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: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
- 2.Which word is an adjective? (a) beautiful (b) beautify (c) beauty (d) beautifully
- 3.Which word is an adjective? (a) description (b) describe (c) descriptively (d) descriptive
- 4.Choose the right form: The storm caused great ___ in the village. (a) destroy (b) destruction (c) destructively (d) destructive
- 5.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) old – new (b) shy – timid (c) tall – short (d) shy – bold
- 6.Add the suffix: play + ful = ? (a) playfel (b) plaiful (c) playfull (d) playful
- 7.What does the idiom “in hot water” mean? (a) taking a bath (b) very busy (c) in trouble (d) feeling warm
- 8.The street vendor’s samosas were delectable, so we ordered more. “Delectable” means ___. (a) delicious (b) burnt (c) cold (d) tasteless
- 9.Which word means “full of hope”? (a) hoping (b) hopeful (c) hopefully (d) hopeless
- 10.Which spelling is correct? (a) noticable (b) noticeble (c) noticeable (d) notisable
- 11.Fill the gap: The young one of a cat is a ___. (a) kitten (b) cub (c) puppy (d) calf
- 12.Fill the gap with the right small word: The match was called ___ because of rain. (a) up (b) in (c) out (d) off
- 13.Fill the gap: A bouquet is a bunch of ___. (a) flowers (b) cows (c) wolves (d) ships
- 14.One word for: the life story of a person written by someone else (a) geography (b) autobiography (c) biography (d) atlas
- 15.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
- 16.One word for: against the law (a) invisible (b) legal (c) impossible (d) illegal
- 17.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
- 18.Add the suffix: quick + ly = ? (a) quikly (b) quickly (c) quickely (d) quickley
- 19.Which word is an adverb? (a) inventive (b) inventively (c) invent (d) invention
- 20.Fill the gap: a ___ of deer (a) fleet (b) swarm (c) herd (d) pride
- 21.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) preequal (c) disequal (d) unequal
- 22.Complete the analogy: Astronaut is to spacecraft as sailor is to ___. (a) bus (b) train (c) ship (d) plane
- 23.Complete the analogy: Car is to road as train is to ___. (a) track (b) sea (c) river (d) sky
- 24.What is the feminine of “prince”? (a) princess (b) niece (c) queen (d) aunt
- 25.Choose the right form: Can you ___ Dad to buy a puppy? (a) persuade (b) persuasion (c) persuasively (d) persuasive
- 26.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) rebehave (b) unbehave (c) misbehave (d) disbehave
- 27.One word for: words that sound alike but differ in meaning (a) antonyms (b) homophones (c) prefixes (d) synonyms
- 28.Complete the idiom: Could you lend me a ___ with these heavy bags? (a) foot (b) head (c) leg (d) hand
- 29.Which word is an adjective? (a) protection (b) protective (c) protectively (d) protect
- 30.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 31.Which word is the opposite of “top”? (a) bottom (b) early (c) sad (d) wet
- 32.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 33.Fill the gap: A fleet is a group of ___. (a) grapes (b) lions (c) ships (d) bees
- 34.Fill in the opposite: A lion is strong, but a mouse is ___. (a) weak (b) wet (c) tall (d) loud
- 35.Add the suffix: teach + er = ? (a) teachor (b) teachar (c) teacher (d) teachere
- 36.The cheetah is a ferocious hunter that chases its prey at great speed. “Ferocious” means ___. (a) gentle (b) lazy (c) tiny (d) fierce and wild
- 37.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) imminent (b) eminent
- 38.One word for: an animal that eats only plants (a) insectivore (b) carnivore (c) omnivore (d) herbivore
- 39.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscience (b) conscious
- 40.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
Answer key
- weight
- beautiful
- descriptive
- destruction
- shy – timid
- playful
- in trouble
- delicious
- hopeful
- noticeable
- kitten
- off
- flowers
- biography
- tail
- illegal
- blew
- quickly
- inventively
- herd
- unequal
- ship
- track
- princess
- persuade
- misbehave
- homophones
- hand
- protective
- aunt
- bottom
- re-
- ships
- weak
- teacher
- fierce and wild
- eminent
- herbivore
- conscious
- stationary
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