Vocabulary Test Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 30: Final vocabulary test · Set 375 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.Which word is the opposite of “heavy”? (a) wet (b) sad (c) light (d) early
2. 2.Fill the gap with the right small word: The thief finally gave ___ and told the truth. (a) off (b) in (c) across (d) after
3. 3.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “attempt”? (a) buy (b) tell (c) try (d) live
4. 4.One word for: a sound too soft to be heard (a) illegible (b) invisible (c) inedible (d) inaudible
5. 5.What does the idiom “by hook or by crook” mean? (a) very slowly (b) by fishing (c) by any means (d) with help
6. 6.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “visible”? (a) polite (b) ancient (c) modern (d) invisible
7. 7.The cheetah is a ferocious hunter that chases its prey at great speed. “Ferocious” means ___. (a) lazy (b) tiny (c) gentle (d) fierce and wild
8. 8.What does the phrasal verb “calm down” mean? (a) fall down (b) become quiet and relaxed (c) get angry (d) go downstairs
9. 9.What does the phrasal verb “run into” mean? (a) race someone (b) meet by chance (c) avoid someone (d) run indoors
10. 10.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) unallow (c) reallow (d) preallow
11. 11.Which word is an adverb? (a) destructive (b) destroy (c) destruction (d) destructively
12. 12.Which word is an adverb? (a) inventive (b) inventively (c) invention (d) invent
13. 13.What does the phrasal verb “go on” mean? (a) stop (b) continue (c) sleep (d) leave
14. 14.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) rough – smooth (b) rich – wealthy (c) quiet – silent (d) end – finish
15. 15.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
16. 16.Fill the gap: a ___ of students (a) swarm (b) class (c) fleet (d) herd
17. 17.Choose the right form: Can you ___ Dad to buy a puppy? (a) persuasive (b) persuasively (c) persuasion (d) persuade
18. 18.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
19. 19.Which word is the opposite of “far”? (a) cold (b) near (c) dry (d) happy
20. 20.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “arrive”? (a) laugh (b) borrow (c) accept (d) depart
21. 21.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
22. 22.Which word means “without a home”? (a) homely (b) homeless (c) homeward (d) homework
23. 23.Fill the gap: The young one of a bear is a ___. (a) chick (b) foal (c) lamb (d) cub
24. 24.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
25. 25.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) happy – sad (b) tall – short (c) begin – start (d) begin – finish
26. 26.Fill in the opposite: In the morning I am awake; at night I am ___. (a) tall (b) wet (c) loud (d) asleep
27. 27.Choose the right form: Let us ___ a poster for Earth Day. (a) creative (b) creatively (c) create (d) creation
28. 28.The sky grew ominous as dark clouds gathered before the storm. “Ominous” means ___. (a) warning of danger (b) very quiet (c) very beautiful (d) bright and clear
29. 29.Fill in the opposite: Day is bright, but night is ___. (a) tall (b) slow (c) wet (d) dark
30. 30.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky before (d) not lucky
31. 31.Complete the idiom: Aditya felt like a fish out of ___ at the new school. (a) water (b) air (c) milk (d) sand
32. 32.Complete the analogy: Eye is to see as ear is to ___. (a) smell (b) touch (c) hear (d) taste
33. 33.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint again (c) paint before (d) paint wrongly
34. 34.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) there (c) they're
35. 35.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
36. 36.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) beginning (b) temperature (c) notisable (d) recommend
37. 37.Complete the analogy: Car is to road as train is to ___. (a) sea (b) river (c) sky (d) track
38. 38.Fill the gap: A gang is a group of ___. (a) grapes (b) thieves (c) ships (d) cows
39. 39.Which word means “the state of being good”? (a) better (b) goodness (c) goods (d) goodly
40. 40.Her explanation was lucid, and everyone understood at once. “Lucid” means ___. (a) confusing (b) clear and easy (c) very funny (d) very long

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