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: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
- 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 3.What is the masculine of “aunt”? (a) son (b) nephew (c) uncle (d) brother
- 4.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) proceed (b) precede
- 5.Choose the right form: Bright flowers ___ bees. (a) attractive (b) attract (c) attraction (d) attractively
- 6.What is the masculine of “grandmother”? (a) son (b) grandfather (c) uncle (d) nephew
- 7.Fill the gap with the right small word: I am looking ___ my lost pencil. (a) up (b) off (c) after (d) for
- 8.What does the idiom “out of the blue” mean? (a) from the sea (b) from the sky (c) suddenly, unexpectedly (d) very sad
- 9.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) mend – repair (b) wise – foolish (c) below – under (d) shut – close
- 10.Fill the gap with the right small word: I want to be a pilot when I grow ___. (a) after (b) up (c) off (d) down
- 11.What does the phrasal verb “cut down” mean? (a) reduce (b) cook (c) increase (d) grow
- 12.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
- 13.Complete the analogy: Painter is to brush as writer is to ___. (a) pen (b) needle (c) spade (d) saw
- 14.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) below – under (b) talk – speak (c) clever – smart (d) generous – selfish
- 15.Complete the idiom: The news came out of the ___. (a) red (b) pink (c) green (d) blue
- 16.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) than (b) then
- 17.Complete the idiom: Can you keep an ___ on my bag for a minute? (a) arm (b) ear (c) hand (d) eye
- 18.What is the masculine of “niece”? (a) uncle (b) son (c) nephew (d) brother
- 19.Fill the gap: a ___ of thieves (a) pride (b) fleet (c) gang (d) litter
- 20.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge wrongly
- 21.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) hard – soft (b) light – dark (c) rich – poor (d) rich – wealthy
- 22.Fill the gap: a ___ of flowers (a) bouquet (b) herd (c) fleet (d) pride
- 23.Which word means “without a name”? (a) named (b) namely (c) nameless (d) names
- 24.Which word means the same as “sick”? (a) ill (b) healthy (c) tall (d) proud
- 25.Which spelling is correct? (a) foreighn (b) foreign (c) forein (d) foriegn
- 26.One word for: a daily record of personal events (a) dictionary (b) atlas (c) novel (d) diary
- 27.What is the masculine of “queen”? (a) prince (b) king (c) nephew (d) uncle
- 28.Fill in the opposite: Winter is cold, but summer is ___. (a) small (b) slow (c) sad (d) hot
- 29.Which word means “in a careful way”? (a) careful (b) carer (c) careless (d) carefully
- 30.What does the phrasal verb “give up” mean? (a) give a gift (b) keep going (c) stand up (d) stop trying
- 31.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) neccesary (b) library (c) grammar (d) disappear
- 32.There was a brief power cut that lasted only a minute. “Brief” means ___. (a) loud (b) dark (c) short (d) long
- 33.Fill in the opposite: An elephant is big, but an ant is ___. (a) tall (b) wet (c) loud (d) small
- 34.Complete the analogy: Up is to down as in is to ___. (a) by (b) out (c) at (d) on
- 35.What does “preview” mean? (a) view before (b) view again (c) not view (d) view wrongly
- 36.Fill the gap: a ___ of ants (a) pride (b) fleet (c) colony (d) herd
- 37.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
- 38.Which word is an adjective? (a) persuasive (b) persuade (c) persuasively (d) persuasion
- 39.Which word means the same as “end”? (a) finish (b) smile (c) begin (d) shout
- 40.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
Answer key
- advice
- un-
- uncle
- proceed
- attract
- grandfather
- for
- suddenly, unexpectedly
- wise – foolish
- up
- reduce
- son
- pen
- generous – selfish
- blue
- than
- eye
- nephew
- gang
- judge wrongly
- rich – wealthy
- bouquet
- nameless
- ill
- foreign
- diary
- king
- hot
- carefully
- stop trying
- neccesary
- short
- small
- out
- view before
- colony
- night
- persuasive
- finish
- rode
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