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.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) lose (b) loose
- 2.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) rich – wealthy (b) quiet – silent (c) rough – smooth (d) end – finish
- 3.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 4.Fill the gap: A crew is a group of ___. (a) sailors (b) cows (c) lions (d) grapes
- 5.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
- 6.Which word is a noun? (a) differ (b) different (c) difference (d) differently
- 7.What does the phrasal verb “give in” mean? (a) win (b) agree after resisting (c) attack (d) refuse
- 8.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 9.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “apologise”? (a) live (b) help (c) buy (d) say sorry
- 10.What is the feminine of “waiter”? (a) actress (b) princess (c) waitress (d) hostess
- 11.Which word is an adjective? (a) simplify (b) simplicity (c) simply (d) simple
- 12.Fill the gap with the right small word: Never give ___; keep trying! (a) up (b) off (c) across (d) after
- 13.Which spelling is correct? (a) enviroment (b) environmant (c) envirnment (d) environment
- 14.What is the feminine of “bridegroom”? (a) bride (b) queen (c) wife (d) aunt
- 15.Which is the formal word for “friend”? (a) occupation (b) residence (c) companion (d) error
- 16.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -er (b) -less (c) -ful (d) -ly
- 17.Complete the analogy: Puppy is to dog as calf is to ___. (a) horse (b) goat (c) hen (d) cow
- 18.Fill the gap: a ___ of cows (a) swarm (b) herd (c) fleet (d) bunch
- 19.What does the phrasal verb “put on” mean? (a) cook (b) wear (c) remove (d) sell
- 20.One word for: a person who walks in his or her sleep (a) optimist (b) pedestrian (c) tourist (d) sleepwalker
- 21.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) buy – sell (b) cold – hot (c) in – out (d) cold – chilly
- 22.Add the suffix: hope + ful = ? (a) hopeful (b) hopefull (c) hopful (d) hoapful
- 23.Fill in the opposite: In the morning I am awake; at night I am ___. (a) wet (b) asleep (c) loud (d) tall
- 24.Fill the gap: The young one of a wolf is a ___. (a) lamb (b) calf (c) cub (d) foal
- 25.Which word is a verb? (a) dangerously (b) danger (c) dangerous (d) endanger
- 26.One word for: handwriting that cannot be read (a) edible (b) invisible (c) illiterate (d) illegible
- 27.Which spelling is correct? (a) commitee (b) comittee (c) committee (d) committe
- 28.Fill the gap: A herd is a group of ___. (a) grapes (b) cows (c) bees (d) ships
- 29.What does the idiom “let the cat out of the bag” mean? (a) tell a lie (b) tell a secret (c) go shopping (d) free a pet
- 30.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) independent (b) receive (c) foriegn (d) government
- 31.Fill the gap with the right small word: The cows were let ___ to graze in the field. (a) across (b) out (c) off (d) after
- 32.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
- 33.Which is the everyday (informal) word for “ascend”? (a) live (b) go up (c) buy (d) tell
- 34.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) imminent (b) eminent
- 35.Which word means “without help”? (a) helpless (b) helper (c) helping (d) helpful
- 36.Which spelling is correct? (a) Febrary (b) February (c) Feburary (d) Febuary
- 37.Complete the analogy: Seed is to plant as egg is to ___. (a) nest (b) stone (c) bird (d) leaf
- 38.Add the suffix: sad + ly = ? (a) saddly (b) sadly (c) sadely (d) sadley
- 39.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow before (c) allow wrongly (d) not allow
- 40.Which word is spelt wrongly? (a) separete (b) vegetable (c) parliament (d) disappear
Answer key
- lose
- rough – smooth
- week
- sailors
- road
- difference
- agree after resisting
- pre-
- say sorry
- waitress
- simple
- up
- environment
- bride
- companion
- -ful
- cow
- herd
- wear
- sleepwalker
- cold – chilly
- hopeful
- asleep
- cub
- endanger
- illegible
- committee
- cows
- tell a secret
- foriegn
- out
- passed
- go up
- imminent
- helpless
- February
- bird
- sadly
- not allow
- separete
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