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.Fill in the opposite: The sun shines in the day; the moon shines at ___. (a) morning (b) night (c) school (d) lunch
- 2.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -ly (b) -er (c) -less (d) -ful
- 3.What does the phrasal verb “cut down” mean? (a) cook (b) increase (c) grow (d) reduce
- 4.Which word is an adverb? (a) decisive (b) decisively (c) decide (d) decision
- 5.What does the phrasal verb “look after” mean? (a) take care of (b) look later (c) look behind (d) search for
- 6.Complete the analogy: Hot is to cold as tall is to ___. (a) warm (b) big (c) short (d) thin
- 7.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
- 8.Which word is an adjective? (a) decision (b) decisively (c) decide (d) decisive
- 9.Complete the idiom: Our plan failed, so we were back to square ___. (a) ten (b) zero (c) one (d) two
- 10.Which is the formal word for “answer”? (a) require (b) respond (c) purchase (d) reside
- 11.What does the phrasal verb “run away” mean? (a) stay (b) sleep (c) return (d) escape
- 12.An elephant’s trunk is versatile; it can lift logs and pick up a peanut. “Versatile” means ___. (a) very slow (b) able to do many things (c) very weak (d) very short
- 13.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “present”? (a) honest (b) early (c) absent (d) modern
- 14.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) hot – cold (b) stone – rock (c) win – lose (d) up – down
- 15.One word for: a place where sick people are treated (a) hospital (b) orphanage (c) museum (d) library
- 16.Complete the idiom: I had butterflies in my ___ before the race. (a) shoes (b) head (c) hands (d) stomach
- 17.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “minority”? (a) majority (b) journey (c) answer (d) roof
- 18.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) big – large (b) fast – slow (c) hot – cold (d) big – small
- 19.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) rich – wealthy (b) rich – poor (c) hard – soft (d) light – dark
- 20.Dad was furious when someone dented his new car. “Furious” means ___. (a) very calm (b) very tired (c) very angry (d) very happy
- 21.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) mail (b) male
- 22.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where
- 23.The thief was apprehended by the police and taken to the station. “Apprehended” means ___. (a) caught (b) praised (c) freed (d) helped
- 24.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
- 25.Fill the gap with the right small word: Please turn ___ the volume; the baby is sleeping. (a) across (b) after (c) up (d) down
- 26.The baby’s cries were incessant; she did not stop for an hour. “Incessant” means ___. (a) short (b) soft (c) happy (d) non-stop
- 27.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) well before (c) well again (d) not well
- 28.Choose the right form: She is a ___ doctor in Pune. (a) successful (b) succeed (c) successfully (d) success
- 29.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
- 30.Complete the idiom: The news came out of the ___. (a) pink (b) green (c) blue (d) red
- 31.Fill the gap: A flock is a group of ___. (a) keys (b) sheep (c) lions (d) ships
- 32.Choose the right form: Can you ___ Dad to buy a puppy? (a) persuasively (b) persuasion (c) persuasive (d) persuade
- 33.Which word is a verb? (a) imagination (b) imagine (c) imaginatively (d) imaginative
- 34.Which word means “in a sad way”? (a) sadly (b) sadden (c) sadder (d) sadness
- 35.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Rise (b) Raise
- 36.One word for: a place where fish are kept (a) aviary (b) granary (c) aquarium (d) stable
- 37.Which word means the same as “rush”? (a) wait (b) read (c) hurry (d) sleep
- 38.Meera’s room was immaculate; there was not a speck of dust anywhere. “Immaculate” means ___. (a) very dark (b) very small (c) very messy (d) spotlessly clean
- 39.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “guilty”? (a) ancient (b) polite (c) innocent (d) generous
- 40.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) ancient – modern (b) tiny – little (c) rich – wealthy (d) ancient – old
Answer key
- night
- -ful
- reduce
- decisively
- take care of
- short
- dyeing
- decisive
- one
- respond
- escape
- able to do many things
- absent
- stone – rock
- hospital
- stomach
- majority
- big – large
- rich – wealthy
- very angry
- were
- caught
- clothes
- down
- non-stop
- not well
- successful
- rode
- blue
- sheep
- persuade
- imagine
- sadly
- Raise
- aquarium
- hurry
- spotlessly clean
- innocent
- ancient – modern
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