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 the idiom “call it a day” mean? (a) stop working for now (b) start a new day (c) name the day (d) phone a friend
- 2.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open again (c) open before (d) open wrongly
- 3.Fill in the opposite: We push a door to open it and ___ it to close it. (a) sing (b) cut (c) eat (d) pull
- 4.Fill in the opposite: Day is bright, but night is ___. (a) dark (b) wet (c) slow (d) tall
- 5.Which is the formal word for “tell”? (a) conclude (b) inform (c) reside (d) purchase
- 6.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) addres (b) schedule (c) excellent (d) definitely
- 7.What does the phrasal verb “come across” mean? (a) lose by chance (b) come back (c) find by chance (d) cross a road
- 8.The fire spread rapidly through the dry grass. “Rapidly” means ___. (a) quickly (b) gently (c) quietly (d) slowly
- 9.Choose the right form: Bright flowers ___ bees. (a) attract (b) attraction (c) attractively (d) attractive
- 10.The cliff path was so perilous that climbers needed ropes. “Perilous” means ___. (a) safe (b) dangerous (c) easy (d) flat
- 11.Which word means the same as “smart”? (a) angry (b) empty (c) slow (d) clever
- 12.Which word means “without a name”? (a) names (b) namely (c) named (d) nameless
- 13.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -er (b) -less (c) -ly (d) -ful
- 14.One word for: easily broken (a) visible (b) fragile (c) flexible (d) edible
- 15.Which word means the same as “clever”? (a) rude (b) smart (c) lazy (d) tired
- 16.What does the phrasal verb “hand in” mean? (a) keep (b) submit (c) hold (d) lose
- 17.One word for: words that sound alike but differ in meaning (a) homophones (b) synonyms (c) antonyms (d) prefixes
- 18.Which word means “the state of being kind”? (a) kindest (b) kinder (c) kindness (d) kindly
- 19.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
- 20.The wedding was a lavish affair with food, music and lights everywhere. “Lavish” means ___. (a) very short (b) very sad (c) grand and rich (d) simple and plain
- 21.Fill the gap: The young one of a cat is a ___. (a) cub (b) calf (c) kitten (d) puppy
- 22.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formerly (b) formally
- 23.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
- 24.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) hot – cold (b) win – lose (c) stone – rock (d) up – down
- 25.Complete the analogy: Lock is to key as question is to ___. (a) pen (b) book (c) teacher (d) answer
- 26.After the rain, the garden looked lush and green. “Lush” means ___. (a) thick and healthy (b) dry and dead (c) very small (d) very dirty
- 27.Fill the gap: A bench is a group of ___. (a) ships (b) judges (c) cows (d) bees
- 28.Fill in the opposite: My glass was full; now it is ___. (a) tall (b) hot (c) loud (d) empty
- 29.Which word is the opposite of “night”? (a) down (b) wet (c) day (d) cold
- 30.Complete the analogy: Cub is to lion as kitten is to ___. (a) cow (b) cat (c) hen (d) dog
- 31.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) happy – sad (b) tall – short (c) begin – finish (d) begin – start
- 32.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) end – finish (b) victory – defeat (c) victory – win (d) gift – present
- 33.What is the feminine of “monk”? (a) nun (b) aunt (c) queen (d) bride
- 34.One word for: handwriting that cannot be read (a) illegible (b) illiterate (c) edible (d) invisible
- 35.Which word is an adverb? (a) persuasive (b) persuasively (c) persuade (d) persuasion
- 36.Which word means “not allow”? (a) misallow (b) preallow (c) reallow (d) disallow
- 37.The magic trick was baffling; nobody could explain how it was done. “Baffling” means ___. (a) very boring (b) very short (c) very easy (d) very confusing
- 38.Which word means the same as “leap”? (a) jump (b) crawl (c) sleep (d) sing
- 39.One word for: that which cannot be broken (a) edible (b) fragile (c) invisible (d) unbreakable
- 40.The hikers were parched after the long climb and drank all their water. “Parched” means ___. (a) very thirsty (b) very cold (c) very proud (d) very sleepy
Answer key
- stop working for now
- open again
- pull
- dark
- inform
- addres
- find by chance
- quickly
- attract
- dangerous
- clever
- nameless
- -ful
- fragile
- smart
- submit
- homophones
- kindness
- judge wrongly
- grand and rich
- kitten
- formerly
- weight
- stone – rock
- answer
- thick and healthy
- judges
- empty
- day
- cat
- begin – start
- victory – defeat
- nun
- illegible
- persuasively
- disallow
- very confusing
- jump
- unbreakable
- very thirsty
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