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.Which is the formal word for “boss”? (a) supervisor (b) residence (c) error (d) occupation
- 2.Which word means “one who dances”? (a) dancing (b) danced (c) dances (d) dancer
- 3.Complete the analogy: Teacher is to students as doctor is to ___. (a) tickets (b) patients (c) books (d) farmers
- 4.What is the feminine of “headmaster”? (a) aunt (b) headmistress (c) queen (d) hostess
- 5.Complete the analogy: Big is to bigger as small is to ___. (a) little (b) tiny (c) smaller (d) smallest
- 6.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
- 7.Which word is the opposite of “tall”? (a) short (b) empty (c) hot (d) fast
- 8.What does the idiom “back to square one” mean? (a) starting all over again (b) a new square shape (c) winning a game (d) going backwards
- 9.What does the phrasal verb “turn down” mean? (a) refuse (b) arrive (c) build (d) accept
- 10.What is the masculine of “bride”? (a) king (b) nephew (c) bridegroom (d) uncle
- 11.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “enquire”? (a) ask (b) help (c) live (d) buy
- 12.One word for: easily broken (a) flexible (b) visible (c) fragile (d) edible
- 13.Add the suffix: dark + ness = ? (a) darknes (b) darkeness (c) darckness (d) darkness
- 14.What is the masculine of “princess”? (a) prince (b) king (c) nephew (d) uncle
- 15.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complimented (b) complemented
- 16.Choose the right form: Tara spoke ___ and won the debate. (a) persuasion (b) persuasive (c) persuade (d) persuasively
- 17.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) quick – fast (b) brave – bold (c) big – large (d) brave – cowardly
- 18.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
- 19.Which word means the same as “shy”? (a) bold (b) quick (c) timid (d) rich
- 20.Complete the analogy: Judge is to court as actor is to ___. (a) kitchen (b) stage (c) farm (d) field
- 21.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 22.Which is the formal word for “let”? (a) permit (b) reside (c) conclude (d) purchase
- 23.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
- 24.The old man was frail and needed help to climb the stairs. “Frail” means ___. (a) rich (b) strong (c) rude (d) weak
- 25.Complete the analogy: Cub is to lion as kitten is to ___. (a) cat (b) dog (c) hen (d) cow
- 26.Fill the gap: a ___ of pearls (a) flock (b) string (c) herd (d) pride
- 27.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well before (c) well again (d) well wrongly
- 28.What does the phrasal verb “run out of” mean? (a) have none left (b) run very fast (c) run outside (d) have plenty
- 29.Fill in the opposite: The shop is near, but the school is ___. (a) far (b) wet (c) hot (d) sad
- 30.What is the feminine of “nephew”? (a) daughter (b) niece (c) sister (d) aunt
- 31.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
- 32.Choose the right form: Kashmir is famous for its natural ___. (a) beautiful (b) beautifully (c) beauty (d) beautify
- 33.One word for: a person who cannot read or write (a) innocent (b) illiterate (c) illegal (d) invisible
- 34.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) tall – short (b) shy – timid (c) old – new (d) shy – bold
- 35.Choose the right form: Please explain it ___; I am only seven! (a) simplicity (b) simplify (c) simple (d) simply
- 36.Which word means “build again”? (a) prebuild (b) disbuild (c) rebuild (d) unbuild
- 37.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 38.What is the masculine of “grandmother”? (a) nephew (b) son (c) grandfather (d) uncle
- 39.Fill the gap: a ___ of locusts (a) herd (b) swarm (c) pride (d) fleet
- 40.What is the feminine of “god”? (a) goddess (b) queen (c) hostess (d) princess
Answer key
- supervisor
- dancer
- patients
- headmistress
- smaller
- son
- short
- starting all over again
- refuse
- bridegroom
- ask
- fragile
- darkness
- prince
- complemented
- persuasively
- brave – cowardly
- hour
- timid
- stage
- pre-
- permit
- desert
- weak
- cat
- string
- not well
- have none left
- far
- niece
- sow
- beauty
- illiterate
- shy – timid
- simply
- rebuild
- mis-
- grandfather
- swarm
- goddess
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