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 lion is strong, but a mouse is ___. (a) tall (b) wet (c) weak (d) loud
- 2.One word for: a person who is new to a job or skill (a) beginner (b) expert (c) veteran (d) owner
- 3.Complete the analogy: Astronaut is to spacecraft as sailor is to ___. (a) plane (b) ship (c) train (d) bus
- 4.Fill the gap: a ___ of birds (a) flock (b) herd (c) pride (d) bunch
- 5.Diya is diligent; she studies every day and never skips homework. “Diligent” means ___. (a) hardworking (b) forgetful (c) careless (d) lazy
- 6.Fill the gap: A kitten is the young one of a ___. (a) cow (b) hen (c) cat (d) dog
- 7.Complete the analogy: Brave is to cowardly as generous is to ___. (a) giving (b) rich (c) kind (d) selfish
- 8.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
- 9.Which word is the opposite of “sell”? (a) sleep (b) sit (c) buy (d) run
- 10.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
- 11.Which word means the same as “large”? (a) sad (b) quick (c) big (d) thin
- 12.Which word is the opposite of “fast”? (a) slow (b) sad (c) full (d) dry
- 13.Which word is a verb? (a) dangerously (b) endanger (c) dangerous (d) danger
- 14.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -er (b) -ly (c) -less (d) -ful
- 15.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “permit”? (a) buy (b) tell (c) live (d) let
- 16.What is the feminine of “nephew”? (a) aunt (b) daughter (c) sister (d) niece
- 17.Fill the gap: A flight is a group of ___. (a) grapes (b) lions (c) cows (d) stairs
- 18.Which word means “judge before”? (a) unjudge (b) disjudge (c) prejudge (d) misjudge
- 19.What is the feminine of “king”? (a) niece (b) queen (c) princess (d) aunt
- 20.Fill the gap: The young one of a bear is a ___. (a) chick (b) lamb (c) cub (d) foal
- 21.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat again (d) heat before
- 22.Which spelling is correct? (a) pronunciasion (b) pronunsiation (c) pronunciation (d) pronounciation
- 23.One word for: a book of word meanings in alphabetical order (a) diary (b) novel (c) atlas (d) dictionary
- 24.What does the phrasal verb “put off” mean? (a) arrive (b) wear (c) agree (d) postpone
- 25.What does the idiom “in hot water” mean? (a) feeling warm (b) very busy (c) taking a bath (d) in trouble
- 26.Which word is a noun? (a) simply (b) simplify (c) simplicity (d) simple
- 27.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 28.Fill the gap: a ___ of ministers (a) flock (b) swarm (c) herd (d) cabinet
- 29.Which word is the opposite of “out”? (a) down (b) dry (c) in (d) cold
- 30.What does the idiom “a fish out of water” mean? (a) a hungry cat (b) a dying fish (c) a good swimmer (d) uncomfortable in a place
- 31.Fill the gap: The young one of an owl is an ___. (a) owlet (b) kid (c) calf (d) cub
- 32.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) glad – happy (b) talk – speak (c) cheap – expensive (d) jump – leap
- 33.Which word is a verb? (a) admiration (b) admirably (c) admirable (d) admire
- 34.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “answer”? (a) window (b) victory (c) journey (d) question
- 35.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) reequal (c) unequal (d) disequal
- 36.Which is the formal word for “say sorry”? (a) apologise (b) reside (c) conclude (d) purchase
- 37.Add the suffix: lazy + ness = ? (a) laziness (b) lazines (c) lazyness (d) lazness
- 38.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “commence”? (a) start (b) buy (c) help (d) live
- 39.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 40.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
Answer key
- weak
- beginner
- ship
- flock
- hardworking
- cat
- selfish
- won
- buy
- right
- big
- slow
- endanger
- -ful
- let
- niece
- stairs
- prejudge
- queen
- cub
- heat before
- pronunciation
- dictionary
- postpone
- in trouble
- simplicity
- un-
- cabinet
- in
- uncomfortable in a place
- owlet
- cheap – expensive
- admire
- question
- unequal
- apologise
- laziness
- start
- flour
- night
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