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.One word for: a person who studies the stars and planets (a) geologist (b) biologist (c) dentist (d) astronomer
- 2.Fill the gap: The young one of a goat is a ___. (a) foal (b) cub (c) lamb (d) kid
- 3.What does the phrasal verb “grow up” mean? (a) climb up (b) become an adult (c) plant trees (d) get smaller
- 4.Which word means “without fear”? (a) fearful (b) fearfully (c) feared (d) fearless
- 5.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
- 6.What does the idiom “face the music” mean? (a) sing on stage (b) enjoy a song (c) accept the punishment (d) dance well
- 7.What does the idiom “zip your lips” mean? (a) close a bag (b) eat quickly (c) smile widely (d) keep quiet
- 8.Complete the analogy: India is to New Delhi as Japan is to ___. (a) Kathmandu (b) Dhaka (c) Beijing (d) Tokyo
- 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) dis-
- 10.Complete the analogy: Go is to went as eat is to ___. (a) eaten (b) eating (c) ate (d) eats
- 11.Her explanation was lucid, and everyone understood at once. “Lucid” means ___. (a) very funny (b) confusing (c) very long (d) clear and easy
- 12.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “reside”? (a) buy (b) tell (c) live (d) help
- 13.Complete the idiom: Can you keep an ___ on my bag for a minute? (a) hand (b) ear (c) eye (d) arm
- 14.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) tiny – little (b) ancient – modern (c) rich – wealthy (d) ancient – old
- 15.Fill in the opposite: A feather is light, but a stone is ___. (a) heavy (b) wet (c) sweet (d) loud
- 16.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 17.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
- 18.Complete the idiom: Rohan cannot decide; he is sitting on the ___. (a) wall (b) bench (c) fence (d) chair
- 19.Which word is an adverb? (a) danger (b) dangerous (c) dangerously (d) endanger
- 20.Our new neighbour seems amiable; she smiles and greets everyone. “Amiable” means ___. (a) rude (b) angry (c) friendly (d) sleepy
- 21.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest again (c) not honest (d) honest before
- 22.Which word is a noun? (a) attract (b) attraction (c) attractive (d) attractively
- 23.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
- 24.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “purchase”? (a) need (b) live (c) buy (d) tell
- 25.Which spelling is correct? (a) tomorow (b) tomorrow (c) tommorow (d) tommorrow
- 26.Complete the analogy: Week is to day as year is to ___. (a) decade (b) century (c) month (d) era
- 27.One word for: a person who flies an aeroplane (a) conductor (b) pilot (c) sailor (d) driver
- 28.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
- 29.Which is the formal word for “check”? (a) purchase (b) verify (c) commence (d) reside
- 30.Fill the gap: A bouquet is a bunch of ___. (a) wolves (b) ships (c) cows (d) flowers
- 31.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stare (b) stair
- 32.What does the idiom “cry over spilt milk” mean? (a) waste milk (b) cry loudly (c) worry about the past (d) be very hungry
- 33.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -ly (b) -er (c) -less (d) -ful
- 34.One word for: a person who travels in a bus or train (a) pilot (b) passenger (c) driver (d) pedestrian
- 35.Fill the gap with the right small word: Our car broke ___ on the highway. (a) down (b) after (c) off (d) up
- 36.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) government (b) shedule (c) separate (d) argument
- 37.Which is the formal word for “go up”? (a) purchase (b) ascend (c) conclude (d) reside
- 38.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “inferior”? (a) honest (b) modern (c) superior (d) late
- 39.Complete the analogy: Happy is to sad as rich is to ___. (a) kind (b) tall (c) wealthy (d) poor
- 40.Choose the right form: It was a hard ___ to make. (a) decision (b) decisive (c) decide (d) decisively
Answer key
- astronomer
- kid
- become an adult
- fearless
- knight
- accept the punishment
- keep quiet
- Tokyo
- dis-
- ate
- clear and easy
- live
- eye
- ancient – modern
- heavy
- flower
- course
- fence
- dangerously
- friendly
- not honest
- attraction
- our
- buy
- tomorrow
- month
- pilot
- breath
- verify
- flowers
- stare
- worry about the past
- -ly
- passenger
- down
- shedule
- ascend
- superior
- poor
- decision
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