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 is the everyday (informal) word for “examination”? (a) phone (b) test (c) money (d) bike
- 2.The pond water was murky, so we could not see the bottom. “Murky” means ___. (a) clear (b) cloudy and dark (c) very cold (d) sweet
- 3.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “sunset”? (a) window (b) sunrise (c) journey (d) question
- 4.Complete the analogy: Finger is to hand as toe is to ___. (a) foot (b) nail (c) arm (d) knee
- 5.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
- 6.Which spelling is correct? (a) exellent (b) excellant (c) excelent (d) excellent
- 7.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Which (b) Witch
- 8.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) shout – yell (b) shout – whisper (c) push – pull (d) buy – sell
- 9.Fill the gap: a ___ of deer (a) fleet (b) herd (c) pride (d) swarm
- 10.Which word means the same as “hurry”? (a) rest (b) eat (c) sing (d) rush
- 11.Fill the gap: A duckling is the young one of a ___. (a) cat (b) cow (c) duck (d) goat
- 12.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) read again (c) read wrongly (d) not read
- 13.What is the masculine of “heroine”? (a) actor (b) prince (c) host (d) hero
- 14.Complete the analogy: Thermometer is to temperature as clock is to ___. (a) distance (b) speed (c) weight (d) time
- 15.Fill the gap: The young one of a goose is a ___. (a) gosling (b) cub (c) calf (d) kid
- 16.Which word is an adjective? (a) successful (b) successfully (c) success (d) succeed
- 17.One word for: a person who studies the stars and planets (a) biologist (b) dentist (c) geologist (d) astronomer
- 18.One word for: an animal that eats both plants and meat (a) scavenger (b) omnivore (c) herbivore (d) carnivore
- 19.Fill the gap with the right small word: Please hand ___ your notebooks by Friday. (a) across (b) in (c) up (d) after
- 20.What does the idiom “by hook or by crook” mean? (a) by any means (b) with help (c) very slowly (d) by fishing
- 21.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) privilege (b) buisness (c) restaurant (d) committee
- 22.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “permanent”? (a) temporary (b) ancient (c) generous (d) polite
- 23.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) gift – present (b) victory – win (c) end – finish (d) victory – defeat
- 24.What is the masculine of “queen”? (a) uncle (b) prince (c) nephew (d) king
- 25.Complete the analogy: Happy is to sad as rich is to ___. (a) wealthy (b) kind (c) poor (d) tall
- 26.Which word is the opposite of “push”? (a) sleep (b) eat (c) sing (d) pull
- 27.What does the idiom “a red-letter day” mean? (a) a special, happy day (b) a day of danger (c) a postal holiday (d) a sad day
- 28.Which word means “the state of being dark”? (a) darker (b) darken (c) darkly (d) darkness
- 29.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) device (b) devise
- 30.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
- 31.Which word is the opposite of “cold”? (a) late (b) hot (c) short (d) full
- 32.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “inferior”? (a) modern (b) honest (c) superior (d) late
- 33.One word for: a person who is being treated by a doctor (a) patient (b) nurse (c) surgeon (d) visitor
- 34.Complete the analogy: Village is to small as city is to ___. (a) tiny (b) quiet (c) big (d) empty
- 35.Which word is a verb? (a) inventively (b) inventive (c) invention (d) invent
- 36.Complete the analogy: Car is to road as train is to ___. (a) sea (b) sky (c) river (d) track
- 37.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) not join (c) join wrongly (d) join before
- 38.What does the phrasal verb “cut down” mean? (a) cook (b) grow (c) increase (d) reduce
- 39.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) later (b) latter
- 40.What does the phrasal verb “run into” mean? (a) run indoors (b) avoid someone (c) meet by chance (d) race someone
Answer key
- test
- cloudy and dark
- sunrise
- foot
- ate
- excellent
- Which
- shout – yell
- herd
- rush
- duck
- read wrongly
- hero
- time
- gosling
- successful
- astronomer
- omnivore
- in
- by any means
- buisness
- temporary
- victory – defeat
- king
- poor
- pull
- a special, happy day
- darkness
- devise
- sun
- hot
- superior
- patient
- big
- invent
- track
- join again
- reduce
- latter
- meet by chance
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