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.One word for: a person who always expects the worst (a) optimist (b) dentist (c) pessimist (d) tourist
- 2.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stare (b) stair
- 3.Which spelling is correct? (a) government (b) govenment (c) governmant (d) goverment
- 4.Which word means the same as “glad”? (a) quick (b) happy (c) angry (d) sleepy
- 5.Fill the gap: A pride is a group of ___. (a) keys (b) sheep (c) lions (d) ships
- 6.The clown was so hilarious that the whole audience laughed. “Hilarious” means ___. (a) very sad (b) very scary (c) very tall (d) very funny
- 7.Complete the idiom: The maths test was a piece of ___. (a) paper (b) chalk (c) cake (d) bread
- 8.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
- 9.Which spelling is correct? (a) arguemant (b) argument (c) arguement (d) argumant
- 10.Add the suffix: dark + ness = ? (a) darckness (b) darkness (c) darknes (d) darkeness
- 11.What is the feminine of “nephew”? (a) sister (b) niece (c) daughter (d) aunt
- 12.Fill in the opposite: My glass was full; now it is ___. (a) tall (b) loud (c) hot (d) empty
- 13.Which spelling is correct? (a) accomodation (b) accommodation (c) acommodation (d) accommadation
- 14.Which word means “not honest”? (a) mishonest (b) dishonest (c) prehonest (d) unhonest
- 15.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear before (c) clear again (d) clear wrongly
- 16.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) shy – bold (b) old – new (c) shy – timid (d) tall – short
- 17.What does the phrasal verb “look up” mean? (a) feel sad (b) find in a dictionary (c) forget a word (d) take care of
- 18.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) read wrongly (c) read again (d) not read
- 19.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “increase”? (a) accept (b) decrease (c) shout (d) borrow
- 20.Complete the analogy: Hot is to cold as tall is to ___. (a) warm (b) thin (c) big (d) short
- 21.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) height (b) immediately (c) schedule (d) restaurent
- 22.What does the phrasal verb “go on” mean? (a) sleep (b) stop (c) leave (d) continue
- 23.Which is the formal word for “about”? (a) previous (b) immediately (c) approximately (d) sufficient
- 24.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) gift – river (b) gift – present (c) up – down (d) open – shut
- 25.Which word is a verb? (a) decision (b) decisively (c) decisive (d) decide
- 26.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) to (b) too (c) two
- 27.Complete the analogy: Glove is to hand as sock is to ___. (a) head (b) arm (c) foot (d) neck
- 28.Fill the gap: A puppy is the young one of a ___. (a) cat (b) dog (c) cow (d) hen
- 29.Fill the gap with the right small word: Don’t make ___ stories; tell the truth. (a) after (b) up (c) across (d) off
- 30.There was an abundant crop of mangoes this year; every tree was full. “Abundant” means ___. (a) rotten (b) more than enough (c) very small (d) very sour
- 31.One word for: people who watch a match (a) passengers (b) pedestrians (c) spectators (d) patients
- 32.Fill the gap: A caterpillar is the young one of a ___. (a) hen (b) frog (c) butterfly (d) cow
- 33.Which word means the same as “timid”? (a) brave (b) busy (c) shy (d) tall
- 34.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “victory”? (a) defeat (b) journey (c) answer (d) question
- 35.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “attempt”? (a) tell (b) buy (c) live (d) try
- 36.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) committee (b) parliament (c) calendar (d) librery
- 37.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
- 38.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
- 39.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -er (b) -ly (c) -less (d) -ful
- 40.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) precook (c) uncook (d) discook
Answer key
- pessimist
- stare
- government
- happy
- lions
- very funny
- cake
- read
- argument
- darkness
- niece
- empty
- accommodation
- dishonest
- not clear
- shy – timid
- find in a dictionary
- read wrongly
- decrease
- short
- restaurent
- continue
- approximately
- gift – present
- decide
- to
- foot
- dog
- up
- more than enough
- spectators
- butterfly
- shy
- defeat
- try
- librery
- blue
- fair
- -ly
- precook
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