplicity (b) simplify (c) simple (d) simply
- 4.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) mishappy (c) dishappy (d) rehappy
- 5.What does the phrasal verb “grow up” mean? (a) climb up (b) become an adult (c) plant trees (d) get smaller
- 6.The thief was apprehended by the police and taken to the station. “Apprehended” means ___. (a) caught (b) freed (c) helped (d) praised
- 7.Which word is the opposite of “out”? (a) cold (b) down (c) in (d) dry
- 8.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “visible”? (a) ancient (b) modern (c) invisible (d) polite
- 9.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -ful (b) -ly (c) -less (d) -er
- 10.Which word means the same as “happy”? (a) hungry (b) tired (c) rude (d) glad
- 11.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
- 12.Which is the formal word for “start”? (a) assist (b) inform (c) commence (d) reside
- 13.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) beginning (b) schedule (c) guarantee (d) embarras
- 14.Which is the formal word for “right away”? (a) approximately (b) frequently (c) immediately (d) previously
- 15.Complete the analogy: Astronaut is to spacecraft as sailor is to ___. (a) plane (b) ship (c) train (d) bus
- 16.One word for: that which cannot be done (a) illegal (b) incorrect (c) invisible (d) impossible
- 17.Choose the right form: There is a big ___ between a frog and a toad. (a) differently (b) differ (c) difference (d) different
- 18.Which spelling is correct? (a) neccesary (b) necesary (c) neccessary (d) necessary
- 19.Which word means “one who drives”? (a) driving (b) driver (c) drove (d) drives
- 20.Fill the gap with the right small word: I ran ___ my teacher at the market. (a) after (b) into (c) up (d) off
- 21.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “lend”? (a) arrive (b) borrow (c) sing (d) float
- 22.Fill in the opposite: Winter is cold, but summer is ___. (a) hot (b) small (c) slow (d) sad
- 23.Complete the idiom: Riya visits the zoo once in a blue ___. (a) sky (b) sea (c) sun (d) moon
- 24.Complete the idiom: It is raining cats and ___. (a) rats (b) cows (c) mice (d) dogs
- 25.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) big – small (b) fast – slow (c) hot – cold (d) big – large
- 26.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) hot – cold (b) up – down (c) win – lose (d) stone – rock
- 27.Which word means “the state of being lazy”? (a) laziest (b) lazier (c) lazily (d) laziness
- 28.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write wrongly (c) write before (d) write again
- 29.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) noticeable (b) beautiful (c) definitely (d) interrup
- 30.Fill the gap: A piglet is the young one of a ___. (a) hen (b) cat (c) frog (d) pig
- 31.Fill the gap: A flight is a group of ___. (a) stairs (b) lions (c) grapes (d) cows
- 32.What does the phrasal verb “run away” mean? (a) return (b) escape (c) sleep (d) stay
- 33.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “permit”? (a) tell (b) buy (c) live (d) let
- 34.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “error”? (a) money (b) phone (c) mistake (d) bike
- 35.Which word is an adjective? (a) persuasion (b) persuasively (c) persuade (d) persuasive
- 36.What does the phrasal verb “stand for” mean? (a) sit down (b) argue (c) mean (d) wait
- 37.Which word is an adverb? (a) admire (b) admiration (c) admirable (d) admirably
- 38.The gigantic whale was longer than our school bus. “Gigantic” means ___. (a) tiny (b) slow (c) huge (d) noisy
- 39.The pond water was murky, so we could not see the bottom. “Murky” means ___. (a) very cold (b) clear (c) sweet (d) cloudy and dark
- 40.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
Answer key
- beside
- dishonest
- simple
- unhappy
- become an adult
- caught
- in
- invisible
- -ful
- glad
- led
- commence
- embarras
- immediately
- ship
- impossible
- difference
- necessary
- driver
- into
- borrow
- hot
- moon
- dogs
- big – large
- stone – rock
- laziness
- write again
- interrup
- pig
- stairs
- escape
- let
- mistake
- persuasive
- mean
- admirably
- huge
- cloudy and dark
- week
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