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: A pod is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) bees (c) whales (d) keys
- 2.Complete the idiom: Don’t cry over spilt ___. (a) tea (b) juice (c) milk (d) water
- 3.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
- 4.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “ascend”? (a) buy (b) live (c) go up (d) tell
- 5.What does the idiom “throw in the towel” mean? (a) dry your hands (b) win easily (c) clean up (d) give up
- 6.Which is the formal word for “enough”? (a) previous (b) frequent (c) sufficient (d) fortunate
- 7.After the rain, the garden looked lush and green. “Lush” means ___. (a) dry and dead (b) thick and healthy (c) very dirty (d) very small
- 8.What is the feminine of “uncle”? (a) sister (b) aunt (c) daughter (d) niece
- 9.One word for: a person who speaks many languages (a) polyglot (b) patriot (c) optimist (d) miser
- 10.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 11.Fill the gap: The young one of a butterfly is a ___. (a) kitten (b) tadpole (c) cub (d) caterpillar
- 12.Which word means the same as “simple”? (a) rich (b) tall (c) easy (d) difficult
- 13.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) excellent (b) height (c) restaraunt (d) rhythm
- 14.What does the idiom “kill two birds with one stone” mean? (a) hunt birds (b) be very cruel (c) throw stones (d) do two jobs at once
- 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 16.Fill the gap: a ___ of keys (a) pride (b) herd (c) swarm (d) bunch
- 17.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) later (b) latter
- 18.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
- 19.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
- 20.Which word is the opposite of “morning”? (a) evening (b) river (c) summer (d) Monday
- 21.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) precedes (b) proceeds
- 22.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
- 23.Which word means the same as “friend”? (a) pal (b) enemy (c) teacher (d) stranger
- 24.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “inferior”? (a) superior (b) late (c) honest (d) modern
- 25.Which spelling is correct? (a) occassion (b) occasion (c) ocassion (d) ocasion
- 26.Which is the formal word for “so”? (a) frequently (b) approximately (c) previously (d) therefore
- 27.One word for: that which cannot be done (a) illegal (b) impossible (c) incorrect (d) invisible
- 28.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
- 29.Which word is the opposite of “strong”? (a) wet (b) early (c) weak (d) loud
- 30.Choose the right form: Your honesty is ___. (a) admirably (b) admirable (c) admiration (d) admire
- 31.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) believe (b) committe (c) occasion (d) separate
- 32.Fill in the opposite: The shop is near, but the school is ___. (a) wet (b) far (c) sad (d) hot
- 33.Fill the gap: a ___ of grapes (a) herd (b) bunch (c) swarm (d) pride
- 34.What does the phrasal verb “give in” mean? (a) win (b) attack (c) refuse (d) agree after resisting
- 35.Which spelling is correct? (a) pronounciation (b) pronunciation (c) pronunciasion (d) pronunsiation
- 36.What is the masculine of “lioness”? (a) king (b) lion (c) bull (d) tiger
- 37.Which spelling is correct? (a) belive (b) beleeve (c) believe (d) beleive
- 38.Which word is a verb? (a) destructive (b) destroy (c) destruction (d) destructively
- 39.What is the feminine of “bridegroom”? (a) queen (b) bride (c) wife (d) aunt
- 40.Fill the gap: A bundle is a group of ___. (a) lions (b) sticks (c) sailors (d) bees
Answer key
- whales
- milk
- knight
- go up
- give up
- sufficient
- thick and healthy
- aunt
- polyglot
- pre-
- caterpillar
- easy
- restaraunt
- do two jobs at once
- dis-
- bunch
- latter
- tale
- ate
- evening
- precedes
- sun
- pal
- superior
- occasion
- therefore
- impossible
- past
- weak
- admirable
- committe
- far
- bunch
- agree after resisting
- pronunciation
- lion
- believe
- destroy
- bride
- sticks
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