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 word is spelt wrongly? (a) receive (b) believe (c) business (d) concience
- 2.The tiny village is remote; it takes two days to reach it by road. “Remote” means ___. (a) very busy (b) far away (c) very large (d) very near
- 3.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -less (b) -ly (c) -er (d) -ful
- 4.What is the feminine of “husband”? (a) niece (b) wife (c) aunt (d) daughter
- 5.Fill the gap with the right small word: Pick ___ the paper from the floor. (a) after (b) across (c) up (d) off
- 6.The gigantic whale was longer than our school bus. “Gigantic” means ___. (a) noisy (b) slow (c) huge (d) tiny
- 7.One word for: an animal that eats only plants (a) insectivore (b) herbivore (c) omnivore (d) carnivore
- 8.Choose the right form: Wear a helmet for ___ while cycling. (a) protective (b) protect (c) protection (d) protectively
- 9.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “present”? (a) modern (b) early (c) honest (d) absent
- 10.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
- 11.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
- 12.One word for: a person who is being treated by a doctor (a) surgeon (b) patient (c) visitor (d) nurse
- 13.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) scared – afraid (b) old – new (c) scared – brave (d) in – out
- 14.The cut on his knee was superficial, just a small scratch. “Superficial” means ___. (a) very painful (b) not deep (c) very old (d) very deep
- 15.Choose the right form: The Taj Mahal is a famous tourist ___. (a) attraction (b) attract (c) attractively (d) attractive
- 16.Which word is the opposite of “cold”? (a) late (b) hot (c) short (d) full
- 17.Complete the idiom: The two friends decided to bury the ___. (a) treasure (b) box (c) bone (d) hatchet
- 18.Which word means the same as “wealthy”? (a) rich (b) kind (c) tall (d) poor
- 19.Choose the right form: Meera sings ___. (a) beauty (b) beautiful (c) beautifully (d) beautify
- 20.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
- 21.Fill the gap: A lamb is the young one of a ___. (a) dog (b) hen (c) cat (d) sheep
- 22.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) grammar (b) necessary (c) pronunciation (d) garantee
- 23.The weather was so balmy that we had our picnic outdoors. “Balmy” means ___. (a) very windy (b) freezing cold (c) very stormy (d) pleasantly warm
- 24.What does the phrasal verb “look for” mean? (a) wait for (b) take care of (c) search for (d) find by chance
- 25.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) yell – shout (b) borrow – lend (c) ill – sick (d) jump – leap
- 26.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
- 27.After the marathon, the runners were exhausted and lay down on the grass. “Exhausted” means ___. (a) very proud (b) very angry (c) very excited (d) very tired
- 28.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) interrupt (b) disappear (c) restaraunt (d) believe
- 29.Add the suffix: lazy + ness = ? (a) laziness (b) lazness (c) lazines (d) lazyness
- 30.Fill the gap with the right small word: Dev and Neel get ___ well with each other. (a) after (b) up (c) along (d) off
- 31.What does the idiom “a storm in a teacup” mean? (a) a broken cup (b) bad weather (c) spilt tea (d) big fuss over little
- 32.Which word is an adjective? (a) destructively (b) destruction (c) destroy (d) destructive
- 33.Which word means the same as “shout”? (a) whisper (b) smile (c) sleep (d) yell
- 34.Add the suffix: home + less = ? (a) homless (b) homeless (c) homelees (d) homeles
- 35.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
- 36.The cake looked tempting, and we could not wait to eat it. “Tempting” means ___. (a) burnt (b) ugly (c) hard to resist (d) tiny
- 37.Which word means the same as “quick”? (a) quiet (b) rich (c) fast (d) ill
- 38.Fill the gap: A pod is a group of ___. (a) bees (b) cows (c) whales (d) keys
- 39.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) Wednesday (b) separete (c) accommodation (d) believe
- 40.The puppy was inquisitive and sniffed every new box in the house. “Inquisitive” means ___. (a) lazy (b) curious (c) sleepy (d) angry
Answer key
- concience
- far away
- -ly
- wife
- up
- huge
- herbivore
- protection
- absent
- eight
- Where
- patient
- scared – afraid
- not deep
- attraction
- hot
- hatchet
- rich
- beautifully
- pair
- sheep
- garantee
- pleasantly warm
- search for
- borrow – lend
- sow
- very tired
- restaraunt
- laziness
- along
- big fuss over little
- destructive
- yell
- homeless
- no
- hard to resist
- fast
- whales
- separete
- curious
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