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: Day is bright, but night is ___. (a) wet (b) dark (c) slow (d) tall
- 2.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “commence”? (a) help (b) start (c) buy (d) live
- 3.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “supervisor”? (a) fridge (b) phone (c) boss (d) bike
- 4.Which spelling is correct? (a) govenment (b) governmant (c) government (d) goverment
- 5.Which word means “one who dances”? (a) dancing (b) dancer (c) danced (d) dances
- 6.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
- 7.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well again (c) well wrongly (d) not well
- 8.Fill in the opposite: A giraffe is tall, but a puppy is ___. (a) loud (b) hot (c) short (d) wet
- 9.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightning (b) lightening
- 10.Fill the gap: A caravan is a group of ___. (a) keys (b) bees (c) ships (d) camels
- 11.What is the feminine of “prince”? (a) princess (b) queen (c) niece (d) aunt
- 12.Which is the formal word for “fridge”? (a) occupation (b) error (c) refrigerator (d) residence
- 13.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) open – shut (b) up – down (c) gift – river (d) gift – present
- 14.The tiny ant carried a load that was colossal compared to its body. “Colossal” means ___. (a) tiny (b) huge (c) soft (d) light
- 15.Complete the analogy: Fish is to swim as bird is to ___. (a) run (b) dig (c) fly (d) crawl
- 16.Complete the analogy: Good is to better as bad is to ___. (a) worst (b) badly (c) good (d) worse
- 17.Complete the analogy: King is to queen as prince is to ___. (a) king (b) duchess (c) aunt (d) princess
- 18.Which word means the same as “glad”? (a) quick (b) angry (c) sleepy (d) happy
- 19.The Thar Desert is arid; it hardly ever rains there. “Arid” means ___. (a) very green (b) very dry (c) very wet (d) very cold
- 20.Fill the gap with the right small word: Don’t make ___ stories; tell the truth. (a) off (b) after (c) up (d) across
- 21.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
- 22.One word for: a period of a thousand years (a) decade (b) fortnight (c) century (d) millennium
- 23.What is the masculine of “mother”? (a) son (b) uncle (c) father (d) brother
- 24.What does the phrasal verb “go off” mean? (a) stop ringing (b) fall asleep (c) start ringing (d) break
- 25.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -ly (b) -less (c) -er (d) -ful
- 26.Which spelling is correct? (a) pronounciation (b) pronunciation (c) pronunciasion (d) pronunsiation
- 27.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 28.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Rise (b) Raise
- 29.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) arrive – reach (b) shut – close (c) begin – start (d) arrive – depart
- 30.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) reobey (c) preobey (d) unobey
- 31.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 32.What does the phrasal verb “cut down” mean? (a) cook (b) reduce (c) grow (d) increase
- 33.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) acommodation (b) separate (c) February (d) schedule
- 34.Fill the gap with the right small word: “UN” stands ___ United Nations. (a) off (b) after (c) for (d) up
- 35.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) ill – sick (b) borrow – lend (c) yell – shout (d) jump – leap
- 36.Which word means “one who paints”? (a) painting (b) paints (c) painter (d) painted
- 37.What is the feminine of “lion”? (a) mare (b) lioness (c) queen (d) tigress
- 38.Which word means the same as “thin”? (a) fat (b) slim (c) tall (d) quick
- 39.Which word is the opposite of “asleep”? (a) cold (b) awake (c) short (d) dry
- 40.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
Answer key
- dark
- start
- boss
- government
- dancer
- blue
- not well
- short
- lightening
- camels
- princess
- refrigerator
- gift – present
- huge
- fly
- worse
- princess
- happy
- very dry
- up
- flew
- millennium
- father
- start ringing
- -ful
- pronunciation
- re-
- Raise
- arrive – depart
- disobey
- flour
- reduce
- acommodation
- for
- borrow – lend
- painter
- lioness
- slim
- awake
- break
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