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.Which word means the same as “quick”? (a) fast (b) ill (c) quiet (d) rich
- 2.The sky grew ominous as dark clouds gathered before the storm. “Ominous” means ___. (a) very beautiful (b) warning of danger (c) very quiet (d) bright and clear
- 3.Fill the gap: a ___ of thieves (a) litter (b) fleet (c) pride (d) gang
- 4.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “minimum”? (a) late (b) maximum (c) ancient (d) journey
- 5.Which word means the same as “jump”? (a) sit (b) leap (c) crawl (d) cry
- 6.The puppy was inquisitive and sniffed every new box in the house. “Inquisitive” means ___. (a) angry (b) curious (c) sleepy (d) lazy
- 7.What is the feminine of “brother”? (a) niece (b) sister (c) wife (d) aunt
- 8.Complete the analogy: Bird is to feathers as fish is to ___. (a) hair (b) wool (c) scales (d) fur
- 9.Which word is the opposite of “push”? (a) eat (b) sleep (c) sing (d) pull
- 10.Which is the formal word for “find out”? (a) reside (b) conclude (c) discover (d) purchase
- 11.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 12.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
- 13.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) scared – brave (b) old – new (c) in – out (d) scared – afraid
- 14.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
- 15.Fill the gap: a ___ of buffaloes (a) pride (b) herd (c) swarm (d) fleet
- 16.What does the idiom “on the same page” mean? (a) far apart (b) reading a book (c) very busy (d) in agreement
- 17.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “rude”? (a) polite (b) tall (c) lazy (d) wet
- 18.The kitten was so docile that it let the children carry it around. “Docile” means ___. (a) noisy (b) angry (c) wild (d) gentle and calm
- 19.Which word is an adverb? (a) danger (b) endanger (c) dangerous (d) dangerously
- 20.What does the idiom “cry over spilt milk” mean? (a) waste milk (b) cry loudly (c) worry about the past (d) be very hungry
- 21.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
- 22.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) disappear (b) February (c) knowledge (d) goverment
- 23.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -er (b) -less (c) -ness (d) -ful
- 24.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -ful (b) -er (c) -ly (d) -ness
- 25.Which word is the opposite of “inside”? (a) wet (b) happy (c) outside (d) slow
- 26.What does the phrasal verb “come across” mean? (a) find by chance (b) come back (c) cross a road (d) lose by chance
- 27.What does the phrasal verb “blow up” mean? (a) sing (b) breathe (c) explode (d) fly away
- 28.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “commence”? (a) help (b) live (c) buy (d) start
- 29.What does the phrasal verb “pick up” mean? (a) drop (b) throw (c) push (d) lift
- 30.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) imminent (b) eminent
- 31.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) day – night (b) friend – pal (c) friend – enemy (d) push – pull
- 32.Fill the gap with the right small word: I ran ___ my teacher at the market. (a) up (b) into (c) off (d) after
- 33.Which word is the opposite of “day”? (a) hot (b) up (c) night (d) dry
- 34.Water is scarce in the desert, so people use every drop carefully. “Scarce” means ___. (a) easy to find (b) very clean (c) in short supply (d) very cold
- 35.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by
- 36.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) cheap – expensive (b) glad – happy (c) jump – leap (d) talk – speak
- 37.One word for: a person who walks in his or her sleep (a) tourist (b) pedestrian (c) optimist (d) sleepwalker
- 38.Fill the gap with the right small word: Please fill ___ this form with your name. (a) off (b) after (c) in (d) across
- 39.Which spelling is correct? (a) concience (b) conscience (c) conscence (d) consience
- 40.One word for: a period of a thousand years (a) fortnight (b) century (c) decade (d) millennium
Answer key
- fast
- warning of danger
- gang
- maximum
- leap
- curious
- sister
- scales
- pull
- discover
- mis-
- led
- scared – afraid
- dessert
- herd
- in agreement
- polite
- gentle and calm
- dangerously
- worry about the past
- were
- goverment
- -less
- -ness
- outside
- find by chance
- explode
- start
- lift
- imminent
- friend – pal
- into
- night
- in short supply
- by
- cheap – expensive
- sleepwalker
- in
- conscience
- millennium
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