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.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “sunset”? (a) window (b) sunrise (c) journey (d) question
- 2.Which is the formal word for “help”? (a) assist (b) commence (c) reside (d) purchase
- 3.Complete the idiom: Hold your ___! Wait for everyone to sit down. (a) cows (b) goats (c) horses (d) dogs
- 4.Fill the gap: A gosling is the young one of a ___. (a) cow (b) dog (c) goose (d) cat
- 5.Which is the formal word for “think about”? (a) consider (b) reside (c) conclude (d) purchase
- 6.One word for: a period of a hundred years (a) century (b) decade (c) fortnight (d) millennium
- 7.The house was vacant; nobody had lived in it for years. “Vacant” means ___. (a) empty (b) crowded (c) expensive (d) beautiful
- 8.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “selfish”? (a) quiet (b) generous (c) lazy (d) rude
- 9.What is the feminine of “tiger”? (a) mare (b) hen (c) lioness (d) tigress
- 10.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
- 11.Which spelling is correct? (a) beutiful (b) beautiful (c) beautifull (d) beatiful
- 12.The pond water was murky, so we could not see the bottom. “Murky” means ___. (a) sweet (b) clear (c) cloudy and dark (d) very cold
- 13.Fill the gap with the right small word: Kavya takes ___ her mother; they look alike. (a) after (b) out (c) up (d) off
- 14.The wedding was a lavish affair with food, music and lights everywhere. “Lavish” means ___. (a) very short (b) simple and plain (c) grand and rich (d) very sad
- 15.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “praise”? (a) float (b) blame (c) arrive (d) borrow
- 16.Fill in the opposite: Come in through the front door and go ___ through the back door. (a) out (b) hot (c) wet (d) tall
- 17.Fill the gap with the right small word: The thief finally gave ___ and told the truth. (a) across (b) off (c) after (d) in
- 18.The Thar Desert is arid; it hardly ever rains there. “Arid” means ___. (a) very wet (b) very green (c) very cold (d) very dry
- 19.Which word is the opposite of “asleep”? (a) dry (b) short (c) cold (d) awake
- 20.Which word is the opposite of “small”? (a) sad (b) slow (c) big (d) dry
- 21.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint before (c) paint again (d) paint wrongly
- 22.Complete the analogy: Hen is to chick as frog is to ___. (a) foal (b) cub (c) tadpole (d) kitten
- 23.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “shallow”? (a) rich (b) honest (c) deep (d) early
- 24.Choose the right form: Can you ___ the picture in five sentences? (a) descriptively (b) descriptive (c) description (d) describe
- 25.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
- 26.Which word is the opposite of “last”? (a) cold (b) dry (c) short (d) first
- 27.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) pretidy (c) retidy (d) mistidy
- 28.Fill the gap with the right small word: The balloon blew ___ with a loud bang. (a) across (b) up (c) after (d) off
- 29.Complete the analogy: Sheep is to wool as bee is to ___. (a) silk (b) honey (c) milk (d) eggs
- 30.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) clever – smart (b) below – under (c) generous – selfish (d) talk – speak
- 31.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “examination”? (a) test (b) phone (c) money (d) bike
- 32.Fill in the opposite: A giraffe is tall, but a puppy is ___. (a) loud (b) wet (c) short (d) hot
- 33.Add the suffix: slow + ly = ? (a) sloly (b) slowly (c) slowley (d) slowely
- 34.Choose the right form: You must ___ which book to read first. (a) decision (b) decide (c) decisive (d) decisively
- 35.Fill the gap: A swarm is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) bees (c) grapes (d) cows
- 36.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) gift – present (b) gift – river (c) up – down (d) open – shut
- 37.Complete the analogy: Big is to large as small is to ___. (a) tall (b) wide (c) huge (d) little
- 38.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
- 39.Complete the idiom: After the argument, Zoya gave her brother the cold ___. (a) shoulder (b) water (c) foot (d) hand
- 40.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -less (b) -ful (c) -ness (d) -er
Answer key
- sunrise
- assist
- horses
- goose
- consider
- century
- empty
- generous
- tigress
- pair
- beautiful
- cloudy and dark
- after
- grand and rich
- blame
- out
- in
- very dry
- awake
- big
- paint again
- tadpole
- deep
- describe
- right
- first
- untidy
- up
- honey
- generous – selfish
- test
- short
- slowly
- decide
- bees
- gift – present
- little
- dis-
- shoulder
- -less
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