Vocabulary Test Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 30: Final vocabulary test · Set 461 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.One word for: a word opposite in meaning to another word (a) synonym (b) homophone (c) antonym (d) suffix
2. 2.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) scared – afraid (b) in – out (c) scared – brave (d) old – new
3. 3.Fill in the opposite: In the morning I am awake; at night I am ___. (a) wet (b) loud (c) asleep (d) tall
4. 4.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
5. 5.Fill the gap: A gaggle is a group of ___. (a) geese (b) ships (c) keys (d) cows
6. 6.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) devise (b) device
7. 7.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
8. 8.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “enquire”? (a) ask (b) buy (c) help (d) live
9. 9.What does the phrasal verb “cut down” mean? (a) reduce (b) cook (c) grow (d) increase
10. 10.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “reside”? (a) tell (b) live (c) buy (d) help
11. 11.Which word means the same as “rock”? (a) leaf (b) sand (c) cloud (d) stone
12. 12.Complete the idiom: The maths test was a piece of ___. (a) cake (b) paper (c) bread (d) chalk
13. 13.Complete the analogy: India is to New Delhi as Japan is to ___. (a) Dhaka (b) Tokyo (c) Beijing (d) Kathmandu
14. 14.What does the phrasal verb “pick up” mean? (a) throw (b) push (c) drop (d) lift
15. 15.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “fortunate”? (a) often (b) enough (c) about (d) lucky
16. 16.Which word means the same as “ill”? (a) kind (b) sick (c) brave (d) well
17. 17.Choose the right form: Please explain it ___; I am only seven! (a) simply (b) simplicity (c) simplify (d) simple
18. 18.Add the suffix: happy + ness = ? (a) happieness (b) happyness (c) happiness (d) happines
19. 19.Which spelling is correct? (a) acheeve (b) achieve (c) acheive (d) achive
20. 20.One word for: a sound too soft to be heard (a) illegible (b) inaudible (c) inedible (d) invisible
21. 21.The speech was so tedious that half the class yawned. “Tedious” means ___. (a) very exciting (b) long and boring (c) very loud (d) short and funny
22. 22.Which is the formal word for “enough”? (a) sufficient (b) frequent (c) previous (d) fortunate
23. 23.Fill the gap: A pod is a group of ___. (a) keys (b) bees (c) whales (d) cows
24. 24.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) end – finish (b) rough – smooth (c) quiet – silent (d) rich – wealthy
25. 25.Which word is the opposite of “wet”? (a) hot (b) fast (c) full (d) dry
26. 26.What does the idiom “sit on the fence” mean? (a) fix a fence (b) not take a side (c) fall down (d) rest outside
27. 27.Fill the gap with the right small word: I came ___ an old photo while cleaning my room. (a) up (b) across (c) after (d) off
28. 28.Which word is a noun? (a) destructively (b) destroy (c) destruction (d) destructive
29. 29.Complete the idiom: Hold your ___! Wait for everyone to sit down. (a) horses (b) cows (c) goats (d) dogs
30. 30.Fill the gap: a ___ of wolves (a) fleet (b) flock (c) bunch (d) pack
31. 31.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by
32. 32.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) mend – repair (b) below – under (c) wise – foolish (d) shut – close
33. 33.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) already (b) all ready
34. 34.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
35. 35.Which spelling is correct? (a) interrupt (b) interupt (c) intterupt (d) interrup
36. 36.Complete the analogy: Monday is to Tuesday as January is to ___. (a) February (b) December (c) June (d) March
37. 37.Which word is the opposite of “dry”? (a) empty (b) cold (c) slow (d) wet
38. 38.Kavya is meticulous; she checks every sum twice before handing in her work. “Meticulous” means ___. (a) very careful (b) very careless (c) very lazy (d) very fast
39. 39.One word for: a person who always looks on the bright side (a) pessimist (b) scientist (c) optimist (d) tourist
40. 40.Complete the idiom: The exam was so easy; it was a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) plate (c) box (d) bowl

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