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 “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual again (c) usual before (d) not usual
- 2.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
- 3.Which word is a verb? (a) successful (b) succeed (c) successfully (d) success
- 4.Complete the analogy: Doctor is to hospital as teacher is to ___. (a) farm (b) shop (c) court (d) school
- 5.What is the masculine of “daughter”? (a) husband (b) son (c) nephew (d) uncle
- 6.Which word is the opposite of “morning”? (a) evening (b) Monday (c) summer (d) river
- 7.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -er (b) -ful (c) -ness (d) -less
- 8.One word for: a person with great skill in something (a) beginner (b) amateur (c) expert (d) novice
- 9.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) early – late (b) ill – sick (c) ill – well (d) full – empty
- 10.Fill the gap with the right small word: Stop showing ___ your new phone. (a) after (b) up (c) across (d) off
- 11.One word for: a person who stitches clothes (a) barber (b) carpenter (c) cobbler (d) tailor
- 12.Fill the gap: a ___ of sticks (a) flock (b) herd (c) pride (d) bundle
- 13.Add the suffix: sad + ly = ? (a) sadely (b) sadly (c) sadley (d) saddly
- 14.Fill the gap: a ___ of eggs (a) swarm (b) fleet (c) herd (d) clutch
- 15.What does the idiom “butterflies in the stomach” mean? (a) a stomach ache (b) a happy dance (c) a nervous feeling (d) a hungry feeling
- 16.Riya was elated when she topped the class; she danced all the way home. “Elated” means ___. (a) very hungry (b) very tired (c) very happy (d) very angry
- 17.Fill in the opposite: An elephant is big, but an ant is ___. (a) loud (b) tall (c) wet (d) small
- 18.Fill the gap with the right small word: Kavya takes ___ her mother; they look alike. (a) off (b) after (c) out (d) up
- 19.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
- 20.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
- 21.Which word means “the state of being good”? (a) goodness (b) goods (c) better (d) goodly
- 22.Fill the gap: The young one of an elephant is a ___. (a) kid (b) calf (c) chick (d) kitten
- 23.One word for: a person who eats far too much (a) patriot (b) optimist (c) miser (d) glutton
- 24.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) tomorrow (b) definately (c) embarrass (d) pronunciation
- 25.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complemented (b) complimented
- 26.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “demonstrate”? (a) show (b) live (c) buy (d) need
- 27.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -ly (b) -ful (c) -less (d) -er
- 28.The cheetah is a ferocious hunter that chases its prey at great speed. “Ferocious” means ___. (a) lazy (b) fierce and wild (c) tiny (d) gentle
- 29.The pond water was murky, so we could not see the bottom. “Murky” means ___. (a) clear (b) cloudy and dark (c) very cold (d) sweet
- 30.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) not judge (c) judge before (d) judge again
- 31.Which word is a noun? (a) imagination (b) imaginatively (c) imaginative (d) imagine
- 32.One word for: a daily record of personal events (a) dictionary (b) atlas (c) novel (d) diary
- 33.What does the idiom “beat around the bush” mean? (a) hit a plant (b) avoid the main point (c) run very fast (d) clean the garden
- 34.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “selfish”? (a) lazy (b) quiet (c) generous (d) rude
- 35.What does the phrasal verb “turn up” mean? (a) leave (b) arrive (c) go to sleep (d) turn around
- 36.Complete the idiom: Riya visits the zoo once in a blue ___. (a) sun (b) sky (c) moon (d) sea
- 37.Fill in the opposite: Winter is cold, but summer is ___. (a) slow (b) small (c) hot (d) sad
- 38.One word for: a park where animals are kept for people to see (a) museum (b) zoo (c) library (d) granary
- 39.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
- 40.Which word is the opposite of “poor”? (a) late (b) rich (c) short (d) dry
Answer key
- not usual
- sew
- succeed
- school
- son
- evening
- -less
- expert
- ill – sick
- off
- tailor
- bundle
- sadly
- clutch
- a nervous feeling
- very happy
- small
- after
- Would
- knows
- goodness
- calf
- glutton
- definately
- complemented
- show
- -ly
- fierce and wild
- cloudy and dark
- judge wrongly
- imagination
- diary
- avoid the main point
- generous
- arrive
- moon
- hot
- zoo
- no
- rich
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