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 means the same as “large”? (a) big (b) thin (c) sad (d) quick
- 2.The fragrant jasmine filled the room with a lovely smell. “Fragrant” means ___. (a) very small (b) bad-smelling (c) very bright (d) sweet-smelling
- 3.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) diswrite (c) rewrite (d) unwrite
- 4.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
- 5.Complete the idiom: The exam was so easy; it was a ___ of cake. (a) box (b) bowl (c) piece (d) plate
- 6.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) in – out (b) cold – hot (c) cold – chilly (d) buy – sell
- 7.Which spelling is correct? (a) seperate (b) saparate (c) separate (d) separete
- 8.Fill the gap with the right small word: Pick ___ the paper from the floor. (a) off (b) up (c) after (d) across
- 9.Kavya is meticulous; she checks every sum twice before handing in her work. “Meticulous” means ___. (a) very fast (b) very careless (c) very careful (d) very lazy
- 10.The patient’s condition was critical, so the doctors acted fast. “Critical” means ___. (a) very good (b) very funny (c) very serious (d) very simple
- 11.Which word is the opposite of “clean”? (a) dirty (b) tall (c) heavy (d) early
- 12.What does the phrasal verb “look for” mean? (a) take care of (b) find by chance (c) wait for (d) search for
- 13.What does the idiom “when pigs fly” mean? (a) in summer (b) very soon (c) never (d) every morning
- 14.Which word means the same as “friend”? (a) enemy (b) teacher (c) pal (d) stranger
- 15.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -less (b) -er (c) -ly (d) -ness
- 16.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “residence”? (a) house (b) phone (c) money (d) bike
- 17.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) begin – finish (b) begin – start (c) happy – sad (d) tall – short
- 18.Which word is the opposite of “night”? (a) wet (b) down (c) day (d) cold
- 19.Which spelling is correct? (a) envirnment (b) environment (c) environmant (d) enviroment
- 20.Complete the analogy: Tailor is to needle as carpenter is to ___. (a) brush (b) stethoscope (c) pen (d) saw
- 21.Which word means the same as “wet”? (a) hot (b) dry (c) damp (d) loud
- 22.Fill the gap: The young one of a goat is a ___. (a) foal (b) cub (c) kid (d) lamb
- 23.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 24.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) not common (c) common again (d) common wrongly
- 25.Complete the analogy: Judge is to court as actor is to ___. (a) field (b) farm (c) kitchen (d) stage
- 26.Choose the right form: Use your ___ to write a story about a flying elephant. (a) imaginative (b) imagination (c) imagine (d) imaginatively
- 27.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
- 28.Which word is an adverb? (a) dangerously (b) danger (c) endanger (d) dangerous
- 29.Which is the formal word for “often”? (a) approximately (b) immediately (c) previously (d) frequently
- 30.One word for: a place where sick people are treated (a) museum (b) orphanage (c) library (d) hospital
- 31.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -ness (b) -er (c) -ful (d) -ly
- 32.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) rhythm (b) schedule (c) embaress (d) beginning
- 33.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind again (c) kind wrongly (d) not kind
- 34.Which word is a verb? (a) inventive (b) invent (c) inventively (d) invention
- 35.Complete the analogy: Car is to road as train is to ___. (a) sky (b) track (c) sea (d) river
- 36.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) ill – sick (b) full – empty (c) ill – well (d) early – late
- 37.Fill the gap: A tadpole is the young one of a ___. (a) cat (b) frog (c) hen (d) cow
- 38.One word for: a person who sells medicines (a) dentist (b) florist (c) pharmacist (d) optician
- 39.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “depart”? (a) buy (b) need (c) leave (d) tell
- 40.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) push – pull (b) buy – sell (c) shout – whisper (d) shout – yell
Answer key
- big
- sweet-smelling
- rewrite
- plane
- piece
- cold – chilly
- separate
- up
- very careful
- very serious
- dirty
- search for
- never
- pal
- -er
- house
- begin – start
- day
- environment
- saw
- damp
- kid
- mis-
- not common
- stage
- imagination
- sun
- dangerously
- frequently
- hospital
- -ness
- embaress
- not kind
- invent
- track
- ill – sick
- frog
- pharmacist
- leave
- shout – yell
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