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.Add the suffix: tidy + ness = ? (a) tidyness (b) tidiness (c) tidines (d) tidness
- 2.Which is the formal word for “boss”? (a) occupation (b) residence (c) supervisor (d) error
- 3.Complete the analogy: Judge is to court as actor is to ___. (a) field (b) farm (c) kitchen (d) stage
- 4.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) rejudge (b) disjudge (c) prejudge (d) misjudge
- 5.Complete the idiom: Hold your ___! Wait for everyone to sit down. (a) dogs (b) goats (c) cows (d) horses
- 6.Which spelling is correct? (a) heigth (b) heighth (c) height (d) hieght
- 7.Which word means “full of power”? (a) powerful (b) powerfully (c) powered (d) powerless
- 8.Fill the gap with the right small word: The teacher asked us to sit ___ quietly. (a) off (b) down (c) after (d) across
- 9.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) jump – leap (b) ill – sick (c) yell – shout (d) borrow – lend
- 10.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) begin – finish (b) tall – short (c) begin – start (d) happy – sad
- 11.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) miswrite (c) prewrite (d) unwrite
- 12.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) not clear (c) clear again (d) clear before
- 13.Fill the gap: A litter is a group of ___. (a) sticks (b) puppies (c) ships (d) singers
- 14.The monkey was nimble and leapt quickly from branch to branch. “Nimble” means ___. (a) quick and light (b) noisy (c) sleepy (d) slow and heavy
- 15.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “purchase”? (a) need (b) buy (c) live (d) tell
- 16.Which word is the opposite of “asleep”? (a) awake (b) cold (c) short (d) dry
- 17.Which spelling is correct? (a) restaraunt (b) resturant (c) restaurant (d) restaurent
- 18.Choose the right form: Write a short ___ of your best friend. (a) descriptive (b) descriptively (c) describe (d) description
- 19.Arjun gave a candid answer and told us exactly what he thought. “Candid” means ___. (a) honest and open (b) secret (c) sleepy (d) false
- 20.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) day – night (b) friend – pal (c) push – pull (d) friend – enemy
- 21.What does the phrasal verb “take after” mean? (a) take later (b) follow a road (c) look like a parent (d) run behind
- 22.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) not use (c) use again (d) use wrongly
- 23.What is the feminine of “peacock”? (a) mare (b) duck (c) hen (d) peahen
- 24.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) mend – repair (b) mend – break (c) come – go (d) win – lose
- 25.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) cold – chilly (b) buy – sell (c) cold – hot (d) in – out
- 26.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
- 27.Which word is the opposite of “bottom”? (a) top (b) happy (c) late (d) dry
- 28.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
- 29.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) council (b) counsel
- 30.Which word is the opposite of “sad”? (a) happy (b) small (c) wet (d) late
- 31.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) mis-
- 32.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -ly (b) -er (c) -less (d) -ful
- 33.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
- 34.What does the phrasal verb “give up” mean? (a) keep going (b) stop trying (c) give a gift (d) stand up
- 35.Fill the gap: A colony is a group of ___. (a) grapes (b) ships (c) ants (d) cows
- 36.Choose the right form: Hard work is the key to ___. (a) successfully (b) successful (c) success (d) succeed
- 37.What does the idiom “feel blue” mean? (a) feel lucky (b) feel cold (c) turn blue (d) feel sad
- 38.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “lend”? (a) sing (b) float (c) arrive (d) borrow
- 39.Which is the formal word for “find out”? (a) reside (b) purchase (c) conclude (d) discover
- 40.Fill the gap: a ___ of locusts (a) swarm (b) herd (c) fleet (d) pride
Answer key
- tidiness
- supervisor
- stage
- misjudge
- horses
- height
- powerful
- down
- borrow – lend
- begin – start
- rewrite
- not clear
- puppies
- quick and light
- buy
- awake
- restaurant
- description
- honest and open
- friend – pal
- look like a parent
- use again
- peahen
- mend – repair
- cold – chilly
- devise
- top
- blew
- council
- happy
- dis-
- -ful
- ate
- stop trying
- ants
- success
- feel sad
- borrow
- discover
- swarm
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