Vocabulary Test Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 30: Final vocabulary test · Set 416 · 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.The weather was so balmy that we had our picnic outdoors. “Balmy” means ___. (a) very stormy (b) freezing cold (c) pleasantly warm (d) very windy
2. 2.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
3. 3.Which word means “without help”? (a) helper (b) helping (c) helpful (d) helpless
4. 4.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
5. 5.One word for: a person who betrays his or her country (a) optimist (b) traitor (c) tourist (d) patriot
6. 6.Fill the gap: A lamb is the young one of a ___. (a) dog (b) sheep (c) cat (d) hen
7. 7.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) distell (c) retell (d) untell
8. 8.Fill the gap: A bench is a group of ___. (a) bees (b) ships (c) cows (d) judges
9. 9.Which word is the opposite of “come”? (a) sit (b) cry (c) eat (d) go
10. 10.One word for: a person who does not eat meat (a) omnivore (b) vegetarian (c) pedestrian (d) carnivore
11. 11.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
12. 12.Fill the gap: A flight is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) grapes (c) stairs (d) lions
13. 13.Which word means the same as “big”? (a) large (b) angry (c) empty (d) quick
14. 14.One word for: a daily record of personal events (a) diary (b) dictionary (c) novel (d) atlas
15. 15.What does the idiom “in the same boat” mean? (a) very rich (b) in a ship (c) in the same trouble (d) on a holiday
16. 16.Fill in the opposite: An elephant is big, but an ant is ___. (a) wet (b) tall (c) small (d) loud
17. 17.Fill the gap with the right small word: Find ___ when the train leaves. (a) up (b) out (c) on (d) off
18. 18.Fill the gap with the right small word: The car slowed ___ at the speed breaker. (a) after (b) up (c) down (d) across
19. 19.What does the idiom “sit on the fence” mean? (a) fall down (b) not take a side (c) rest outside (d) fix a fence
20. 20.Add the suffix: lazy + ness = ? (a) lazyness (b) lazness (c) lazines (d) laziness
21. 21.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
22. 22.What does the idiom “spill the beans” mean? (a) tell a secret (b) waste food (c) cook badly (d) tell a lie
23. 23.One word for: an animal that eats both plants and meat (a) scavenger (b) herbivore (c) carnivore (d) omnivore
24. 24.Complete the idiom: Riya visits the zoo once in a blue ___. (a) sea (b) sun (c) sky (d) moon
25. 25.There was an abundant crop of mangoes this year; every tree was full. “Abundant” means ___. (a) rotten (b) very sour (c) more than enough (d) very small
26. 26.Which word means the same as “street”? (a) river (b) roof (c) road (d) garden
27. 27.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
28. 28.What does the idiom “cry over spilt milk” mean? (a) be very hungry (b) waste milk (c) cry loudly (d) worry about the past
29. 29.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write again (b) write before (c) not write (d) write wrongly
30. 30.Complete the analogy: Lion is to roar as dog is to ___. (a) hiss (b) moo (c) neigh (d) bark
31. 31.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
32. 32.What does the idiom “let the cat out of the bag” mean? (a) go shopping (b) free a pet (c) tell a lie (d) tell a secret
33. 33.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count wrongly (c) count before (d) not count
34. 34.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) shout – yell (b) mend – repair (c) happy – glad (d) include – exclude
35. 35.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) occassion (b) definitely (c) rhythm (d) necessary
36. 36.The fragrant jasmine filled the room with a lovely smell. “Fragrant” means ___. (a) very bright (b) very small (c) sweet-smelling (d) bad-smelling
37. 37.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “commence”? (a) live (b) buy (c) start (d) help
38. 38.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) rich – poor (b) quick – slow (c) quick – fast (d) wet – dry
39. 39.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
40. 40.What is the masculine of “tigress”? (a) bull (b) king (c) tiger (d) lion

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