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 “grandmother”? (a) grandfather (b) uncle (c) nephew (d) son
- 2.Fill the gap: a ___ of players (a) herd (b) swarm (c) flock (d) team
- 3.Add the suffix: angry + ly = ? (a) angrly (b) angrily (c) angryly (d) angrilly
- 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 5.Fill the gap: The young one of a lion is a ___. (a) kitten (b) calf (c) chick (d) cub
- 6.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
- 7.Which is the formal word for “need”? (a) inform (b) require (c) conclude (d) reside
- 8.Which word means the same as “afraid”? (a) proud (b) tired (c) scared (d) lazy
- 9.What is the masculine of “niece”? (a) nephew (b) uncle (c) son (d) brother
- 10.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) business (b) excellent (c) adress (d) library
- 11.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 12.Complete the analogy: Happy is to sad as rich is to ___. (a) kind (b) wealthy (c) poor (d) tall
- 13.One word for: a sound too soft to be heard (a) invisible (b) inaudible (c) illegible (d) inedible
- 14.Complete the analogy: Pen is to write as knife is to ___. (a) read (b) draw (c) cut (d) sing
- 15.What does the idiom “cost an arm and a leg” mean? (a) need a doctor (b) be cheap (c) be very expensive (d) hurt badly
- 16.Fill the gap: The young one of a whale is a ___. (a) cub (b) chick (c) calf (d) kid
- 17.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair before (c) fair wrongly (d) not fair
- 18.Complete the idiom: Rohan cannot decide; he is sitting on the ___. (a) fence (b) wall (c) chair (d) bench
- 19.One word for: a person who gives money or blood to help others (a) tourist (b) borrower (c) thief (d) donor
- 20.Which spelling is correct? (a) hieght (b) height (c) heighth (d) heigth
- 21.Which word means the same as “select”? (a) carry (b) choose (c) jump (d) refuse
- 22.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) full – empty (b) ill – well (c) ill – sick (d) early – late
- 23.Meera’s room was immaculate; there was not a speck of dust anywhere. “Immaculate” means ___. (a) very messy (b) very dark (c) spotlessly clean (d) very small
- 24.Which word means the same as “naughty”? (a) tall (b) quiet (c) obedient (d) mischievous
- 25.One word for: a period of ten years (a) century (b) millennium (c) decade (d) fortnight
- 26.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 27.Fill the gap: A tadpole is the young one of a ___. (a) frog (b) cow (c) cat (d) hen
- 28.Fill the gap with the right small word: We must cut ___ on sugar to stay healthy. (a) after (b) down (c) up (d) across
- 29.What does the phrasal verb “give in” mean? (a) win (b) attack (c) refuse (d) agree after resisting
- 30.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) charecter (b) address (c) height (d) independent
- 31.One word for: a person who always expects the worst (a) optimist (b) dentist (c) tourist (d) pessimist
- 32.Fill the gap with the right small word: We have run ___ of milk; please buy some. (a) off (b) in (c) up (d) out
- 33.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “increase”? (a) accept (b) decrease (c) borrow (d) shout
- 34.Complete the analogy: India is to New Delhi as Japan is to ___. (a) Kathmandu (b) Dhaka (c) Beijing (d) Tokyo
- 35.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) open – shut (b) gift – river (c) up – down (d) gift – present
- 36.Fill in the opposite: The sun shines in the day; the moon shines at ___. (a) school (b) night (c) lunch (d) morning
- 37.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
- 38.What does the idiom “get cold feet” mean? (a) walk on ice (b) get nervous and back out (c) need new socks (d) feel very cold
- 39.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) device (b) devise
- 40.One word for: a person who eats far too much (a) optimist (b) miser (c) glutton (d) patriot
Answer key
- grandfather
- team
- angrily
- un-
- cub
- piece
- require
- scared
- nephew
- adress
- flour
- poor
- inaudible
- cut
- be very expensive
- calf
- not fair
- fence
- donor
- height
- choose
- ill – sick
- spotlessly clean
- mischievous
- decade
- mis-
- frog
- down
- agree after resisting
- charecter
- pessimist
- out
- decrease
- Tokyo
- gift – present
- night
- re-
- get nervous and back out
- devise
- glutton
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