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.Fill in the opposite: A rabbit is fast, but a tortoise is ___. (a) big (b) wet (c) slow (d) loud
- 2.Fill the gap: A colony is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) cows (c) grapes (d) ants
- 3.Complete the idiom: The money we raised is just a drop in the ___. (a) river (b) glass (c) ocean (d) pond
- 4.Our new neighbour seems amiable; she smiles and greets everyone. “Amiable” means ___. (a) rude (b) sleepy (c) angry (d) friendly
- 5.Complete the idiom: Our plan failed, so we were back to square ___. (a) two (b) one (c) ten (d) zero
- 6.What does the idiom “bite the bullet” mean? (a) bravely do a hard thing (b) get angry (c) break a tooth (d) eat something hard
- 7.Fill the gap: A bouquet is a bunch of ___. (a) ships (b) cows (c) wolves (d) flowers
- 8.Which word is the opposite of “long”? (a) happy (b) short (c) wet (d) early
- 9.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
- 10.Fill the gap: a ___ of buffaloes (a) pride (b) herd (c) swarm (d) fleet
- 11.Dad was furious when someone dented his new car. “Furious” means ___. (a) very tired (b) very angry (c) very calm (d) very happy
- 12.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “praise”? (a) borrow (b) arrive (c) float (d) blame
- 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
- 14.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -ness (b) -less (c) -ly (d) -er
- 15.Fill the gap: A band is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) musicians (c) keys (d) cows
- 16.One word for: a place where fish are kept (a) granary (b) aquarium (c) stable (d) aviary
- 17.The cake looked tempting, and we could not wait to eat it. “Tempting” means ___. (a) hard to resist (b) tiny (c) ugly (d) burnt
- 18.Choose the right form: Use your ___ to write a story about a flying elephant. (a) imagination (b) imaginative (c) imagine (d) imaginatively
- 19.Fill the gap: The young one of a whale is a ___. (a) cub (b) kid (c) chick (d) calf
- 20.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
- 21.What does the idiom “out of the blue” mean? (a) from the sky (b) very sad (c) from the sea (d) suddenly, unexpectedly
- 22.Fill the gap: a ___ of sticks (a) herd (b) flock (c) pride (d) bundle
- 23.Fill the gap with the right small word: The thief finally gave ___ and told the truth. (a) off (b) across (c) in (d) after
- 24.Fill in the opposite: A lion is strong, but a mouse is ___. (a) tall (b) loud (c) wet (d) weak
- 25.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
- 26.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
- 27.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where
- 28.Fill the gap with the right small word: Dev and Neel get ___ well with each other. (a) after (b) off (c) up (d) along
- 29.Which word is the opposite of “friend”? (a) cousin (b) teacher (c) farmer (d) enemy
- 30.Complete the idiom: Don’t cry over spilt ___. (a) tea (b) milk (c) water (d) juice
- 31.Add the suffix: beauty + ful = ? (a) beautiful (b) beautful (c) beautyful (d) beautifull
- 32.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) join before (c) join again (d) not join
- 33.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “increase”? (a) decrease (b) shout (c) accept (d) borrow
- 34.Complete the idiom: Yash burnt the midnight ___ before his exam. (a) paper (b) lamp (c) candle (d) oil
- 35.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) quick – fast (b) brave – bold (c) brave – cowardly (d) big – large
- 36.Which word means “one who drives”? (a) driver (b) driving (c) drives (d) drove
- 37.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) mis-
- 38.Which word means the same as “answer”? (a) sleep (b) reply (c) question (d) travel
- 39.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) shout – whisper (b) buy – sell (c) shout – yell (d) push – pull
- 40.One word for: that which cannot be broken (a) fragile (b) unbreakable (c) edible (d) invisible
Answer key
- slow
- ants
- ocean
- friendly
- one
- bravely do a hard thing
- flowers
- short
- cloth
- herd
- very angry
- blame
- un-
- -er
- musicians
- aquarium
- hard to resist
- imagination
- calf
- hole
- suddenly, unexpectedly
- bundle
- in
- weak
- sail
- morale
- were
- along
- enemy
- milk
- beautiful
- join again
- decrease
- oil
- brave – cowardly
- driver
- dis-
- reply
- shout – yell
- unbreakable
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