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 spelling is correct? (a) achieve (b) achive (c) acheive (d) acheeve
- 2.Fill the gap with the right small word: Look ___! A car is coming. (a) up (b) after (c) out (d) in
- 3.Complete the analogy: Fish is to swim as bird is to ___. (a) dig (b) crawl (c) run (d) fly
- 4.Which spelling is correct? (a) commitee (b) committee (c) comittee (d) committe
- 5.Which word is the opposite of “push”? (a) sing (b) eat (c) sleep (d) pull
- 6.Fill the gap: The young one of a frog is a ___. (a) chick (b) lamb (c) cub (d) tadpole
- 7.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) especially (b) calendar (c) beleive (d) occasion
- 8.Which spelling is correct? (a) expecially (b) espescially (c) especialy (d) especially
- 9.Fill in the opposite: A rabbit is fast, but a tortoise is ___. (a) big (b) wet (c) loud (d) slow
- 10.Which spelling is correct? (a) buisness (b) bussiness (c) busness (d) business
- 11.What does the phrasal verb “look out” mean? (a) go out (b) be careless (c) close your eyes (d) be careful
- 12.Which word means the same as “bright”? (a) sad (b) slow (c) shiny (d) dull
- 13.Choose the right form: Your honesty is ___. (a) admire (b) admirably (c) admiration (d) admirable
- 14.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principal (b) principle
- 15.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) not continue (c) continue wrongly (d) continue before
- 16.Which is the formal word for “let”? (a) permit (b) conclude (c) reside (d) purchase
- 17.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -er (b) -less (c) -ly (d) -ful
- 18.The clown was so hilarious that the whole audience laughed. “Hilarious” means ___. (a) very scary (b) very funny (c) very sad (d) very tall
- 19.Which word is the opposite of “stand”? (a) eat (b) sit (c) cry (d) sing
- 20.Which is the formal word for “answer”? (a) reside (b) purchase (c) require (d) respond
- 21.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) especially (b) libary (c) mischievous (d) believe
- 22.Which word is an adjective? (a) protective (b) protectively (c) protection (d) protect
- 23.One word for: a person who hoards money and spends very little (a) glutton (b) tourist (c) miser (d) donor
- 24.Which spelling is correct? (a) adress (b) address (c) adres (d) addres
- 25.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) recount (b) precount (c) uncount (d) miscount
- 26.What does the idiom “call it a day” mean? (a) stop working for now (b) start a new day (c) phone a friend (d) name the day
- 27.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) mend – repair (b) shout – yell (c) include – exclude (d) happy – glad
- 28.Riya made a feeble attempt to lift the heavy box and soon gave up. “Feeble” means ___. (a) weak (b) strong (c) loud (d) clever
- 29.Fill the gap: a ___ of wolves (a) flock (b) pack (c) fleet (d) bunch
- 30.What is the feminine of “grandfather”? (a) queen (b) grandmother (c) aunt (d) niece
- 31.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “maximum”? (a) victory (b) modern (c) early (d) minimum
- 32.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “permit”? (a) live (b) buy (c) let (d) tell
- 33.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel
- 34.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) in – out (b) scared – afraid (c) old – new (d) scared – brave
- 35.What does the idiom “the last straw” mean? (a) the final problem (b) a small gift (c) the end of a drink (d) a broken straw
- 36.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) friend – enemy (b) push – pull (c) friend – pal (d) day – night
- 37.What is the masculine of “waitress”? (a) hero (b) actor (c) waiter (d) host
- 38.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge
- 39.What is the feminine of “host”? (a) actress (b) hostess (c) heroine (d) waitress
- 40.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) recommend (b) rhythm (c) accomodation (d) believe
Answer key
- achieve
- out
- fly
- committee
- pull
- tadpole
- beleive
- especially
- slow
- business
- be careful
- shiny
- admirable
- principal
- not continue
- permit
- -ly
- very funny
- sit
- respond
- libary
- protective
- miser
- address
- miscount
- stop working for now
- include – exclude
- weak
- pack
- grandmother
- minimum
- let
- personal
- scared – afraid
- the final problem
- friend – pal
- waiter
- judge wrongly
- hostess
- accomodation
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