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 betrays his or her country (a) optimist (b) tourist (c) traitor (d) patriot
- 2.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) address (b) embarrass (c) intterupt (d) argument
- 3.Which word means “one who paints”? (a) painting (b) painter (c) paints (d) painted
- 4.Choose the right form: It was a hard ___ to make. (a) decision (b) decide (c) decisively (d) decisive
- 5.Choose the right form: Trees ___ the soil from washing away. (a) protectively (b) protection (c) protective (d) protect
- 6.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
- 7.Fill the gap with the right small word: Please do not throw ___ the leftover food. (a) away (b) in (c) after (d) across
- 8.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) parliament (b) embarrass (c) Wednesday (d) enviroment
- 9.We got drenched in the heavy rain because we had no umbrella. “Drenched” means ___. (a) very cold (b) completely wet (c) very tired (d) very late
- 10.Which is the formal word for “often”? (a) approximately (b) previously (c) immediately (d) frequently
- 11.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “assist”? (a) buy (b) live (c) tell (d) help
- 12.Fill the gap: A caterpillar is the young one of a ___. (a) hen (b) butterfly (c) frog (d) cow
- 13.Kavya is meticulous; she checks every sum twice before handing in her work. “Meticulous” means ___. (a) very careful (b) very lazy (c) very careless (d) very fast
- 14.What does the phrasal verb “show off” mean? (a) share (b) hide (c) help (d) boast
- 15.Choose the right form: Plastic waste can ___ sea animals. (a) danger (b) dangerously (c) dangerous (d) endanger
- 16.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) separate (b) beautiful (c) rhythm (d) mischievious
- 17.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “smooth”? (a) rough (b) ancient (c) honest (d) late
- 18.What does the idiom “once in a blue moon” mean? (a) every night (b) at midnight (c) very quickly (d) very rarely
- 19.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “wise”? (a) brave (b) foolish (c) ancient (d) polite
- 20.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
- 21.One word for: able to speak two languages (a) literate (b) talkative (c) silent (d) bilingual
- 22.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) pre-
- 23.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “therefore”? (a) about (b) often (c) but (d) so
- 24.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “kind”? (a) ancient (b) lazy (c) cruel (d) wide
- 25.Which is the formal word for “phone”? (a) occupation (b) error (c) residence (d) telephone
- 26.Complete the analogy: Pilot is to plane as driver is to ___. (a) horse (b) ship (c) kite (d) car
- 27.Fill the gap: A colony is a group of ___. (a) ants (b) grapes (c) ships (d) cows
- 28.Which is the formal word for “tell”? (a) purchase (b) inform (c) reside (d) conclude
- 29.Complete the idiom: The exam was so easy; it was a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) bowl (c) plate (d) box
- 30.Which word means “one who plays”? (a) playing (b) played (c) player (d) playful
- 31.Which word is the opposite of “thick”? (a) thin (b) wet (c) loud (d) early
- 32.Which word is an adverb? (a) difference (b) different (c) differently (d) differ
- 33.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “ascend”? (a) tell (b) live (c) go up (d) buy
- 34.Which spelling is correct? (a) height (b) heighth (c) heigth (d) hieght
- 35.Which word means the same as “scared”? (a) rich (b) afraid (c) angry (d) hungry
- 36.Complete the analogy: India is to New Delhi as Japan is to ___. (a) Dhaka (b) Kathmandu (c) Beijing (d) Tokyo
- 37.Which spelling is correct? (a) exaggarate (b) exagerate (c) exaggerate (d) exagarate
- 38.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) two (b) too (c) to
- 39.Which word is the opposite of “push”? (a) sleep (b) eat (c) sing (d) pull
- 40.Fill the gap: The young one of a wolf is a ___. (a) lamb (b) calf (c) foal (d) cub
Answer key
- traitor
- intterupt
- painter
- decision
- protect
- sell
- away
- enviroment
- completely wet
- frequently
- help
- butterfly
- very careful
- boast
- endanger
- mischievious
- rough
- very rarely
- foolish
- blew
- bilingual
- dis-
- so
- cruel
- telephone
- car
- ants
- inform
- piece
- player
- thin
- differently
- go up
- height
- afraid
- Tokyo
- exaggerate
- two
- pull
- cub
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