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 cuts hair (a) tailor (b) cobbler (c) barber (d) plumber
- 2.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) besides (b) beside
- 3.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
- 4.One word for: a person who always expects the worst (a) dentist (b) optimist (c) tourist (d) pessimist
- 5.One word for: a place where fish are kept (a) stable (b) aviary (c) aquarium (d) granary
- 6.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
- 7.Which word is the opposite of “fast”? (a) full (b) sad (c) dry (d) slow
- 8.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) scared – brave (b) scared – afraid (c) in – out (d) old – new
- 9.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) cook wrongly (c) not cook (d) cook again
- 10.Complete the analogy: Go is to went as eat is to ___. (a) eaten (b) eats (c) ate (d) eating
- 11.Which spelling is correct? (a) February (b) Febuary (c) Feburary (d) Febrary
- 12.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “reside”? (a) help (b) live (c) tell (d) buy
- 13.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
- 14.Fill the gap: A fawn is the young one of a ___. (a) hen (b) frog (c) duck (d) deer
- 15.Complete the idiom: Their fight over a pencil was just a storm in a ___. (a) teacup (b) bucket (c) bottle (d) glass
- 16.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) vegetable (b) definitely (c) business (d) committe
- 17.Which word means “cook before”? (a) precook (b) recook (c) uncook (d) miscook
- 18.Which spelling is correct? (a) guarentee (b) garantee (c) guarantee (d) guarante
- 19.Complete the analogy: Rose is to flower as mango is to ___. (a) vegetable (b) fruit (c) spice (d) drink
- 20.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) gift – present (b) ill – sick (c) deep – shallow (d) big – large
- 21.What is the masculine of “hostess”? (a) host (b) waiter (c) hero (d) actor
- 22.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe before (c) safe wrongly (d) not safe
- 23.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell wrongly (c) spell before (d) spell again
- 24.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) friend – enemy (b) day – night (c) friend – pal (d) push – pull
- 25.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
- 26.Fill in the opposite: Grandpa is old, but the baby is ___. (a) loud (b) dry (c) tall (d) young
- 27.Grandma is very hospitable; she welcomes every guest with tea and snacks. “Hospitable” means ___. (a) unwelcoming (b) very strict (c) very sick (d) friendly to guests
- 28.Which word is the opposite of “push”? (a) sleep (b) pull (c) sing (d) eat
- 29.Which word means the same as “quick”? (a) rich (b) ill (c) quiet (d) fast
- 30.Riya made a feeble attempt to lift the heavy box and soon gave up. “Feeble” means ___. (a) strong (b) loud (c) clever (d) weak
- 31.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -er (b) -less (c) -ful (d) -ly
- 32.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) shut – close (b) below – under (c) mend – repair (d) wise – foolish
- 33.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 34.Fill the gap: a ___ of geese (a) gaggle (b) fleet (c) bunch (d) swarm
- 35.Complete the analogy: India is to New Delhi as Japan is to ___. (a) Tokyo (b) Kathmandu (c) Beijing (d) Dhaka
- 36.Which word means the same as “unhappy”? (a) wet (b) kind (c) busy (d) sad
- 37.Fill in the opposite: A cheetah is fast, but a snail is ___. (a) big (b) slow (c) loud (d) wet
- 38.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
- 39.Add the suffix: swim + er = ? (a) swimmor (b) swimmar (c) swimer (d) swimmer
- 40.Fill the gap: A gosling is the young one of a ___. (a) cat (b) goose (c) cow (d) dog
Answer key
- barber
- beside
- piece
- pessimist
- aquarium
- here
- slow
- scared – afraid
- cook before
- ate
- February
- live
- read
- deer
- teacup
- committe
- precook
- guarantee
- fruit
- deep – shallow
- host
- not safe
- spell wrongly
- friend – pal
- envelop
- young
- friendly to guests
- pull
- fast
- weak
- -ful
- wise – foolish
- dis-
- gaggle
- Tokyo
- sad
- slow
- wood
- swimmer
- goose
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