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 spelling is correct? (a) heighth (b) heigth (c) hieght (d) height
- 2.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) not paint (c) paint again (d) paint wrongly
- 3.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “permit”? (a) tell (b) live (c) buy (d) let
- 4.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “blunt”? (a) late (b) ancient (c) polite (d) sharp
- 5.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) ocassion (b) Wednesday (c) pronunciation (d) knowledge
- 6.Which is the formal word for “boss”? (a) occupation (b) residence (c) supervisor (d) error
- 7.What does the idiom “burn the midnight oil” mean? (a) waste oil (b) light a lamp (c) cook at night (d) work late into the night
- 8.What does the phrasal verb “hand in” mean? (a) hold (b) lose (c) keep (d) submit
- 9.What does the phrasal verb “look up” mean? (a) feel sad (b) take care of (c) forget a word (d) find in a dictionary
- 10.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
- 11.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
- 12.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
- 13.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 14.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Besides (b) Beside
- 15.Which word is a noun? (a) purely (b) purify (c) pure (d) purity
- 16.Complete the analogy: Book is to library as money is to ___. (a) bank (b) garden (c) school (d) park
- 17.Fill the gap: a ___ of goats (a) swarm (b) herd (c) fleet (d) bunch
- 18.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -ly (b) -ful (c) -less (d) -er
- 19.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
- 20.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “depart”? (a) buy (b) tell (c) leave (d) need
- 21.Fill the gap: The young one of an elephant is a ___. (a) kid (b) chick (c) kitten (d) calf
- 22.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advise (b) advice
- 23.Fill in the opposite: Come in through the front door and go ___ through the back door. (a) hot (b) tall (c) out (d) wet
- 24.What does the phrasal verb “turn down” mean? (a) build (b) arrive (c) refuse (d) accept
- 25.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
- 26.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -er (b) -ful (c) -ness (d) -less
- 27.Fill the gap with the right small word: Calm ___ and tell me what happened. (a) down (b) across (c) up (d) after
- 28.Complete the analogy: Thermometer is to temperature as clock is to ___. (a) weight (b) speed (c) distance (d) time
- 29.Fill the gap with the right small word: It is cold; put ___ your sweater. (a) away (b) off (c) up (d) on
- 30.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal wrongly (c) equal before (d) not equal
- 31.Which is the formal word for “end”? (a) reside (b) assist (c) conclude (d) purchase
- 32.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “cheap”? (a) modern (b) brave (c) honest (d) expensive
- 33.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) cheap – expensive (b) glad – happy (c) jump – leap (d) talk – speak
- 34.Which is the formal word for “want”? (a) purchase (b) conclude (c) desire (d) reside
- 35.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “however”? (a) about (b) so (c) often (d) but
- 36.Complete the idiom: Dev finished his project at the eleventh ___. (a) day (b) hour (c) month (d) minute
- 37.Which word is the opposite of “loud”? (a) early (b) thick (c) wet (d) quiet
- 38.The road was so congested that cars hardly moved for an hour. “Congested” means ___. (a) newly built (b) very smooth (c) very wide (d) blocked with traffic
- 39.Which word is the opposite of “in”? (a) hot (b) up (c) out (d) wet
- 40.The fruit seller was courteous and thanked every customer. “Courteous” means ___. (a) slow (b) rude (c) lazy (d) polite
Answer key
- height
- paint again
- let
- sharp
- ocassion
- supervisor
- work late into the night
- submit
- find in a dictionary
- knows
- one
- site
- re-
- Besides
- purity
- bank
- herd
- -ly
- lend
- leave
- calf
- advise
- out
- refuse
- sell
- -less
- down
- time
- on
- not equal
- conclude
- expensive
- cheap – expensive
- desire
- but
- hour
- quiet
- blocked with traffic
- out
- polite
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