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 doctor who treats sick animals (a) optician (b) florist (c) veterinarian (d) dentist
- 2.What does the phrasal verb “bring up” mean? (a) forget a child (b) carry upstairs (c) punish (d) raise a child
- 3.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) cold – hot (b) buy – sell (c) cold – chilly (d) in – out
- 4.Complete the analogy: Day is to week as month is to ___. (a) year (b) hour (c) minute (d) second
- 5.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
- 6.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) quick – slow (b) rich – poor (c) quick – fast (d) wet – dry
- 7.Fill the gap: A crew is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) grapes (c) sailors (d) lions
- 8.One word for: a list of things to be discussed at a meeting (a) diary (b) menu (c) agenda (d) atlas
- 9.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) Wedensday (b) restaurant (c) definitely (d) recommend
- 10.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) begin – start (b) arrive – reach (c) shut – close (d) arrive – depart
- 11.Complete the analogy: Hen is to chick as frog is to ___. (a) kitten (b) cub (c) foal (d) tadpole
- 12.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
- 13.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
- 14.One word for: able to speak two languages (a) silent (b) bilingual (c) talkative (d) literate
- 15.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) join before (c) join again (d) not join
- 16.Which word is the opposite of “push”? (a) sleep (b) pull (c) eat (d) sing
- 17.Complete the analogy: Bird is to nest as bee is to ___. (a) hive (b) stable (c) den (d) kennel
- 18.What is the masculine of “queen”? (a) king (b) uncle (c) nephew (d) prince
- 19.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “subsequently”? (a) often (b) enough (c) about (d) later
- 20.Which word means the same as “unhappy”? (a) busy (b) kind (c) sad (d) wet
- 21.Which word is an adjective? (a) destruction (b) destructively (c) destroy (d) destructive
- 22.Add the suffix: use + less = ? (a) useles (b) uselesss (c) useless (d) usless
- 23.The ancient temples of Hampi were built hundreds of years ago. “Ancient” means ___. (a) very old (b) very tall (c) very new (d) very small
- 24.Which is the formal word for “bike”? (a) residence (b) bicycle (c) error (d) occupation
- 25.What does “preview” mean? (a) view before (b) view wrongly (c) not view (d) view again
- 26.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) win – lose (b) up – down (c) hot – cold (d) stone – rock
- 27.Which word is a verb? (a) creation (b) creative (c) creatively (d) create
- 28.Complete the analogy: Painter is to brush as writer is to ___. (a) spade (b) needle (c) saw (d) pen
- 29.Which word is the opposite of “sit”? (a) sing (b) cry (c) eat (d) stand
- 30.Complete the analogy: Brave is to cowardly as generous is to ___. (a) selfish (b) giving (c) kind (d) rich
- 31.Fill in the opposite: A giraffe is tall, but a puppy is ___. (a) loud (b) short (c) wet (d) hot
- 32.One word for: a period of two weeks (a) fortnight (b) decade (c) century (d) semester
- 33.What does the phrasal verb “look up” mean? (a) take care of (b) find in a dictionary (c) forget a word (d) feel sad
- 34.Complete the analogy: Author is to book as composer is to ___. (a) music (b) statue (c) painting (d) bridge
- 35.What is the masculine of “wife”? (a) uncle (b) son (c) nephew (d) husband
- 36.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) dis-
- 37.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “success”? (a) answer (b) question (c) journey (d) failure
- 38.Fill the gap: A troop is a group of ___. (a) monkeys (b) ships (c) bees (d) grapes
- 39.Which word means “full of power”? (a) powerful (b) powered (c) powerfully (d) powerless
- 40.What does the idiom “in the same boat” mean? (a) very rich (b) in the same trouble (c) on a holiday (d) in a ship
Answer key
- veterinarian
- raise a child
- cold – chilly
- year
- sow
- quick – fast
- sailors
- agenda
- Wedensday
- arrive – depart
- tadpole
- moral
- dessert
- bilingual
- join again
- pull
- hive
- king
- later
- sad
- destructive
- useless
- very old
- bicycle
- view before
- stone – rock
- create
- pen
- stand
- selfish
- short
- fortnight
- find in a dictionary
- music
- husband
- dis-
- failure
- monkeys
- powerful
- in the same trouble
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