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 “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 2.Which word means the same as “select”? (a) refuse (b) choose (c) carry (d) jump
- 3.Which is the formal word for “show”? (a) reside (b) require (c) demonstrate (d) conclude
- 4.Choose the right form: Kashmir is famous for its natural ___. (a) beautify (b) beautiful (c) beautifully (d) beauty
- 5.The instructions were ambiguous, so everyone understood them differently. “Ambiguous” means ___. (a) unclear (b) very short (c) very funny (d) very clear
- 6.Which word means the same as “little”? (a) kind (b) small (c) loud (d) big
- 7.An elephant’s trunk is versatile; it can lift logs and pick up a peanut. “Versatile” means ___. (a) very weak (b) very slow (c) able to do many things (d) very short
- 8.Which is the formal word for “want”? (a) purchase (b) reside (c) conclude (d) desire
- 9.One word for: easily broken (a) flexible (b) edible (c) fragile (d) visible
- 10.The cut on his knee was superficial, just a small scratch. “Superficial” means ___. (a) very old (b) not deep (c) very painful (d) very deep
- 11.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) gift – present (b) open – shut (c) gift – river (d) up – down
- 12.Which spelling is correct? (a) acommodation (b) accommodation (c) accommadation (d) accomodation
- 13.Which word is a verb? (a) attraction (b) attract (c) attractive (d) attractively
- 14.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
- 15.Fill the gap with the right small word: I ran ___ my teacher at the market. (a) up (b) into (c) off (d) after
- 16.Complete the idiom: The two friends decided to bury the ___. (a) box (b) treasure (c) bone (d) hatchet
- 17.What does the idiom “under the weather” mean? (a) out in the rain (b) very busy (c) very happy (d) feeling unwell
- 18.Which word means the same as “fast”? (a) quick (b) kind (c) empty (d) heavy
- 19.Choose the right form: Bright flowers ___ bees. (a) attraction (b) attractive (c) attract (d) attractively
- 20.What does the phrasal verb “break down” mean? (a) build up (b) stop working (c) start working (d) go downstairs
- 21.Be cautious while crossing the busy road. “Cautious” means ___. (a) careless (b) noisy (c) fast (d) careful
- 22.Which word means the same as “repair”? (a) break (b) fix (c) choose (d) laugh
- 23.Choose the right form: There is a big ___ between a frog and a toad. (a) differ (b) differently (c) difference (d) different
- 24.What is the masculine of “peahen”? (a) bull (b) lion (c) rooster (d) peacock
- 25.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “rude”? (a) wet (b) polite (c) tall (d) lazy
- 26.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
- 27.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave again (c) not behave (d) behave wrongly
- 28.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “kind”? (a) ancient (b) lazy (c) wide (d) cruel
- 29.Fill the gap with the right small word: It is cold; put ___ your sweater. (a) on (b) up (c) away (d) off
- 30.Fill the gap: a ___ of bats (a) herd (b) fleet (c) pride (d) colony
- 31.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) not tell (c) tell wrongly (d) tell before
- 32.What is the feminine of “uncle”? (a) daughter (b) sister (c) niece (d) aunt
- 33.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
- 34.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 35.Which is the formal word for “say sorry”? (a) apologise (b) conclude (c) purchase (d) reside
- 36.What does the phrasal verb “cut down” mean? (a) cook (b) reduce (c) grow (d) increase
- 37.One word for: happening once every year (a) daily (b) weekly (c) monthly (d) annual
- 38.Which word means “in a sad way”? (a) sadly (b) sadden (c) sadness (d) sadder
- 39.Complete the analogy: Farmer is to field as sailor is to ___. (a) court (b) ship (c) school (d) farm
- 40.What does the phrasal verb “run away” mean? (a) return (b) escape (c) sleep (d) stay
Answer key
- dis-
- choose
- demonstrate
- beauty
- unclear
- small
- able to do many things
- desire
- fragile
- not deep
- gift – present
- accommodation
- attract
- hare
- into
- hatchet
- feeling unwell
- quick
- attract
- stop working
- careful
- fix
- difference
- peacock
- polite
- desert
- behave wrongly
- cruel
- on
- colony
- tell again
- aunt
- loose
- weak
- apologise
- reduce
- annual
- sadly
- ship
- escape
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