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 in the opposite: Grandpa is old, but the baby is ___. (a) dry (b) tall (c) loud (d) young
- 2.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) rehear (b) unhear (c) dishear (d) mishear
- 3.What does the idiom “in hot water” mean? (a) feeling warm (b) taking a bath (c) in trouble (d) very busy
- 4.What is the masculine of “duchess”? (a) prince (b) king (c) uncle (d) duke
- 5.Which word is the opposite of “lose”? (a) run (b) sleep (c) win (d) sit
- 6.Fill in the opposite: A lion is strong, but a mouse is ___. (a) wet (b) tall (c) weak (d) loud
- 7.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) happy – sad (b) tall – short (c) begin – start (d) begin – finish
- 8.We got drenched in the heavy rain because we had no umbrella. “Drenched” means ___. (a) very late (b) very cold (c) completely wet (d) very tired
- 9.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “wise”? (a) brave (b) ancient (c) foolish (d) polite
- 10.Which word means “in a slow way”? (a) slowest (b) slowness (c) slower (d) slowly
- 11.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -er (b) -ly (c) -ful (d) -less
- 12.Fill the gap with the right small word: The match was called ___ because of rain. (a) off (b) up (c) out (d) in
- 13.Which word is an adjective? (a) destroy (b) destructive (c) destructively (d) destruction
- 14.Complete the idiom: Ananya was all ___ when Grandpa told the story. (a) hands (b) eyes (c) feet (d) ears
- 15.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “physician”? (a) money (b) bike (c) doctor (d) phone
- 16.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
- 17.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
- 18.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) below – under (b) mend – repair (c) wise – foolish (d) shut – close
- 19.Which spelling is correct? (a) interrup (b) interrupt (c) intterupt (d) interupt
- 20.One word for: a daily record of personal events (a) novel (b) dictionary (c) diary (d) atlas
- 21.Which word is a noun? (a) beautiful (b) beauty (c) beautify (d) beautifully
- 22.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) gift – river (b) up – down (c) gift – present (d) open – shut
- 23.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 24.Which spelling is correct? (a) acommodation (b) accomodation (c) accommodation (d) accommadation
- 25.Which word is an adjective? (a) invention (b) invent (c) inventive (d) inventively
- 26.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) mischievous (b) Feburary (c) government (d) exaggerate
- 27.Complete the analogy: Day is to night as summer is to ___. (a) monsoon (b) sunny (c) spring (d) winter
- 28.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) prehappy (c) unhappy (d) mishappy
- 29.Complete the analogy: King is to queen as prince is to ___. (a) princess (b) king (c) duchess (d) aunt
- 30.Fill the gap: The young one of a bear is a ___. (a) lamb (b) cub (c) foal (d) chick
- 31.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -ness (b) -less (c) -ly (d) -er
- 32.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) discommon (c) precommon (d) recommon
- 33.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 34.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe wrongly (c) not safe (d) safe again
- 35.Fill the gap with the right small word: I wake ___ at six every morning. (a) up (b) off (c) down (d) in
- 36.Which spelling is correct? (a) ocassion (b) ocasion (c) occassion (d) occasion
- 37.Which word means the same as “naughty”? (a) mischievous (b) tall (c) quiet (d) obedient
- 38.What is the feminine of “actor”? (a) waitress (b) hostess (c) heroine (d) actress
- 39.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) full – empty (b) early – late (c) ill – sick (d) ill – well
- 40.Fill the gap: The young one of a cat is a ___. (a) puppy (b) calf (c) kitten (d) cub
Answer key
- young
- mishear
- in trouble
- duke
- win
- weak
- begin – start
- completely wet
- foolish
- slowly
- -ful
- off
- destructive
- ears
- doctor
- by
- breath
- wise – foolish
- interrupt
- diary
- beauty
- gift – present
- mis-
- accommodation
- inventive
- Feburary
- winter
- unhappy
- princess
- cub
- -er
- uncommon
- un-
- not safe
- up
- occasion
- mischievous
- actress
- ill – sick
- kitten
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