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 the opposite of “clean”? (a) tall (b) dirty (c) heavy (d) early
- 2.Choose the right form: Tara spoke ___ and won the debate. (a) persuasion (b) persuade (c) persuasively (d) persuasive
- 3.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -less (b) -er (c) -ly (d) -ful
- 4.What does the idiom “a storm in a teacup” mean? (a) spilt tea (b) bad weather (c) big fuss over little (d) a broken cup
- 5.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) privilege (b) foreign (c) conscience (d) beginnig
- 6.Which word is an adjective? (a) descriptively (b) description (c) descriptive (d) describe
- 7.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) reccomend (b) foreign (c) privilege (d) accommodation
- 8.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 9.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightning (b) lightening
- 10.Complete the analogy: Good is to better as bad is to ___. (a) worst (b) badly (c) good (d) worse
- 11.One word for: an animal that eats both plants and meat (a) herbivore (b) scavenger (c) carnivore (d) omnivore
- 12.What does the phrasal verb “hand in” mean? (a) lose (b) hold (c) submit (d) keep
- 13.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “accept”? (a) borrow (b) whisper (c) arrive (d) refuse
- 14.Complete the idiom: Rohan was over the ___ when he won the prize. (a) sun (b) hill (c) stars (d) moon
- 15.Fill the gap: The young one of a swan is a ___. (a) foal (b) cub (c) kid (d) cygnet
- 16.Complete the idiom: Riya visits the zoo once in a blue ___. (a) sea (b) sky (c) sun (d) moon
- 17.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
- 18.Which word means “full of beauty”? (a) beautify (b) beautiful (c) beauty (d) beautifully
- 19.Which word is an adjective? (a) decision (b) decisively (c) decisive (d) decide
- 20.What does the idiom “add fuel to the fire” mean? (a) fill a car (b) put out a fire (c) cook food (d) make things worse
- 21.Fill the gap: a ___ of people (a) crowd (b) fleet (c) litter (d) pride
- 22.The traveller was weary after walking all day in the sun. “Weary” means ___. (a) very happy (b) very tired (c) very angry (d) very rich
- 23.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) recommend (b) intterupt (c) height (d) foreign
- 24.Complete the idiom: Rohan cannot decide; he is sitting on the ___. (a) fence (b) bench (c) chair (d) wall
- 25.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) victory – defeat (b) victory – win (c) gift – present (d) end – finish
- 26.Which word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) disuse (c) reuse (d) preuse
- 27.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
- 28.One word for: that which cannot be done (a) impossible (b) illegal (c) invisible (d) incorrect
- 29.Complete the analogy: Ice is to cold as fire is to ___. (a) wet (b) soft (c) quiet (d) hot
- 30.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) pronounciation (b) committee (c) foreign (d) embarrass
- 31.What does the idiom “bury the hatchet” mean? (a) hide a weapon (b) dig a hole (c) start a fight (d) make peace
- 32.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “invisible”? (a) visible (b) early (c) honest (d) generous
- 33.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “inform”? (a) need (b) live (c) tell (d) buy
- 34.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) win – lose (b) hot – cold (c) stone – rock (d) up – down
- 35.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) quick – slow (b) quick – fast (c) rich – poor (d) wet – dry
- 36.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
- 37.Which word means “without hope”? (a) hoped (b) hopeless (c) hoping (d) hopeful
- 38.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “expensive”? (a) honest (b) early (c) cheap (d) polite
- 39.Which is the formal word for “test”? (a) error (b) examination (c) residence (d) occupation
- 40.Complete the analogy: Chennai is to Tamil Nadu as Mumbai is to ___. (a) Bihar (b) Punjab (c) Kerala (d) Maharashtra
Answer key
- dirty
- persuasively
- -ly
- big fuss over little
- beginnig
- descriptive
- reccomend
- ant
- lightening
- worse
- omnivore
- submit
- refuse
- moon
- cygnet
- moon
- knows
- beautiful
- decisive
- make things worse
- crowd
- very tired
- intterupt
- fence
- victory – defeat
- reuse
- dear
- impossible
- hot
- pronounciation
- make peace
- visible
- tell
- stone – rock
- quick – fast
- dairy
- hopeless
- cheap
- examination
- Maharashtra
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