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 the gap: The young one of a goose is a ___. (a) cub (b) gosling (c) calf (d) kid
- 2.Fill the gap with the right small word: Please turn ___ the volume; the baby is sleeping. (a) after (b) down (c) across (d) up
- 3.One word for: a person who cuts hair (a) tailor (b) plumber (c) barber (d) cobbler
- 4.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 5.Which is the formal word for “need”? (a) inform (b) conclude (c) require (d) reside
- 6.Which is the formal word for “before”? (a) approximately (b) subsequently (c) previously (d) frequently
- 7.One word for: a person who eats far too much (a) patriot (b) glutton (c) miser (d) optimist
- 8.Fill in the opposite: A lion is strong, but a mouse is ___. (a) wet (b) loud (c) weak (d) tall
- 9.What does the idiom “face the music” mean? (a) sing on stage (b) dance well (c) enjoy a song (d) accept the punishment
- 10.The tiny village is remote; it takes two days to reach it by road. “Remote” means ___. (a) very large (b) very busy (c) very near (d) far away
- 11.Complete the analogy: Letter is to word as word is to ___. (a) sentence (b) pencil (c) alphabet (d) letter
- 12.Fill the gap: A clutch is a group of ___. (a) lions (b) cows (c) eggs (d) ships
- 13.Which word is the opposite of “girl”? (a) tree (b) stone (c) boy (d) cloud
- 14.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) shut – close (b) arrive – depart (c) arrive – reach (d) begin – start
- 15.After the long walk, Rohan was so famished that he ate four chapatis. “Famished” means ___. (a) very sleepy (b) very angry (c) very hungry (d) very proud
- 16.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “opaque”? (a) early (b) transparent (c) modern (d) honest
- 17.One word for: a person who studies plants (a) astronomer (b) zoologist (c) botanist (d) dentist
- 18.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
- 19.Choose the right form: Please explain it ___; I am only seven! (a) simple (b) simplify (c) simply (d) simplicity
- 20.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
- 21.Fill the gap: A flock is a group of ___. (a) keys (b) sheep (c) lions (d) ships
- 22.Which is the formal word for “many”? (a) fortunate (b) sufficient (c) previous (d) numerous
- 23.Fill the gap: A fleet is a group of ___. (a) lions (b) grapes (c) ships (d) bees
- 24.Which word means the same as “road”? (a) house (b) sky (c) river (d) street
- 25.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) library (b) receive (c) definately (d) environment
- 26.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “receive”? (a) live (b) get (c) tell (d) help
- 27.Fill the gap: a ___ of keys (a) bunch (b) pride (c) swarm (d) herd
- 28.Complete the analogy: Good is to better as bad is to ___. (a) worst (b) worse (c) badly (d) good
- 29.What does the idiom “a storm in a teacup” mean? (a) spilt tea (b) a broken cup (c) big fuss over little (d) bad weather
- 30.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) precommon (c) discommon (d) miscommon
- 31.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) open wrongly (c) not open (d) open before
- 32.Which is the formal word for “enough”? (a) sufficient (b) frequent (c) previous (d) fortunate
- 33.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) glad – happy (b) talk – speak (c) cheap – expensive (d) jump – leap
- 34.Add the suffix: teach + er = ? (a) teachor (b) teacher (c) teachere (d) teachar
- 35.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) dishear (c) mishear (d) prehear
- 36.Complete the analogy: Bird is to nest as bee is to ___. (a) hive (b) den (c) kennel (d) stable
- 37.One word for: happening once every year (a) daily (b) monthly (c) annual (d) weekly
- 38.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 39.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 40.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) accommodation (b) restaurant (c) grammar (d) Feburary
Answer key
- gosling
- down
- barber
- re-
- require
- previously
- glutton
- weak
- accept the punishment
- far away
- sentence
- eggs
- boy
- arrive – depart
- very hungry
- transparent
- botanist
- course
- simply
- ate
- sheep
- numerous
- ships
- street
- definately
- get
- bunch
- worse
- big fuss over little
- uncommon
- open again
- sufficient
- cheap – expensive
- teacher
- mishear
- hive
- annual
- weak
- mis-
- Feburary
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