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 is the formal word for “see”? (a) reside (b) require (c) observe (d) purchase
- 2.What is the masculine of “mare”? (a) lion (b) bull (c) horse (d) king
- 3.One word for: a group of singers (a) crew (b) herd (c) fleet (d) choir
- 4.Which spelling is correct? (a) expecially (b) especialy (c) espescially (d) especially
- 5.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) disappear (b) exagerate (c) receive (d) privilege
- 6.Add the suffix: shop + er = ? (a) shoper (b) shoppar (c) shopor (d) shopper
- 7.Add the suffix: hope + ful = ? (a) hopeful (b) hopful (c) hoapful (d) hopefull
- 8.Complete the analogy: Tailor is to needle as carpenter is to ___. (a) stethoscope (b) brush (c) pen (d) saw
- 9.Complete the idiom: Stop pulling my ___; I know you are joking! (a) arm (b) ear (c) hair (d) leg
- 10.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
- 11.What is the masculine of “headmistress”? (a) host (b) uncle (c) king (d) headmaster
- 12.Which is the formal word for “need”? (a) inform (b) require (c) conclude (d) reside
- 13.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “error”? (a) mistake (b) bike (c) money (d) phone
- 14.Which is the formal word for “phone”? (a) telephone (b) occupation (c) residence (d) error
- 15.What does the idiom “bury the hatchet” mean? (a) start a fight (b) make peace (c) dig a hole (d) hide a weapon
- 16.Which word is the opposite of “soft”? (a) slow (b) hot (c) short (d) hard
- 17.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) led (b) lead
- 18.Fill the gap with the right small word: Hurry ___, or we will miss the bus! (a) across (b) up (c) off (d) after
- 19.Fill in the opposite: A lion is strong, but a mouse is ___. (a) wet (b) weak (c) loud (d) tall
- 20.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “rude”? (a) tall (b) wet (c) polite (d) lazy
- 21.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
- 22.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) so (b) sow (c) sew
- 23.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “polite”? (a) rude (b) heavy (c) honest (d) quick
- 24.Complete the analogy: Ant is to small as elephant is to ___. (a) big (b) tiny (c) fast (d) green
- 25.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
- 26.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) not heat
- 27.Which word is a verb? (a) attractively (b) attractive (c) attract (d) attraction
- 28.What does the idiom “under the weather” mean? (a) very busy (b) very happy (c) feeling unwell (d) out in the rain
- 29.Which spelling is correct? (a) heigth (b) height (c) heighth (d) hieght
- 30.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 31.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) receive (b) notisable (c) accommodation (d) excellent
- 32.Which word means “full of help”? (a) helpful (b) helpless (c) helpfully (d) helper
- 33.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) brave – bold (b) quick – fast (c) brave – cowardly (d) big – large
- 34.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) give – take (b) choose – reject (c) laugh – cry (d) choose – select
- 35.Fill in the opposite: An elephant is big, but an ant is ___. (a) tall (b) loud (c) wet (d) small
- 36.Fill the gap: A foal is the young one of a ___. (a) hen (b) cat (c) frog (d) horse
- 37.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) gift – present (b) up – down (c) gift – river (d) open – shut
- 38.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
- 39.What does the idiom “a piece of cake” mean? (a) very sweet (b) very tasty (c) very easy (d) very small
- 40.Choose the right form: Kashmir is famous for its natural ___. (a) beautifully (b) beautiful (c) beauty (d) beautify
Answer key
- observe
- horse
- choir
- especially
- exagerate
- shopper
- hopeful
- saw
- leg
- knew
- headmaster
- require
- mistake
- telephone
- make peace
- hard
- lead
- up
- weak
- polite
- son
- so
- rude
- big
- hare
- heat before
- attract
- feeling unwell
- height
- mis-
- notisable
- helpful
- brave – cowardly
- choose – select
- small
- horse
- gift – present
- brake
- very easy
- beauty
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