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 is spelt wrongly? (a) tomorrow (b) immediately (c) separate (d) vegetabel
- 2.Dev is very frugal; he saves money and never wastes it. “Frugal” means ___. (a) very lazy (b) very rich (c) careful with money (d) very generous
- 3.Fill the gap: The young one of a fox is a ___. (a) foal (b) lamb (c) cub (d) calf
- 4.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) open – shut (b) up – down (c) gift – river (d) gift – present
- 5.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
- 6.Which word is an adverb? (a) success (b) successful (c) successfully (d) succeed
- 7.Fill in the opposite: The sun shines in the day; the moon shines at ___. (a) lunch (b) school (c) night (d) morning
- 8.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
- 9.Complete the analogy: Week is to day as year is to ___. (a) decade (b) era (c) century (d) month
- 10.Complete the idiom: It is raining ___ and dogs outside. (a) mice (b) cows (c) rats (d) cats
- 11.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) happy – glad (b) shout – yell (c) include – exclude (d) mend – repair
- 12.Fill the gap: The young one of a pig is a ___. (a) foal (b) piglet (c) cub (d) kitten
- 13.Which is the formal word for “see”? (a) observe (b) require (c) purchase (d) reside
- 14.Which word is the opposite of “late”? (a) small (b) sad (c) early (d) dry
- 15.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
- 16.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “present”? (a) modern (b) absent (c) early (d) honest
- 17.Which is the formal word for “right away”? (a) frequently (b) approximately (c) immediately (d) previously
- 18.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) shut – close (b) below – under (c) mend – repair (d) wise – foolish
- 19.Complete the analogy: Child is to children as mouse is to ___. (a) cheese (b) rats (c) mice (d) mouse
- 20.Which word means the same as “weary”? (a) loud (b) fresh (c) tired (d) happy
- 21.Riya was elated when she topped the class; she danced all the way home. “Elated” means ___. (a) very tired (b) very angry (c) very happy (d) very hungry
- 22.Fill the gap: A herd is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) bees (c) ships (d) grapes
- 23.Which spelling is correct? (a) Wednesday (b) Wensday (c) Wednsday (d) Wedensday
- 24.Fill the gap: The young one of a tiger is a ___. (a) lamb (b) foal (c) kitten (d) cub
- 25.What does the phrasal verb “stand for” mean? (a) argue (b) mean (c) wait (d) sit down
- 26.Water is scarce in the desert, so people use every drop carefully. “Scarce” means ___. (a) very clean (b) in short supply (c) easy to find (d) very cold
- 27.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “purchase”? (a) need (b) tell (c) buy (d) live
- 28.Which word is a noun? (a) imagine (b) imaginative (c) imagination (d) imaginatively
- 29.Which word means “the state of being dark”? (a) darken (b) darkness (c) darker (d) darkly
- 30.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) up – down (b) win – lose (c) stone – rock (d) hot – cold
- 31.Which word is the opposite of “out”? (a) in (b) down (c) cold (d) dry
- 32.Which word means “one who dances”? (a) dancing (b) dances (c) danced (d) dancer
- 33.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wander (b) wonder
- 34.Fill the gap: The young one of a hen is a ___. (a) calf (b) cub (c) chick (d) kid
- 35.Which word is a noun? (a) protect (b) protective (c) protection (d) protectively
- 36.Fill the gap: The young one of a deer is a ___. (a) puppy (b) chick (c) fawn (d) kitten
- 37.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) misread (c) preread (d) disread
- 38.Complete the analogy: Cold is to winter as hot is to ___. (a) snow (b) night (c) autumn (d) summer
- 39.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common wrongly (c) not common (d) common again
- 40.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) quiet – silent (b) rough – smooth (c) rich – wealthy (d) end – finish
Answer key
- vegetabel
- careful with money
- cub
- gift – present
- You're
- successfully
- night
- sail
- month
- cats
- include – exclude
- piglet
- observe
- early
- blue
- absent
- immediately
- wise – foolish
- mice
- tired
- very happy
- cows
- Wednesday
- cub
- mean
- in short supply
- buy
- imagination
- darkness
- stone – rock
- in
- dancer
- wander
- chick
- protection
- fawn
- misread
- summer
- not common
- rough – smooth
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