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.The speech was so tedious that half the class yawned. “Tedious” means ___. (a) very loud (b) short and funny (c) long and boring (d) very exciting
- 2.Complete the analogy: Eye is to see as ear is to ___. (a) touch (b) smell (c) hear (d) taste
- 3.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
- 4.Which word is the opposite of “lose”? (a) sleep (b) win (c) sit (d) run
- 5.Add the suffix: dig + er = ? (a) diggor (b) digger (c) diggar (d) diger
- 6.Which word means the same as “start”? (a) repair (b) laugh (c) stop (d) begin
- 7.What is the masculine of “girl”? (a) boy (b) uncle (c) king (d) husband
- 8.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
- 9.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) misheat (c) disheat (d) unheat
- 10.What is the feminine of “ram”? (a) ewe (b) mare (c) peahen (d) hen
- 11.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
- 12.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
- 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 14.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
- 15.Fill the gap: A cygnet is the young one of a ___. (a) cat (b) swan (c) horse (d) cow
- 16.Fill the gap: The young one of a deer is a ___. (a) kitten (b) chick (c) puppy (d) fawn
- 17.Which word is the opposite of “morning”? (a) river (b) Monday (c) summer (d) evening
- 18.Add the suffix: angry + ly = ? (a) angrilly (b) angrily (c) angryly (d) angrly
- 19.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) exaggarate (b) pronunciation (c) library (d) vegetable
- 20.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
- 21.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
- 22.Which word is the opposite of “big”? (a) happy (b) fast (c) small (d) wet
- 23.Complete the analogy: Lion is to roar as dog is to ___. (a) neigh (b) hiss (c) moo (d) bark
- 24.Which spelling is correct? (a) temprature (b) tempreture (c) temperture (d) temperature
- 25.What is the masculine of “peahen”? (a) rooster (b) bull (c) peacock (d) lion
- 26.One word for: a place where old and rare things are kept for show (a) museum (b) granary (c) library (d) aviary
- 27.The traveller was weary after walking all day in the sun. “Weary” means ___. (a) very rich (b) very happy (c) very tired (d) very angry
- 28.Which word means “in a happy way”? (a) happiest (b) happiness (c) happier (d) happily
- 29.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stair (b) stare
- 30.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) big – small (b) big – large (c) hot – cold (d) fast – slow
- 31.Complete the idiom: Our plan failed, so we were back to square ___. (a) ten (b) two (c) one (d) zero
- 32.What is the feminine of “lion”? (a) queen (b) mare (c) lioness (d) tigress
- 33.Fill the gap with the right small word: The firefighters put ___ the fire quickly. (a) on (b) up (c) out (d) after
- 34.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
- 35.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -er (b) -ly (c) -less (d) -ful
- 36.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) exagarate (b) knowledge (c) mischievous (d) pronunciation
- 37.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 38.Which word means “without a friend”? (a) friendless (b) friendship (c) friendly (d) friends
- 39.Complete the idiom: Kavya is the apple of her grandfather’s ___. (a) eye (b) heart (c) hand (d) tree
- 40.One word for: happening every week (a) daily (b) annual (c) weekly (d) monthly
Answer key
- long and boring
- hear
- devise
- win
- digger
- begin
- boy
- cloth
- reheat
- ewe
- sell
- dear
- dis-
- meet
- swan
- fawn
- evening
- angrily
- exaggarate
- hair
- principal
- small
- bark
- temperature
- peacock
- museum
- very tired
- happily
- stare
- big – large
- one
- lioness
- out
- whether
- -ful
- exagarate
- flour
- friendless
- eye
- weekly
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