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.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 2.After the monsoon, the village had an ample supply of water. “Ample” means ___. (a) more than enough (b) dirty (c) salty (d) very little
- 3.Fill the gap: a ___ of zebras (a) fleet (b) swarm (c) herd (d) bunch
- 4.Which word is an adverb? (a) purely (b) purity (c) pure (d) purify
- 5.Fill in the opposite: We push a door to open it and ___ it to close it. (a) sing (b) eat (c) pull (d) cut
- 6.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey before (c) not obey (d) obey wrongly
- 7.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) not heat
- 8.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
- 9.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -ness (b) -ly (c) -er (d) -less
- 10.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) already (b) all ready
- 11.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) not fill (c) fill before (d) fill wrongly
- 12.Water is vital for all living things; we cannot live without it. “Vital” means ___. (a) harmful (b) very important (c) tasty (d) useless
- 13.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -er (b) -less (c) -ly (d) -ful
- 14.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
- 15.One word for: a person who rides horses in races (a) driver (b) sailor (c) jockey (d) pilot
- 16.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
- 17.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join before (c) join wrongly (d) not join
- 18.Complete the idiom: The maths test was a piece of ___. (a) cake (b) bread (c) chalk (d) paper
- 19.Which word means the same as “glad”? (a) angry (b) sleepy (c) quick (d) happy
- 20.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) separate (b) committee (c) disappear (d) restaraunt
- 21.What is the masculine of “aunt”? (a) son (b) uncle (c) nephew (d) brother
- 22.What does the idiom “in the same boat” mean? (a) in a ship (b) in the same trouble (c) on a holiday (d) very rich
- 23.Which word is the opposite of “stand”? (a) sing (b) sit (c) eat (d) cry
- 24.One word for: a daily record of personal events (a) novel (b) atlas (c) dictionary (d) diary
- 25.Complete the idiom: The two friends decided to bury the ___. (a) treasure (b) hatchet (c) bone (d) box
- 26.Add the suffix: dance + er = ? (a) danceer (b) dancar (c) dansor (d) dancer
- 27.Which word means “without fear”? (a) fearless (b) feared (c) fearfully (d) fearful
- 28.Add the suffix: shop + er = ? (a) shoppar (b) shopper (c) shopor (d) shoper
- 29.Fill the gap: The young one of a goat is a ___. (a) foal (b) kid (c) cub (d) lamb
- 30.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “occupation”? (a) bike (b) job (c) phone (d) money
- 31.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) too (b) two (c) to
- 32.Fill the gap: a ___ of mountains (a) swarm (b) pride (c) range (d) flock
- 33.Fill in the opposite: A rabbit is fast, but a tortoise is ___. (a) slow (b) loud (c) big (d) wet
- 34.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
- 35.Which word is the opposite of “happy”? (a) early (b) big (c) sad (d) dry
- 36.Which word is the opposite of “laugh”? (a) eat (b) push (c) run (d) cry
- 37.Complete the analogy: Eye is to see as ear is to ___. (a) touch (b) hear (c) smell (d) taste
- 38.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 39.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) February (b) height (c) interrupt (d) goverment
- 40.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
Answer key
- pre-
- more than enough
- herd
- purely
- pull
- not obey
- heat again
- sea
- -er
- all ready
- fill again
- very important
- -ly
- rode
- jockey
- be
- join again
- cake
- happy
- restaraunt
- uncle
- in the same trouble
- sit
- diary
- hatchet
- dancer
- fearless
- shopper
- kid
- job
- to
- range
- slow
- judge wrongly
- sad
- cry
- hear
- re-
- goverment
- pear
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