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.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) later (b) latter
- 2.Which word means the same as “large”? (a) thin (b) sad (c) quick (d) big
- 3.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) gift – present (b) up – down (c) gift – river (d) open – shut
- 4.Riya was elated when she topped the class; she danced all the way home. “Elated” means ___. (a) very angry (b) very hungry (c) very tired (d) very happy
- 5.Fill in the opposite: A cheetah is fast, but a snail is ___. (a) loud (b) slow (c) wet (d) big
- 6.Which is the formal word for “many”? (a) numerous (b) fortunate (c) previous (d) sufficient
- 7.What is the feminine of “monk”? (a) queen (b) nun (c) aunt (d) bride
- 8.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
- 9.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
- 10.Fill the gap: A swarm is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) ships (c) grapes (d) bees
- 11.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 12.Choose the right form: She is a ___ doctor in Pune. (a) success (b) successful (c) successfully (d) succeed
- 13.Riya made a feeble attempt to lift the heavy box and soon gave up. “Feeble” means ___. (a) loud (b) strong (c) clever (d) weak
- 14.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey before (c) not obey (d) obey again
- 15.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
- 16.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
- 17.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
- 18.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) include – exclude (b) mend – repair (c) happy – glad (d) shout – yell
- 19.One word for: a person who walks along a road (a) driver (b) passenger (c) pedestrian (d) cyclist
- 20.What does the phrasal verb “break down” mean? (a) start working (b) stop working (c) go downstairs (d) build up
- 21.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) ill – sick (b) gift – present (c) big – large (d) deep – shallow
- 22.One word for: happening every day (a) annual (b) daily (c) weekly (d) monthly
- 23.Complete the analogy: Ice is to cold as fire is to ___. (a) hot (b) wet (c) quiet (d) soft
- 24.The puppy was inquisitive and sniffed every new box in the house. “Inquisitive” means ___. (a) curious (b) lazy (c) sleepy (d) angry
- 25.Complete the idiom: Aditya felt like a fish out of ___ at the new school. (a) sand (b) water (c) air (d) milk
- 26.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) altar (b) alter
- 27.Complete the analogy: Cow is to calf as sheep is to ___. (a) lamb (b) cub (c) kid (d) foal
- 28.One word for: a person who speaks many languages (a) optimist (b) polyglot (c) miser (d) patriot
- 29.One word for: a person who sells medicines (a) florist (b) pharmacist (c) dentist (d) optician
- 30.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) rough – smooth (b) quiet – silent (c) end – finish (d) rich – wealthy
- 31.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
- 32.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 33.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “transparent”? (a) opaque (b) polite (c) ancient (d) generous
- 34.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) unspell (b) disspell (c) misspell (d) prespell
- 35.Fill the gap with the right small word: Please turn ___ the volume; the baby is sleeping. (a) after (b) down (c) up (d) across
- 36.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) disobey (c) reobey (d) misobey
- 37.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -ful (b) -ly (c) -less (d) -er
- 38.Which is the formal word for “mistake”? (a) assistance (b) occupation (c) error (d) residence
- 39.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
- 40.One word for: a person who cannot read or write (a) illegal (b) invisible (c) innocent (d) illiterate
Answer key
- latter
- big
- gift – present
- very happy
- slow
- numerous
- nun
- desert
- past
- bees
- re-
- successful
- weak
- not obey
- complimented
- their
- quite
- include – exclude
- pedestrian
- stop working
- deep – shallow
- daily
- hot
- curious
- water
- altar
- lamb
- polyglot
- pharmacist
- rough – smooth
- hole
- mis-
- opaque
- misspell
- down
- disobey
- -ly
- error
- see
- illiterate
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