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 giraffe is tall, but a puppy is ___. (a) loud (b) hot (c) wet (d) short
- 2.One word for: the study of living things (a) history (b) biology (c) geography (d) astronomy
- 3.Which word means “full of power”? (a) powerless (b) powered (c) powerfully (d) powerful
- 4.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “converse”? (a) live (b) talk (c) buy (d) need
- 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
- 6.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) big – large (b) big – small (c) hot – cold (d) fast – slow
- 7.Which word is the opposite of “far”? (a) dry (b) near (c) happy (d) cold
- 8.What does the phrasal verb “calm down” mean? (a) go downstairs (b) fall down (c) become quiet and relaxed (d) get angry
- 9.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “purchase”? (a) need (b) tell (c) buy (d) live
- 10.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “demonstrate”? (a) buy (b) show (c) need (d) live
- 11.Which is the formal word for “get”? (a) reside (b) assist (c) receive (d) inform
- 12.Fill the gap: A cub is the young one of a ___. (a) lion (b) cow (c) hen (d) sheep
- 13.Fill the gap: A puppy is the young one of a ___. (a) cat (b) hen (c) dog (d) cow
- 14.What does the phrasal verb “run into” mean? (a) meet by chance (b) race someone (c) run indoors (d) avoid someone
- 15.Fill the gap: A kid is the young one of a ___. (a) cow (b) cat (c) hen (d) goat
- 16.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) quick – slow (b) quick – fast (c) rich – poor (d) wet – dry
- 17.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
- 18.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “humble”? (a) proud (b) early (c) ancient (d) wide
- 19.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) disappear (b) beutiful (c) environment (d) privilege
- 20.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
- 21.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
- 22.Fill the gap with the right small word: The cows were let ___ to graze in the field. (a) after (b) off (c) out (d) across
- 23.Which spelling is correct? (a) privilege (b) priviledge (c) privelege (d) privilage
- 24.Fill the gap: A lamb is the young one of a ___. (a) dog (b) cat (c) hen (d) sheep
- 25.Choose the right form: Painting helps children become more ___. (a) create (b) creative (c) creation (d) creatively
- 26.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
- 27.What does the idiom “on the same page” mean? (a) very busy (b) in agreement (c) reading a book (d) far apart
- 28.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “therefore”? (a) but (b) about (c) often (d) so
- 29.What does the idiom “bury the hatchet” mean? (a) dig a hole (b) make peace (c) start a fight (d) hide a weapon
- 30.Complete the idiom: It is raining cats and ___. (a) cows (b) rats (c) mice (d) dogs
- 31.Complete the analogy: Car is to road as train is to ___. (a) river (b) sky (c) sea (d) track
- 32.Choose the right form: The Taj Mahal is a famous tourist ___. (a) attractively (b) attraction (c) attract (d) attractive
- 33.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
- 34.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) dis-
- 35.Which word means the same as “yell”? (a) whisper (b) shout (c) eat (d) sit
- 36.Choose the right form: Plastic waste can ___ sea animals. (a) dangerous (b) endanger (c) dangerously (d) danger
- 37.Complete the analogy: Fish is to swim as bird is to ___. (a) run (b) dig (c) crawl (d) fly
- 38.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “cruel”? (a) wide (b) early (c) modern (d) kind
- 39.One word for: a person who studies the stars and planets (a) astronomer (b) geologist (c) dentist (d) biologist
- 40.Fill the gap: A flock is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) sheep (c) lions (d) keys
Answer key
- short
- biology
- powerful
- talk
- un-
- big – large
- near
- become quiet and relaxed
- buy
- show
- receive
- lion
- dog
- meet by chance
- goat
- quick – fast
- male
- proud
- beutiful
- sea
- bare
- out
- privilege
- sheep
- creative
- meet
- in agreement
- so
- make peace
- dogs
- track
- attraction
- imminent
- dis-
- shout
- endanger
- fly
- kind
- astronomer
- sheep
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