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 “open”? (a) close (b) eat (c) jump (d) sing
- 2.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) not fill (c) fill wrongly (d) fill before
- 3.One word for: a doctor who treats sick animals (a) optician (b) florist (c) dentist (d) veterinarian
- 4.One word for: a person who sees an event happen (a) eyewitness (b) lawyer (c) judge (d) victim
- 5.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “ascend”? (a) tell (b) go up (c) live (d) buy
- 6.The fruit seller was courteous and thanked every customer. “Courteous” means ___. (a) lazy (b) slow (c) rude (d) polite
- 7.The old man was frail and needed help to climb the stairs. “Frail” means ___. (a) rich (b) weak (c) rude (d) strong
- 8.Complete the analogy: Good is to better as bad is to ___. (a) good (b) badly (c) worse (d) worst
- 9.Fill the gap with the right small word: Never give ___; keep trying! (a) off (b) after (c) across (d) up
- 10.Which is the formal word for “buy”? (a) purchase (b) require (c) inform (d) reside
- 11.Which word means the same as “bright”? (a) sad (b) dull (c) shiny (d) slow
- 12.One word for: a period of a hundred years (a) millennium (b) fortnight (c) century (d) decade
- 13.Which word is a verb? (a) persuasion (b) persuasive (c) persuade (d) persuasively
- 14.What does the idiom “get cold feet” mean? (a) need new socks (b) feel very cold (c) get nervous and back out (d) walk on ice
- 15.What does the idiom “add fuel to the fire” mean? (a) cook food (b) put out a fire (c) fill a car (d) make things worse
- 16.Complete the idiom: Stop pulling my ___; I know you are joking! (a) arm (b) ear (c) leg (d) hair
- 17.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “kind”? (a) lazy (b) wide (c) ancient (d) cruel
- 18.Fill the gap: a ___ of dolphins (a) pod (b) pride (c) swarm (d) herd
- 19.Fill the gap: The young one of a duck is a ___. (a) duckling (b) kitten (c) foal (d) cub
- 20.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 21.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
- 22.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “accept”? (a) borrow (b) arrive (c) whisper (d) refuse
- 23.Fill the gap: a ___ of judges (a) bench (b) flock (c) herd (d) swarm
- 24.Fill the gap with the right small word: We have run ___ of milk; please buy some. (a) out (b) up (c) in (d) off
- 25.Choose the right form: Painting helps children become more ___. (a) creatively (b) creative (c) create (d) creation
- 26.Choose the right form: There is a big ___ between a frog and a toad. (a) differ (b) differently (c) difference (d) different
- 27.Fill the gap with the right small word: Kavya takes ___ her mother; they look alike. (a) out (b) up (c) after (d) off
- 28.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) too (c) to
- 29.What does the phrasal verb “put up with” mean? (a) pick up (b) tolerate (c) decorate (d) build
- 30.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) pre-
- 31.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
- 32.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
- 33.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) altar (b) alter
- 34.Fill in the opposite: Day is bright, but night is ___. (a) wet (b) slow (c) dark (d) tall
- 35.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) already (b) all ready
- 36.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “victory”? (a) answer (b) journey (c) question (d) defeat
- 37.Choose the right form: Plastic waste can ___ sea animals. (a) danger (b) dangerously (c) dangerous (d) endanger
- 38.Fill the gap with the right small word: Only five students turned ___ for practice. (a) off (b) after (c) up (d) across
- 39.What does the phrasal verb “pick up” mean? (a) push (b) lift (c) throw (d) drop
- 40.Complete the analogy: Glove is to hand as sock is to ___. (a) neck (b) foot (c) head (d) arm
Answer key
- close
- fill again
- veterinarian
- eyewitness
- go up
- polite
- weak
- worse
- up
- purchase
- shiny
- century
- persuade
- get nervous and back out
- make things worse
- leg
- cruel
- pod
- duckling
- flower
- they're
- refuse
- bench
- out
- creative
- difference
- after
- to
- tolerate
- dis-
- latter
- pre-
- altar
- dark
- all ready
- defeat
- endanger
- up
- lift
- foot
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