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 group of singers (a) fleet (b) crew (c) herd (d) choir
- 2.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
- 3.Which word means the same as “silent”? (a) fast (b) loud (c) quiet (d) rich
- 4.One word for: able to use both hands equally well (a) bilingual (b) ambidextrous (c) illiterate (d) talkative
- 5.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
- 6.Grandma is very hospitable; she welcomes every guest with tea and snacks. “Hospitable” means ___. (a) very sick (b) unwelcoming (c) friendly to guests (d) very strict
- 7.Fill in the opposite: Grandpa is old, but the baby is ___. (a) tall (b) young (c) loud (d) dry
- 8.One word for: a person who always expects the worst (a) optimist (b) dentist (c) tourist (d) pessimist
- 9.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) too (b) two (c) to
- 10.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) rich – poor (b) quick – fast (c) wet – dry (d) quick – slow
- 11.One word for: an animal that eats both plants and meat (a) scavenger (b) carnivore (c) herbivore (d) omnivore
- 12.Fill in the opposite: We push a door to open it and ___ it to close it. (a) eat (b) pull (c) cut (d) sing
- 13.What does the phrasal verb “get along” mean? (a) be friendly (b) get lost (c) get angry (d) fight
- 14.What does the idiom “hit the sack” mean? (a) pack a bag (b) go to bed (c) punch a bag (d) go shopping
- 15.Fill the gap: The young one of a kangaroo is a ___. (a) joey (b) cub (c) chick (d) lamb
- 16.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) not hear (c) hear wrongly (d) hear before
- 17.Fill the gap: The young one of a camel is a ___. (a) chick (b) kitten (c) cub (d) calf
- 18.Choose the right form: Tara spoke ___ and won the debate. (a) persuasion (b) persuasively (c) persuasive (d) persuade
- 19.One word for: a person who sees an event happen (a) judge (b) eyewitness (c) lawyer (d) victim
- 20.The fruit seller was courteous and thanked every customer. “Courteous” means ___. (a) slow (b) lazy (c) rude (d) polite
- 21.Complete the analogy: Day is to night as summer is to ___. (a) monsoon (b) winter (c) sunny (d) spring
- 22.The tiny ant carried a load that was colossal compared to its body. “Colossal” means ___. (a) tiny (b) huge (c) soft (d) light
- 23.Which word is a noun? (a) admire (b) admirably (c) admirable (d) admiration
- 24.The film was so dreary that we left before it ended. “Dreary” means ___. (a) dull and gloomy (b) very funny (c) very short (d) exciting
- 25.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) jump – leap (b) yell – shout (c) borrow – lend (d) ill – sick
- 26.Complete the idiom: The two friends decided to bury the ___. (a) box (b) bone (c) treasure (d) hatchet
- 27.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) reallow (c) unallow (d) preallow
- 28.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -ly (b) -less (c) -ness (d) -er
- 29.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “ascend”? (a) buy (b) go up (c) tell (d) live
- 30.Which word is the opposite of “clean”? (a) dirty (b) early (c) heavy (d) tall
- 31.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
- 32.The baby was drowsy after her bath and soon fell asleep. “Drowsy” means ___. (a) sleepy (b) hungry (c) noisy (d) angry
- 33.Which word is a noun? (a) descriptive (b) describe (c) description (d) descriptively
- 34.Choose the right form: You must ___ which book to read first. (a) decide (b) decision (c) decisively (d) decisive
- 35.Which word means the same as “caring”? (a) busy (b) lazy (c) loud (d) kind
- 36.Fill the gap with the right small word: Calm ___ and tell me what happened. (a) across (b) after (c) up (d) down
- 37.Which is the formal word for “get”? (a) receive (b) reside (c) inform (d) assist
- 38.The mountain air was so frigid that our fingers went numb. “Frigid” means ___. (a) very wet (b) very cold (c) very hot (d) very fresh
- 39.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “cruel”? (a) early (b) wide (c) modern (d) kind
- 40.What does the idiom “once bitten, twice shy” mean? (a) bitten by a dog (b) very shy (c) careful after a bad time (d) brave again
Answer key
- choir
- deer
- quiet
- ambidextrous
- knows
- friendly to guests
- young
- pessimist
- to
- quick – fast
- omnivore
- pull
- be friendly
- go to bed
- joey
- hear wrongly
- calf
- persuasively
- eyewitness
- polite
- winter
- huge
- admiration
- dull and gloomy
- borrow – lend
- hatchet
- disallow
- -er
- go up
- dirty
- complimented
- sleepy
- description
- decide
- kind
- down
- receive
- very cold
- kind
- careful after a bad time
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