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 “full of power”? (a) powered (b) powerfully (c) powerless (d) powerful
- 2.The magic trick was baffling; nobody could explain how it was done. “Baffling” means ___. (a) very confusing (b) very easy (c) very boring (d) very short
- 3.What does the idiom “hit the sack” mean? (a) punch a bag (b) go shopping (c) pack a bag (d) go to bed
- 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 5.Fill in the opposite: In the morning I am awake; at night I am ___. (a) tall (b) asleep (c) wet (d) loud
- 6.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) lead (b) led
- 7.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightning (b) lightening
- 8.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear before (c) clear wrongly (d) not clear
- 9.One word for: people who watch a match (a) pedestrians (b) patients (c) spectators (d) passengers
- 10.Fill the gap with the right small word: Please write ___ the phone number before you forget. (a) across (b) after (c) down (d) off
- 11.Fill in the opposite: A feather is light, but a stone is ___. (a) heavy (b) loud (c) sweet (d) wet
- 12.What does the phrasal verb “put off” mean? (a) postpone (b) agree (c) arrive (d) wear
- 13.What does the phrasal verb “go on” mean? (a) continue (b) leave (c) stop (d) sleep
- 14.There was a brief power cut that lasted only a minute. “Brief” means ___. (a) loud (b) dark (c) long (d) short
- 15.One word for: a place where money is kept safely (a) bank (b) museum (c) mint (d) library
- 16.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -ly (b) -ful (c) -er (d) -less
- 17.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) end – finish (b) gift – present (c) victory – defeat (d) victory – win
- 18.The mountain air was so frigid that our fingers went numb. “Frigid” means ___. (a) very wet (b) very fresh (c) very cold (d) very hot
- 19.What does the phrasal verb “pick up” mean? (a) drop (b) push (c) throw (d) lift
- 20.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
- 21.Fill the gap: a ___ of bananas (a) pack (b) bunch (c) fleet (d) flock
- 22.Which word means the same as “shut”? (a) close (b) smile (c) clean (d) choose
- 23.Fill the gap with the right small word: I ran ___ my teacher at the market. (a) off (b) into (c) after (d) up
- 24.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
- 25.Complete the analogy: Ice is to cold as fire is to ___. (a) hot (b) wet (c) quiet (d) soft
- 26.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 27.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) repay (c) prepay (d) unpay
- 28.Choose the right form: It was a hard ___ to make. (a) decisively (b) decisive (c) decision (d) decide
- 29.Complete the analogy: Delhi is to India as Kathmandu is to ___. (a) Nepal (b) Bhutan (c) Sri Lanka (d) Bangladesh
- 30.What does the phrasal verb “grow up” mean? (a) plant trees (b) become an adult (c) climb up (d) get smaller
- 31.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
- 32.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “present”? (a) absent (b) modern (c) honest (d) early
- 33.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -ly (b) -ness (c) -less (d) -er
- 34.What is the feminine of “uncle”? (a) daughter (b) sister (c) aunt (d) niece
- 35.Which word means the same as “tired”? (a) fresh (b) quick (c) weary (d) rich
- 36.One word for: a person who visits places for pleasure (a) traitor (b) pilot (c) patriot (d) tourist
- 37.The thief was apprehended by the police and taken to the station. “Apprehended” means ___. (a) praised (b) freed (c) helped (d) caught
- 38.Complete the analogy: Eye is to see as ear is to ___. (a) hear (b) smell (c) taste (d) touch
- 39.Which word is the opposite of “stand”? (a) sit (b) eat (c) cry (d) sing
- 40.Choose the right form: Please explain it ___; I am only seven! (a) simple (b) simply (c) simplify (d) simplicity
Answer key
- powerful
- very confusing
- go to bed
- dis-
- asleep
- lead
- lightening
- not clear
- spectators
- down
- heavy
- postpone
- continue
- short
- bank
- -ly
- victory – defeat
- very cold
- lift
- write
- bunch
- close
- into
- weight
- hot
- mis-
- prepay
- decision
- Nepal
- become an adult
- dear
- absent
- -er
- aunt
- weary
- tourist
- caught
- hear
- sit
- simply
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