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 mends shoes (a) barber (b) plumber (c) cobbler (d) tailor
- 2.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “ancient”? (a) tiny (b) wet (c) angry (d) modern
- 3.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “sink”? (a) float (b) arrive (c) sing (d) lend
- 4.The timid kitten hid under the bed whenever guests came. “Timid” means ___. (a) very hungry (b) very fierce (c) easily frightened (d) very playful
- 5.Complete the analogy: Bird is to feathers as fish is to ___. (a) wool (b) scales (c) fur (d) hair
- 6.Fill the gap: a ___ of goats (a) bunch (b) fleet (c) swarm (d) herd
- 7.What does the phrasal verb “look forward to” mean? (a) forget about (b) wait eagerly for (c) be afraid of (d) look straight ahead
- 8.Fill in the opposite: Ice is cold, but fire is ___. (a) small (b) slow (c) wet (d) hot
- 9.What is the feminine of “tiger”? (a) mare (b) lioness (c) hen (d) tigress
- 10.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “artificial”? (a) natural (b) ancient (c) brave (d) honest
- 11.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightening (b) lightning
- 12.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) ill – well (b) full – empty (c) ill – sick (d) early – late
- 13.Fill the gap: a ___ of flowers (a) bouquet (b) herd (c) pride (d) fleet
- 14.Which word means “without fear”? (a) fearful (b) fearless (c) fearfully (d) feared
- 15.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) unwrite (c) diswrite (d) rewrite
- 16.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
- 17.Fill the gap: A fawn is the young one of a ___. (a) hen (b) deer (c) frog (d) duck
- 18.Choose the right form: Plastic waste can ___ sea animals. (a) endanger (b) dangerous (c) dangerously (d) danger
- 19.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) ill – sick (b) jump – leap (c) yell – shout (d) borrow – lend
- 20.What does the idiom “in hot water” mean? (a) feeling warm (b) taking a bath (c) in trouble (d) very busy
- 21.One word for: an animal that eats only meat (a) omnivore (b) carnivore (c) herbivore (d) vegetarian
- 22.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “minority”? (a) journey (b) majority (c) roof (d) answer
- 23.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 24.Fill the gap: The young one of an elephant is a ___. (a) calf (b) kitten (c) chick (d) kid
- 25.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) rhythm (b) occasion (c) recomend (d) calendar
- 26.Fill the gap: a ___ of ships (a) herd (b) flock (c) bunch (d) fleet
- 27.The crowd at the stadium was boisterous, shouting and cheering loudly. “Boisterous” means ___. (a) sad (b) sleepy (c) noisy and lively (d) quiet and calm
- 28.The tortoise was sluggish and took all day to cross the garden. “Sluggish” means ___. (a) angry (b) fast (c) slow-moving (d) noisy
- 29.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) occasion (b) Wensday (c) character (d) committee
- 30.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) up – down (b) stone – rock (c) hot – cold (d) win – lose
- 31.Which word means “full of thanks”? (a) thankful (b) thanking (c) thankfully (d) thankless
- 32.Fill the gap: A cygnet is the young one of a ___. (a) swan (b) horse (c) cat (d) cow
- 33.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) adress (b) independent (c) committee (d) business
- 34.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “brave”? (a) clever (b) honest (c) cowardly (d) early
- 35.The road was so congested that cars hardly moved for an hour. “Congested” means ___. (a) newly built (b) very smooth (c) very wide (d) blocked with traffic
- 36.Which spelling is correct? (a) enviroment (b) environment (c) environmant (d) envirnment
- 37.Fill the gap: a ___ of eggs (a) fleet (b) clutch (c) swarm (d) herd
- 38.Which word means the same as “difficult”? (a) early (b) hard (c) easy (d) sweet
- 39.Fill the gap with the right small word: The car slowed ___ at the speed breaker. (a) up (b) down (c) across (d) after
- 40.Fill the gap with the right small word: Mum told us to put ___ our toys after playing. (a) on (b) away (c) after (d) off
Answer key
- cobbler
- modern
- float
- easily frightened
- scales
- herd
- wait eagerly for
- hot
- tigress
- natural
- lightening
- ill – sick
- bouquet
- fearless
- rewrite
- wait
- deer
- endanger
- borrow – lend
- in trouble
- carnivore
- majority
- mis-
- calf
- recomend
- fleet
- noisy and lively
- slow-moving
- Wensday
- stone – rock
- thankful
- swan
- adress
- cowardly
- blocked with traffic
- environment
- clutch
- hard
- down
- away
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