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 ___ of stairs (a) herd (b) swarm (c) flight (d) pride
- 2.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -ness (b) -er (c) -less (d) -ful
- 3.Which word means “the state of being happy”? (a) happier (b) happiness (c) happily (d) unhappy
- 4.The speech was so tedious that half the class yawned. “Tedious” means ___. (a) long and boring (b) very loud (c) short and funny (d) very exciting
- 5.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) priviledge (b) exaggerate (c) conscience (d) knowledge
- 6.Which is the formal word for “buy”? (a) inform (b) purchase (c) require (d) reside
- 7.Complete the analogy: Butter is to milk as paper is to ___. (a) wood (b) plastic (c) iron (d) glass
- 8.Complete the analogy: Run is to ran as swim is to ___. (a) swum (b) swimming (c) swims (d) swam
- 9.One word for: a person who sells flowers (a) tailor (b) cashier (c) florist (d) dentist
- 10.Which word means the same as “hard”? (a) wet (b) easy (c) difficult (d) kind
- 11.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) cook wrongly (c) not cook (d) cook before
- 12.What does the idiom “raining cats and dogs” mean? (a) raining very heavily (b) a light shower (c) animals are falling (d) pets are fighting
- 13.What does the phrasal verb “put up with” mean? (a) pick up (b) tolerate (c) decorate (d) build
- 14.What does the phrasal verb “take off” mean? (a) wear (b) wash (c) remove clothes (d) buy
- 15.One word for: a period of a hundred years (a) fortnight (b) decade (c) millennium (d) century
- 16.Fill the gap: A pod is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) bees (c) keys (d) whales
- 17.Choose the right form: Tara spoke ___ and won the debate. (a) persuasively (b) persuasive (c) persuade (d) persuasion
- 18.Which spelling is correct? (a) beautiful (b) beutiful (c) beatiful (d) beautifull
- 19.What does the idiom “once in a blue moon” mean? (a) at midnight (b) very quickly (c) every night (d) very rarely
- 20.Which word means the same as “talk”? (a) hear (b) run (c) speak (d) sleep
- 21.Fill the gap: A flock is a group of ___. (a) keys (b) sheep (c) lions (d) ships
- 22.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) necessary (b) library (c) calandar (d) address
- 23.Complete the idiom: Breaking the vase was the last ___; Mum was really upset. (a) stick (b) stone (c) straw (d) cup
- 24.Complete the analogy: Happy is to sad as rich is to ___. (a) wealthy (b) kind (c) poor (d) tall
- 25.Which word is a noun? (a) decisive (b) decide (c) decisively (d) decision
- 26.Which word is an adjective? (a) decision (b) decisive (c) decide (d) decisively
- 27.What does the phrasal verb “look forward to” mean? (a) be afraid of (b) wait eagerly for (c) look straight ahead (d) forget about
- 28.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “lend”? (a) arrive (b) float (c) borrow (d) sing
- 29.Fill in the opposite: In the morning I am awake; at night I am ___. (a) loud (b) asleep (c) tall (d) wet
- 30.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightening (b) lightning
- 31.Dad was ecstatic when India won the World Cup. “Ecstatic” means ___. (a) upset (b) sleepy (c) bored (d) overjoyed
- 32.Which word is a verb? (a) purity (b) purely (c) purify (d) pure
- 33.What is the masculine of “girl”? (a) king (b) husband (c) boy (d) uncle
- 34.Which word is the opposite of “out”? (a) down (b) cold (c) dry (d) in
- 35.Fill the gap with the right small word: The cows were let ___ to graze in the field. (a) across (b) out (c) off (d) after
- 36.Which word means the same as “ill”? (a) brave (b) well (c) kind (d) sick
- 37.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) especially (b) receive (c) charactor (d) separate
- 38.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) gift – river (b) open – shut (c) up – down (d) gift – present
- 39.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
- 40.Complete the analogy: Doctor is to hospital as teacher is to ___. (a) school (b) court (c) farm (d) shop
Answer key
- flight
- -less
- happiness
- long and boring
- priviledge
- purchase
- wood
- swam
- florist
- difficult
- cook before
- raining very heavily
- tolerate
- remove clothes
- century
- whales
- persuasively
- beautiful
- very rarely
- speak
- sheep
- calandar
- straw
- poor
- decision
- decisive
- wait eagerly for
- borrow
- asleep
- lightning
- overjoyed
- purify
- boy
- in
- out
- sick
- charactor
- gift – present
- led
- school
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