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.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) not kind (c) kind again (d) kind before
- 2.Fill the gap: a ___ of mountains (a) range (b) flock (c) swarm (d) pride
- 3.One word for: the study of past events (a) geography (b) history (c) astronomy (d) biology
- 4.Which word is the opposite of “near”? (a) hot (b) sad (c) far (d) wet
- 5.What does the idiom “back to square one” mean? (a) starting all over again (b) a new square shape (c) winning a game (d) going backwards
- 6.Fill the gap: A litter is a group of ___. (a) singers (b) ships (c) sticks (d) puppies
- 7.Fill the gap: A troop is a group of ___. (a) bees (b) ships (c) grapes (d) monkeys
- 8.What is the feminine of “king”? (a) princess (b) niece (c) queen (d) aunt
- 9.The magic trick was baffling; nobody could explain how it was done. “Baffling” means ___. (a) very confusing (b) very short (c) very easy (d) very boring
- 10.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “previously”? (a) about (b) enough (c) before (d) often
- 11.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) receive (b) beginning (c) foreign (d) grammmar
- 12.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
- 13.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) glad – happy (b) talk – speak (c) jump – leap (d) cheap – expensive
- 14.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “subsequently”? (a) about (b) enough (c) often (d) later
- 15.Which word is the opposite of “stop”? (a) sing (b) eat (c) sit (d) start
- 16.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) course (b) coarse
- 17.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) push – pull (b) friend – pal (c) day – night (d) friend – enemy
- 18.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) arrive – depart (b) shut – close (c) arrive – reach (d) begin – start
- 19.Which word means “not allow”? (a) reallow (b) misallow (c) disallow (d) preallow
- 20.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
- 21.The cliff path was so perilous that climbers needed ropes. “Perilous” means ___. (a) safe (b) dangerous (c) easy (d) flat
- 22.Fill the gap: a ___ of bees (a) swarm (b) fleet (c) herd (d) pride
- 23.Which is the formal word for “start”? (a) reside (b) inform (c) commence (d) assist
- 24.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “error”? (a) money (b) phone (c) bike (d) mistake
- 25.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
- 26.Fill the gap: The young one of a goose is a ___. (a) calf (b) kid (c) gosling (d) cub
- 27.Complete the analogy: Child is to children as mouse is to ___. (a) mice (b) rats (c) mouse (d) cheese
- 28.The traveller was weary after walking all day in the sun. “Weary” means ___. (a) very happy (b) very angry (c) very rich (d) very tired
- 29.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) happy – glad (b) mend – repair (c) shout – yell (d) include – exclude
- 30.Add the suffix: slow + ly = ? (a) slowly (b) sloly (c) slowely (d) slowley
- 31.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “exclude”? (a) whisper (b) float (c) accept (d) include
- 32.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
- 33.Fill in the opposite: Come in through the front door and go ___ through the back door. (a) tall (b) wet (c) out (d) hot
- 34.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “attempt”? (a) live (b) buy (c) tell (d) try
- 35.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) discount (b) uncount (c) miscount (d) precount
- 36.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) rich – poor (b) wet – dry (c) quick – fast (d) quick – slow
- 37.One word for: a person who sells flowers (a) dentist (b) florist (c) tailor (d) cashier
- 38.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 39.Fill the gap: a ___ of people (a) fleet (b) crowd (c) pride (d) litter
- 40.Complete the analogy: Cub is to lion as kitten is to ___. (a) hen (b) dog (c) cow (d) cat
Answer key
- not kind
- range
- history
- far
- starting all over again
- puppies
- monkeys
- queen
- very confusing
- before
- grammmar
- Where
- cheap – expensive
- later
- start
- course
- friend – pal
- arrive – depart
- disallow
- blue
- dangerous
- swarm
- commence
- mistake
- wait
- gosling
- mice
- very tired
- include – exclude
- slowly
- include
- rode
- out
- try
- miscount
- quick – fast
- florist
- pre-
- crowd
- cat
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