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 feminine of “hero”? (a) heroine (b) hostess (c) princess (d) actress
- 2.Which word is the opposite of “out”? (a) down (b) cold (c) in (d) dry
- 3.What does the idiom “a storm in a teacup” mean? (a) spilt tea (b) a broken cup (c) bad weather (d) big fuss over little
- 4.Which word means “without help”? (a) helper (b) helping (c) helpful (d) helpless
- 5.Which word means the same as “quick”? (a) ill (b) fast (c) quiet (d) rich
- 6.The obstinate goat refused to move, however hard we pulled. “Obstinate” means ___. (a) hungry (b) friendly (c) stubborn (d) tiny
- 7.What is the feminine of “lion”? (a) queen (b) mare (c) lioness (d) tigress
- 8.Which word means “not honest”? (a) mishonest (b) prehonest (c) dishonest (d) unhonest
- 9.Fill the gap: A team is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) players (c) grapes (d) cows
- 10.Which spelling is correct? (a) exellent (b) excellant (c) excelent (d) excellent
- 11.Which word is the opposite of “bottom”? (a) happy (b) dry (c) top (d) late
- 12.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “maximum”? (a) victory (b) modern (c) minimum (d) early
- 13.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “borrow”? (a) arrive (b) win (c) lend (d) shout
- 14.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
- 15.Fill the gap: The young one of a fox is a ___. (a) lamb (b) cub (c) calf (d) foal
- 16.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) unjudge (c) rejudge (d) prejudge
- 17.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sow (c) sew
- 18.Add the suffix: dig + er = ? (a) diggor (b) digger (c) diggar (d) diger
- 19.Complete the idiom: The money we raised is just a drop in the ___. (a) ocean (b) pond (c) glass (d) river
- 20.Fill the gap: A colony is a group of ___. (a) ants (b) grapes (c) ships (d) cows
- 21.Which spelling is correct? (a) exaggarate (b) exagarate (c) exaggerate (d) exagerate
- 22.Fill in the opposite: Ice is cold, but fire is ___. (a) wet (b) hot (c) slow (d) small
- 23.Fill in the opposite: A rabbit is fast, but a tortoise is ___. (a) wet (b) big (c) loud (d) slow
- 24.What does the idiom “call it a day” mean? (a) start a new day (b) stop working for now (c) name the day (d) phone a friend
- 25.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
- 26.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) reloyal (b) unloyal (c) disloyal (d) misloyal
- 27.Fill the gap: A swarm is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) grapes (c) cows (d) bees
- 28.Fill the gap with the right small word: Pick ___ the paper from the floor. (a) after (b) off (c) across (d) up
- 29.Add the suffix: teach + er = ? (a) teachor (b) teachere (c) teacher (d) teachar
- 30.Complete the analogy: Run is to ran as swim is to ___. (a) swum (b) swimming (c) swam (d) swims
- 31.The instructions were ambiguous, so everyone understood them differently. “Ambiguous” means ___. (a) very funny (b) very clear (c) very short (d) unclear
- 32.Fill the gap with the right small word: Don’t make ___ stories; tell the truth. (a) after (b) up (c) across (d) off
- 33.Add the suffix: dark + ness = ? (a) darckness (b) darkness (c) darkeness (d) darknes
- 34.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) big – small (b) hot – cold (c) fast – slow (d) big – large
- 35.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) well again (c) not well (d) well before
- 36.The weather was so balmy that we had our picnic outdoors. “Balmy” means ___. (a) very windy (b) pleasantly warm (c) very stormy (d) freezing cold
- 37.Complete the idiom: Don’t give up now; don’t throw in the ___! (a) towel (b) ball (c) bag (d) book
- 38.Which word means “join again”? (a) prejoin (b) misjoin (c) rejoin (d) disjoin
- 39.Complete the idiom: It is raining ___ and dogs outside. (a) rats (b) cows (c) cats (d) mice
- 40.Complete the idiom: It is raining cats and ___. (a) dogs (b) rats (c) cows (d) mice
Answer key
- heroine
- in
- big fuss over little
- helpless
- fast
- stubborn
- lioness
- dishonest
- players
- excellent
- top
- minimum
- lend
- buy
- cub
- misjudge
- sew
- digger
- ocean
- ants
- exaggerate
- hot
- slow
- stop working for now
- whole
- disloyal
- bees
- up
- teacher
- swam
- unclear
- up
- darkness
- big – large
- not well
- pleasantly warm
- towel
- rejoin
- cats
- dogs
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