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.Fill the gap: A school is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) fish (c) cows (d) keys
- 2.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
- 3.One word for: a place where bees are kept (a) aviary (b) aquarium (c) granary (d) apiary
- 4.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) cold – hot (b) in – out (c) cold – chilly (d) buy – sell
- 5.Choose the right form: It was a hard ___ to make. (a) decide (b) decisive (c) decision (d) decisively
- 6.One word for: a person who always expects the worst (a) pessimist (b) tourist (c) optimist (d) dentist
- 7.Complete the analogy: Duck is to quack as cow is to ___. (a) bark (b) moo (c) roar (d) hiss
- 8.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) jump – leap (b) glad – happy (c) cheap – expensive (d) talk – speak
- 9.Complete the analogy: Bird is to feathers as fish is to ___. (a) wool (b) scales (c) hair (d) fur
- 10.Which word means the same as “end”? (a) begin (b) finish (c) shout (d) smile
- 11.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
- 12.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) imminent (b) eminent
- 13.What does the phrasal verb “run out of” mean? (a) run very fast (b) have plenty (c) have none left (d) run outside
- 14.Which is the formal word for “so”? (a) approximately (b) therefore (c) previously (d) frequently
- 15.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adapt (b) adopt
- 16.One word for: a sound too soft to be heard (a) illegible (b) inedible (c) invisible (d) inaudible
- 17.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) calendar (b) achieve (c) envirnment (d) mischievous
- 18.Choose the right form: Painting helps children become more ___. (a) creatively (b) creative (c) creation (d) create
- 19.The fire spread rapidly through the dry grass. “Rapidly” means ___. (a) quietly (b) slowly (c) gently (d) quickly
- 20.Which is the formal word for “also”? (a) immediately (b) additionally (c) previously (d) approximately
- 21.One word for: a person who repairs pipes and taps (a) plumber (b) tailor (c) carpenter (d) cobbler
- 22.What is the feminine of “husband”? (a) wife (b) daughter (c) niece (d) aunt
- 23.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “residence”? (a) phone (b) money (c) bike (d) house
- 24.Add the suffix: write + er = ? (a) writeer (b) writer (c) writar (d) writter
- 25.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
- 26.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complimented (b) complemented
- 27.The view from the hilltop was breathtaking; we stood and stared for ages. “Breathtaking” means ___. (a) very dull (b) very ugly (c) amazingly beautiful (d) very dangerous
- 28.Fill in the opposite: My glass was full; now it is ___. (a) empty (b) hot (c) tall (d) loud
- 29.What is the masculine of “mother”? (a) father (b) son (c) uncle (d) brother
- 30.What does the phrasal verb “fill in” mean? (a) post a form (b) tear a form (c) lose a form (d) complete a form
- 31.Fill the gap: a ___ of mountains (a) pride (b) flock (c) range (d) swarm
- 32.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
- 33.Which word is an adjective? (a) persuade (b) persuasive (c) persuasion (d) persuasively
- 34.Which word means “open again”? (a) preopen (b) misopen (c) unopen (d) reopen
- 35.Fill the gap: a ___ of cars (a) fleet (b) herd (c) swarm (d) flock
- 36.The village was serene, with only the sound of birds. “Serene” means ___. (a) noisy (b) crowded (c) dirty (d) calm and peaceful
- 37.What does the idiom “in the same boat” mean? (a) in a ship (b) in the same trouble (c) on a holiday (d) very rich
- 38.Choose the right form: Plastic waste can ___ sea animals. (a) dangerously (b) dangerous (c) danger (d) endanger
- 39.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) tommorrow (b) grammar (c) noticeable (d) government
- 40.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -er (b) -ness (c) -less (d) -ful
Answer key
- fish
- sale
- apiary
- cold – chilly
- decision
- pessimist
- moo
- cheap – expensive
- scales
- finish
- cite
- imminent
- have none left
- therefore
- adopt
- inaudible
- envirnment
- creative
- quickly
- additionally
- plumber
- wife
- house
- writer
- Which
- complemented
- amazingly beautiful
- empty
- father
- complete a form
- range
- won
- persuasive
- reopen
- fleet
- calm and peaceful
- in the same trouble
- endanger
- tommorrow
- -less
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